While I understand that young children don't always exhibit the best behavior, I find it odd that Pinkalicious' lack of respect for her elders (as in previous stories, she is rude to her parents here) and for her home (she makes a mess, playing in the living room) is never really addressed in the story. I continue to find Victoria Kann's artwork flat and unappealing, and her heroine intensely unlikable.
Like its predecessors, Goldilicious is a hot mess: poorly written, poorly illustrated, and poorly thought out. Despite these contretemps, at the end of the day Pinkalicious discovers that her friend is waiting for her at bedtime. Pinkalicious' brother Peter also gets in on the action, kidnapping the unicorn, who escapes and is transformed into a mermaid (sort of). This time, the theme is pretend play, and Pinkalicious enjoys a day of make believe with her imaginary friend, Goldilicious the unicorn. That pink-loving little girl, whose story began in the eponymous Pinkalicious, and then continued in Purplicious, returns in this third picture-book devoted to her (rather bratty) adventures.
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