Actual Rating: 5.5/5 
 Wow. 
 Just...wow. 
 This book literally left me stunned. Still, three days after I finished this book, I cannot find a single flaw with it. I don't know if it's just me. But this book is perfection. Hands down, one of the best books I have read in 2015, ever. 
 Okay, maybe I'm biased. Why, you might ask? 
 Well, for one, the main character is a troll. A troll. 
 Do you know how happy my Homestuck heart was when it saw? Maybe not, but it practically leapt up in joy, ran to add this to the top of my TBR, looked at the book more closely, and saw... 
 ...that the troll is a changeling sent to Chicago. To Chicago. The city I live an hour and a half away from! The setting is there, for some time at least! 
 And I basically screamed. 
 Not to mention that this is the fourth book in the Fairyland series. The Fairyland series, the one that stole my heart and ran off with it. 
 I may have been overhyped, I won't lie. But it's as if Valente knew exactly what would enhance me to read this book, and piled all of those elements together into one great, grand, beautiful, wonderful book. 
 Where do I start? The intriguing and twisty-turny plot, the quirky and fresh characters, or the less-mind-twisting but quite-more-beautiful writing? 
 Actually, you know what? Let's just go in order. 
 The plot starts with a Changeling troll from Fairyland named Hawthorn, who is switched with an Earthland boy, Thomas Rood. It's set in Chicago, and what's this, I hear? Someone described Chicago correctly in a book? It's a miracle! 
 Hawthorn/Thomas is, as expected, a weirdo in Earthland. However, he somehow manages to make friends with a lot of students at his school, including a girl named Tamburlaine. 
 When Thomas turns 12, he discovers that Tamburlaine is also a Changeling -- a Fetch, to be precise. He discovers magic, and somehow gets to Fairyland. There, the King provides them with a mission: 
 King Charlie Crunchcrab doesn't want to be King no more. He wants them to find the Spinster who will surely fix all of this, he says. 
 While this book sounds quite detached from the rest of the series, it actually isn't. Hawthorn's story intertwines with September's in the middle of the story and beautifully, may I add. 
 There are just splendid plot twists in the book and I love all of them. They jump out at you, you don't expect them, but they make so much sense at the same time. You don't need to use mind-twisting logic to understand everything. 
 So I guess we should talk about the characters now. 
 I feel like Valente did a great job developing Hawthorn and Tamburlaine, and their companions, Blunderbuss and Scratch. It was only one book, but I felt she developed them as well as she did September in three. Plus, they were so very likeable. Hawthorn was the cute kind of weird on Earthland, but just as great in Fairyland. Tamburlaine was fascinating, meanwhile. She was intelligent but also brave. 
 And you know how I said before, particularly in the second book, that the writing was mind-boggling albeit clever? That's the case in this book, but it's much easier to understand here. It might be because of the new perspective, but Valente's writing is even more beautiful, much easier to understand, while still keeping its exotic feel. It's the whole package. 
 Not to mention that the book was quite humorous throughout, especially with its standard quirkiness. 
 Overall, one of the best books I have probably ever read. Definitely the best out of the Fairyland series. 
 The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home better be good, or I will be very, very displeased. 
 SERIES REVIEWS: 
 My review of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making 
 My review of The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There 
 My review of The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two