Along Came A Spider by Kate SeRine

In book three of the Transplanted Tales we get to follow along with Trish Muffet, the woman we have observed working all the criminal investigations and autopsies since book one. The first time we were introduced to her on the page I was given the impression that she was a meek miss, despite her occupation. However, we finally get an inside look at the person she actually is and she is not a shy girl at all. Even though Trish initially found it a struggle to adjust to living in the real world, like all the tales did when they came over, she has become very settled with her job at the Fairytale Management Authority. Despite enjoying her job and having a comfortable life,Trish is still haunted by a couple of pretty horrific experiences from her childhood. Suffering from nightmares she can’t seem to escape from, involving the spider from her nursery rhyme, the only way she can get away from them is to stay awake after a bad dream. 

She is shocked when one night Nicky Blue, one of Red’s best friends who has been gone for about two years, shows up in her apartment when she just so happens to be under attack. Everyone assumed that Nicky just needed to get away after he lost his wife but he has actually been on a mission of vengeance. And the trouble that Trish finds herself in happens to coincide with what Nickly has been up to. The two team up to find out what is actually going on, because it is a confusing, mysterious mess. There are a lot of players in this book, as we are introduced more in depth to the human agency that works with the FMA to keep tales a secret while also protecting ordinary humans. It’s kind of like a men in black organization, but they have some shady business practices.

The ending kind of makes it clear that we probably aren’t going to be reading any more books starring the main characters from the previous stories, it also kind of seems like they might not mention some of these characters at all. I do have one more book to read in the Transplanted Tales series and a second novella. I’m going to get started on book four right now, and I will probably immediately read the novella because I am enjoying this series very much.