From the Bookshelf of Baltimore County Public Library Summer Reading BCPL SRC …

[close] I enjoyed this story - teenage Thomasina finds her life so boring, until one day she wakes up to find her pet snake as a human, and all of her family members as various animals! Turns out her best friend is magic, and his spell went horribly wrong. I especially liked all of the Disney/Harry Potter/LoTR references they threw in :)

But there were some inconsistencies that bothered me. <spoiler>Like when Sebastian changes to and from snake form, his clothes always stick with him, but when the rest of the family changed they lost/needed clothing. And Sebastian and Abuela both traveled through the magical mist, but for Sebastian it didn't change the effect of the spell on him, however, Abuela's spell was reversed. Why? It wasn't explained! </spoiler>

The artwork was fine, but it especially bugged me that at random times - usually if they were more in the background, or standing at an odd angle - the characters would have no noses. Like, what? You can't draw a nose on an angle, or small? It was so jarring to me!