The Melody Kingdom (Cucumber Quest, #3)

Posted on 02 January 2017 by Gigi D.G.

Now with Princess Nautilus as part of their entourage, Cucumber and Almond travel to Trebleopolis to warn Princess Piano that Noisemaster, second of the Nightmare Knight s minions, might be after her Unfortunately, they arrive just in time for Queen Cymbal s birthday and the Queen refuses to stop the festivitiesthat is until Noisemaster succeeds in capturing Princess Piano and threatens to destroy the city.Adapted from the popular webcomic series of the same name, Cucumber Quest The Melody Kingdom is the third book of a clever, adorable, and hilarious four volume heroic adventure that is sure to make you hungry for sweets and action. Read The Melody Kingdom (Cucumber Quest, #3) author Gigi D.G. – kino-fada.fr 3.5 STARSJust gets better and betterThe best of the Cucumber Quest volumes so far I don t know how it all works, it just does The Melody Kingdom is brilliant Funny, clever, heartwarming, touching, and loud, silly and over the top without being obnoxious The balance in tone and humour to go along with the storytelling is fantastic So is the worldbuilding Much effort and sincerity was put into this series.There is Princess Piano cool, regal and shy, but prone to screaming outbursts, and who is also hinted to be on the LB The best of the Cucumber Quest volumes so far I don t know how it all works, it just does The Melody Kingdom is brilliant Funny, clever, heartwarming, touching, and loud, silly and over the top without being obnoxious The balance in tone and humour to go along with the storytelling is fantastic So is the worldbuilding Much effort and sincerity was put into this series.There is Princess Piano cool, regal and shy, but prone to screaming outbursts, and who is also hinted to be on the LBGTQ specter she s like a music hall themed Elsa the mysterious Prince Crescendo, who inflicts on people one of the worst crimes imaginable kidnapping them and forcing them to perform in his own Gary Stu fanfiction play and Noisemaster and Mutemaster, the next minions to be defeated at a concert and a rave Bacon the pig is fired from the guard trio and finds his calling as a beloved and talented actor The return of Cosmo sees his most dang...Our heroes are still on their quest to save the land from evil Their next stop is the Melody Kingdom, a land split in two when two brothers parted ways Princess Piano is set to give a big concert, but she s been kidnapped and our heroes have to rescue her and defeat the next big monster to continue on their quest I think this series will be much better once it is all out and you can read it in one fell swoop, because I am having trouble keeping characters straight with several months between Our heroes are still on their quest to save the land from evil Their next stop is the Melody Kingdom, a land split in two when two brothers parted ways Princess Piano is set to give a big concert, but she s been kidnapped and our heroes have to rescue her and defeat the next big monster to continue on their quest I think this series will be much better once it is all out and you can read it in one fell swoop, because I am having trouble keeping characters straight with several months between parts of the story And I think that s just because by now th...Cucumber Quest continues to be amazing Art, humor, story, characters all superb My only complaint with this volume and likely with future volumes is that they don t come out quickly enough Each new volume needs to provide a refresher on previous adventures Or I suppose I could just reread those earlier volumes, but I m not made of time.In any case, in this third volume, the gang travel to the Melody Kingdom to fight the Noisemaster Chaos and cleverness ensure a particular gem involves Cucumber Quest continues to be amazing Art, humor, story, characters all superb My only complaint with this volume and likely with future volumes is that they don t come out quickly enough Each new volume needs to provide a refresher on previous adventures Or I suppose I could just reread those earlier volumes, but I m not made of time.In any case, in this third volume, the gang travel to the Melody Kingd...I felt like the adventure in this one was a little all over the place and I had a hard time following some of it I had to go back and reread some passages And I feel like it could have hadCucumber, since it is his adventure afterall, although my love for Nautilus hasn t wavered As a musician, I did enjoy Melody Kingdom and all the music puns and the fact that the color of each character matched their instrumental name Piano and Clarinet were black and white, Cymbal was gold, etc F I felt like the adventure in this one was a little all over the place and I had a hard time following some of it I had to go back and reread some passages And I feel like it could have hadCucumber, since it is his adventure afterall, although my love for Nautilus hasn t wavered As a musician, I did enjoy Melody Kingdom and all the music puns and