The Chaos Curse (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond #3)

What I liked
The fun mixture of different stories blended into this book makes for an adventure of catching all of them; they even snuck in a princess bride reference. The story's chaos fits well with the title chaos curse, and the nature of the disorder with the multiverse lends itself well to the blending of the various tales. The author gives us references to where the stories come from in the back of the book. In this final book, our main character Kiran has secured her confidence as a heroine and needs to combine that with teamwork.

What Kept Me Wanting More
The book has the character work through prejudices which is an issue all people struggle with. I would like to have that broadened to explore the other problems teens struggle with to make the characters more identifiable. I would like to see a more substantial conflict with Sesha as they have been a threat from the first book, and that conflict sort of fizzles out and gets lost in the various other side stories.

Final Verdict
The connection to the spin-off about Pinki becoming queen is blended nicely into this story, so we are set up for coming next. I think the author does a great job of keeping the series light and fun for middle-grade readers but still showing that teens can do hard things and face hard things, but it doesn't have to be all doom and gloom—a great ending to a fun series.