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The Mislaid Magician
by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
When Wellington calls, magical sleuths must answer! Last in the trilogy.
The final installment of the Letter Game between authors Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer answers the following questions: Where is the missing magician? What is wrong with the normally sociable Georgy? Why won’t the formerly kidnapped girl talk? Why was Kate turned into a dog? All are addressed in The Mislaid Magician or Ten Years After being the Private Correspondence between Two Prominent Families Regarding a Scandal Touching the Highest Levels of Government and the Security of the Realm.
Since the trilogy’s last installment, both couples have settled into married life and now have kids. Cecy and James have a set of nine-year-old twins, a four-year-old daughter, and a baby boy. Thomas and Kate also have a baby boy, as well as a six-year-old boy. The twins are certainly magical, and Edward has shown interest, but probably only because the twins have aptitude. Things are business as unusual when Lord Wellington orders Cecelia and her husband James to investigate a magician’s disappearance in the northern part of England. They dump their brood at Tangleford with Thomas and Kate and get on the case.
While the second book strayed from the actual letter-writing formula which was the inspiration for the first, the third returns to it. The rhythm of this trilogy reminds one of the original Star Wars trilogy. The first is wonderful and can stand on its own, the second is not as good as the first, and the third cleverly ties the three together and is on par with the first. Mislaid Magician takes the series back to its roots, with the wonderful addition of the exchange of letters between Thomas and James as well as the ladies. It is fun to see what the ladies say about certain situations, and then read more succinct versions from the men. The second book included much more from Kate than the first, which was a shame because she is the weaker of the two characters. This book features Cecy as the dominant correspondent, and with the addition of the men, makes Kate’s role the icing on Cecy’s substantial cake role.
Title: The Mislaid Magician
Author: Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
Publisher: Harcourt Books
ISBN: 9780152055486
Review written by: Tracy Elledge
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