Pete and Weasel are eighth grade best friends in the small town of Hadleyville. Pete, a budding wizard, is an orphan and lives with his Aunt Lizzie, one of many witches in this town. Weasel’s parents are scientists, always busy with lab work to the point of nearly ignoring their son. Fanon, an alligator, happens to be Pete’s familiar. Dr. Wraith, is a blend of a supreme wizard and a sort of “Dr. Who”, in charge of passports for time travel, orchestration of various wizard enterprises, and solving problems time travel and magic gone awry can cause.
Magic has gone awry in this fun story: Pete didn’t
properly close a time lock in the 1100s at the close of an earlier adventure. Now
Peter of Bramwell, a page and the nephew of Earl Minimount, has gone missing in
time. Pete and Weasel must go back to the year he disappeared to head off a
resultant disaster. On arrival, two
guards, Sir Egbert and Sir Alywin, discover the boys wandering around; they
decide Pete is the missing Peter of Bramwell and Weasel his servant. They take the boys to Earl Minimount, and since Minimount hasn’t seen his nephew since he was
a toddler, he welcomes them in these roles.
Humor, danger,
mystery, and suspicion unfold in this romp of a tale: Rumors abound that
trouble is afoot in the countryside. Sir Egbert skulks around and sneaks out of
the castle at night. And why does he take such a dislike to Pete? The teenage
Richard, Duke of Aquitaine stops by en route to France and wants to go on a
hunt. Pete is assigned to accompany him. But Pete has never ridden a horse,
much less hunted. Then there are the dreaded Dark Woods, a place people inside
and outside the castle fear, and the mystical Circle of Stones, where Druids
worship. The young duke himself brings new dangers with him. And why does Earl
Minimount’s niece, Juliana, Peter of Bramwell’s cousin, seem so familiar to
Pete of Hadleyville? It takes the “very messy medieval magic” of the title to
resolve these questions and bring the real Peter of Bramwell back to the time
where he belongs.
Some Very Messy Medieval Magic, published by Dancing Lemur Press,
L. L. C., will be released May 15, 2018 and is available on Kindle and in some
Amazon locations.
and you can learn more about her and her books
at her website: http://www.cleemckenziebooks.com/middle-grade/
C. Lee's new book sound interesting and intriguing!
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Hi, Nas.Thanks for stopping by. If you like fantasy, you'll enjoy this read.
ReplyDeleteAnything Medieval is of interest to me. And I do like time travel books. Sounds like a good one. Thanks for the review.
ReplyDeleteIt's a fun read, Rosi. She's done an interesting job with the wizard/ magic aspect.
ReplyDeleteOh wow. Thanks for sharing, sounds great. Always looking for new reads for my gang and me!
ReplyDeleteHi, Tanya, I know you like fantasy, too, since you write paranormal. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day.
ReplyDeleteMedieval plus Magic has to be a great read. Yummy M & M!
ReplyDeleteHi, Mirka, that's a clever way to put it! Thanks for stopping by.
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