Here There Be Books (BL)
I love books with great characters who go on adventures and/or solve mysteries re: invading aliens/vampires/etc. I blog about those books at Here There Be Books!
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The Well-Wishers
Originally posted at Here There Be Books on June 24, 2013.Guess what The Well-Wishers is! It is the sequel to Magic or Not! AND I REALLY LOVE IT.It's kind of the perfect sequel: similar enough to Magic or Not to give me the warm squishy feelings of reading a really awesome book, but different enough so it's not just the same story over again. For example! It's written in first person POV, and each kid gets their own chapter to tell their part of the story. The great thing is that they all sound different from one another-- and just like how you'd expect them to sound, too! (Admittedly through the lens of a 1960s kids book.) Even the pre-teen greaser (he's a bully but he gets better) gets a chapter, and he sounds like what you'd expect, too. Neat!Plot-wise, the emphasis was more on the kids themselves, their character development and working through friendship issues and whatnot. Yes, they still helped people out, but the emphasis was even MORE on personal relationships and FEELINGS and also magic because, after all, this is a kidlit fantasy book. (Though it still had the same maybe-it's-magic-maybe-not kind of feel to it as in the first book.)I actually think The Well-Wishers could stand on its own well enough, if you haven't read Magic or Not? yet. But I think it's best read on the wings of the awesomeness of the first book, just because I'm picky like that.
Currently reading
The Kingdom of Little Wounds
Progress:
92/576 pages
The Glass Demon
Progress:
10/305 pages
The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero
The Silver Chair
FanGirl
Countdown City
Rags & Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales
Hild
The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic
