Haven't read this series in like 10 yrs, but I remember enjoying it. Flipping through a summary right now, the only thing that stands out to me from recollection is how improbable it was that the grandparents maintained the reservation at all when their novice 11 and 13 year old grandchildren have to save them from mf Bahumat after like 3 weeks of exposure to the existence of fantasy creatures. I don't think it's explained later on in a way of like "oh yeah, we set that up to initiate you into our realm," which really just makes it seem like this place is dangerous af and there's no way just 2 old people and some magical yard hands have been maintaining this place for decades. Cool story and introduces a lot of possibility for magical mischief which is explored in later books.

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