the fact that the color of each character matched their instrumental name Piano and Clarinet were black and white, Cymbal was gold, etc Fu...Another beautiful, fun volume I would have loved to slow down just a bit and spendtime in settings like Organetto and Trebleopolis, as I feel like I barely got a taste for them before it was time to move on It would have also been nice to get to know Princess Piano better, especially since so much time has been spent with Princess Nautilus, but I sense that we haven t seen the last of Piano yet In all, though, my critique comes from loving this world so much that I just want to spend mo Another beautiful, fun volume I would have loved to slow down just a bit and spendtime in settings like Organetto and Trebleopolis, as I feel like I barely got a taste for them before it was time to move on It would have also been nice to get to know Princess Piano better, especially since so much time has been spent with Princess Na...This series keeps getting better and better I m not sure that the villain of this volume, Noisemaker, was as hilarious as Splashmaster, but the side quests in this volume are amazing From getting drafted into the worst play ever, to flying into the sun, finally seeing what Princess Nautilus pizza spell can do, and enjoying the antics of Peridot, Nightmare Knight, and Cordelia, there is a lot to love here.I m still not exactly sure what is going down, both the Oracle and the Nightmare Knight s This series keeps getting better and better I m not sure that the villain of this volume, Noisemaker, was as hilarious as Splashmaster, but the side quests in this volume are amazing From getting drafted into the worst play ever, to flying into the sun, finally seeing what Princess Nautilus pizza spell can do, and enjoying the antics of Pe...I received a free review copy of this book from the publisher through my district library services I have not read the first two books, but I decided to read this one so I can give my students an honest opinion about starting partway through the series I would not recommend it I was a little confused There are a LOT of characters and the thread of the story was a bit hard to follow, but the illustrations are very attractive and I m sure fans of the series will want to read this to see how th I received a free review copy of this book from the publisher through my district library services I have not read the first two books, but I decided to read this one so I can give my students an honest opinion about starting partway through the series I would not recommend it I was a little confused There are a LOT of characters and the thread of t...I really enjoyed this one I loved that there wereadventures and it feltdangerous There were some very funny parts like the theater moment We discover a different face of Nightmare Knight, who slightly starts to help the heroes team The art work is still remarkable But omg the music monster s scenes were soooooo visually oversaturated and painful I know it was part of its power but wow, I was relieved that it didn t last for too long Also enjoyed having a glimpse of the Nigh I really enjoyed this one I loved that there wereadventures and it feltdangerous There were some very funny parts like the theater moment We discover a different face of Nightmare Knight, who slightly starts to help the heroes team The art work is still remarkable But omg the music monster s ...This is still enjoyable but becoming bogged down with characters and subplots Our heroes, Cucumber and Almond, are barely featured and cameos from characters in previous volumes leave you going how do I know you rather than wow The art is still colorful and sweet but there has been a sudden shift in storytelling where our main group keeps getting bailed out by random bits of deus ex machina The oddball humor and fast pace were the best part of Cucumber Quest and both of those have taken a This is still enjoyable but becoming bogged down with characters...Still a fun story and some interesting character bits are slowly coming to light The colors in some places are distracting and kind of hard on the eyes and mind dark on dark etc and sometimes the story felt too jumpy but I gu...I finally had a chance to pick this up and start reading it last night It was so nice to have a light, quick read full of humor and butt kicking girls I highly recommend picking up this series if you enjoy graphic novels that don t take themselves too seriously.I liked the attempt to do different things with colors and darkness And the play of color and contrast was pretty cool I m pretty impressed by the art of Gigi D.G But this one was a bit hard to follow at times.I don t know that it s the greatest, especially as this volume seemsdisjointed hopping between all the different characters, but I am obsessed with the bunny people and love the power of friendship and theatre revealed in this volume Also hooray Princess Piano is gay

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02 January 2017

Gigi D.G.