The Mislaid Magician: or Ten Years After (Cecelia and Kate, #3)

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The Mislaid Magician: or Ten Years After (Cecelia and Kate #3)

by Patricia C. Wrede, Caroline Stevermer

3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 · rating details · 2,046 ratings · 257 reviews

Ten years have passed since Kate and Cecy married Thomas and James, and England is now being transformed by the first railways. When the Duke of Wellington asks James to look into the sudden disappearance of a German railway engineer, James and Cecy's search reveals a shocking truth ...

The railway lines are wreaking havoc with ancient underground magical ley lines, which c...more

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Published November 1st 2006 by Harcourt

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Jun 12, 2009 Kelly rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: did-not-finish, fantasy-and-scifi, fiction, truly-dreadful, regency, owned, epistolary

This should really be retitled Being the Private Correspondence of Two Families... Which Explains Why It Would Only Be Of Interest to These Two Families. Come on, book, everyone knows the Tolstoy rule of happy families: "All happy families are alike." Which is why one could not be interested in the slightest in reading hundreds and hundreds of pages about them- especially when the excuse of a plot couldn't be more lame, or less suspenseful. Oh, please, do not get me started on the characters- or...more

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Nov 08, 2007 Elizabeth rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: fans of historical fantasy

The third in the series started by Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot (a book that was out of print for many years and only enjoys its current revival thanks to the popularity bestowed to youth fantasy by a certain British author and her bespectacled wizardy brat), this book joins the apparently growing genre of period fantasy written in the style of Jane Austen (the only other example of which I know is Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange Mr Norrell).

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Jun 15, 2010 Snail in Danger (Sid) Nicolaides rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy-fiction

After its prequels, Sorcery and Cecelia and The Grand Tour, this book is just ... sort of average. Not a bad book, but not as exciting as the other two.

13 June 2010: after reading Magic Below Stairs, I thought it would be interesting to give this another look.

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Mar 01, 2009 Cassie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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From railroads and ley lines, to a mute girl and a peculiarly enchanted dog, and topped off with spell-casting children and unexpected visitors, cousins Cecy and Kate, along with their husbands, James and Thomas, certainly have their hands full. Letters chronicle their investigations as Cecy and James investigate a missing magician, while Kate and Thomas stay at their home to watch over both families’ broods of children.

Continuing the adventures of Cecy and Kate (whose adventures can be found in...more From railroads and ley lines, to a mute girl and a peculiarly enchanted dog, and topped off with spell-casting children and unexpected visitors, cousins Cecy and Kate, along with their husbands, James and Thomas, certainly have their hands full. Letters chronicle their investigations as Cecy and James investigate a missing magician, while Kate and Thomas stay at their home to watch over both families’ broods of children.

Continuing the adventures of Cecy and Kate (whose adventures can be found in Sorcery and Cecelia, and The Grand Tour) this book makes a charming sequel. When I first heard there was a new book, I was a bit worried as The Grand Tour didn’t feel like it needed a continuation to me, and indeed, it didn’t. A good sequel adds on to the original story, drawing on earlier events, but still creating a complete adventure. Unlike some books which tend to be injured by more tales (my eyes are immediately drawn to all the Princess Diaries books past number three that are sitting on my shelf), this only adds to the already complex and fascinating world and characters that Wrede and Stevermer have created.

In all fairness, I must warn that this book should not be read before reading Sorcery and Cecelia and The Grand Tour . While this book could probably be muddled through without reading the prior books, the details and returning characters will be missed if one does not have the correct context. As a result, I reread The Grand Tour before reading this one, and I will refer to that book in relation to this one. Also, in rereading I noticed something I would have passed over before, but at the end of The Grand Tour , they are discussing what they will be like in ten years. Which, coincidently, is when The Mislaid Magician takes place.

Back to the letter format of the first book, Wrede and Stevermer have crafted another excellent story. Much like the first book, this one has two seemingly unrelated sets of events that weave together through magical mayhem and odd discoveries. This time though, James and Thomas are also exchanging letters. Many of the characters introduced in the first two books find their ways back in the current events. The Grand Tour had taken a different story style, as the two couples were traveling together and had no need of letters to each other. Instead, the story was told through Kate’s journal and Cecy’s official recounting for their British contacts. Personally, I think I liked the more intimate style of Kate’s journal in the last book, but the letter game is also a great deal of fun, since as a writer I can see where the two authors picked up and dropped off hints to each other. Writing a book to begin with is a large maze of details and subplots, and working with another writer’s imagination has to be difficult, but also a great deal of fun.

Since I mentioned the cover of the first book, I do think that the cover to both the second and this third book are much better. While they are nearly the same, the change is that the girls are drawn as more of a photo image than the stylized art of the first cover. Now if only they would release the first book with some new art.

Another interesting thing I noticed about this book is the fact that it does something not very common in the genre. The characters are far older than young adults–Kate and Cecy are in fact twenty-eight in this book. Off the top of my head, I can think of no other young adult books with central characters of that age. Usually the convention is to have the narrator characters be about the same age as the intended reader. This really was only able to be pulled off though by the fact that it is a sequel book to two other books when the characters are actually in their teens.

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Feb 09, 2009 Natalie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult-books

Ahh! A return to fun. It has been ten years, and the Schofields and Tarletons are well settled in England. When James is sent north to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a German magician/surveyor, Cecy must accompany him. She leaves her four children (inclucing precociously magical twins) with Thomas and Kate, who have children of their own. Each household has its own adventures, yet they are interconnected, of course. Not only do Kate and Cecy correspond at length, but letters betwee...more

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Dec 21, 2012 Andree rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012

This was highly enjoyable. Much better than the second.

The letters really work well as a narrative device. Better than the 'diary' entries of book two, I think because it allows the two cousins to tell the story to each other, and by extension the reader. This book also seemed more balanced. If anything, it skewed the other way, with more focus on Cecily and James than Kate and Thomas. I also really liked the addition of the letters between the men as well.

I adore Cecily and James. They're both...more This was highly enjoyable. Much better than the second.

The letters really work well as a narrative device. Better than the 'diary' entries of book two, I think because it allows the two cousins to tell the story to each other, and by extension the reader. This book also seemed more balanced. If anything, it skewed the other way, with more focus on Cecily and James than Kate and Thomas. I also really liked the addition of the letters between the men as well.

I adore Cecily and James. They're both so delightfully practical, but also sneaky and clever when necessary. And I'm beginning to wonder if that's the difference in the two relationships. Cecily and James aren't overt in their displays of affection by any means, but they just work because they treat each other as equals. As much as I also enjoy Kate and Thomas, Thomas does occasionally come off as a little bit patronizing.

Also, their children were not at all annoying, and I was amused by that sub-plot. I was so pleased when Aunt Elizabeth and Mr. Wrexton showed up in this one. They are among my favourite secondary characters in this series. I also really enjoy how this series deals with the magic, and I like that in this one having no magical abilities was actually an asset at some points, thus avoiding book 2's problem of too much reliance on Thomas. This book was really just more balanced and went back to the idea of having everybody being generally competent. Which is excellent.

And the writing is just enjoyable, in its tone and underlying sense of humour. Plus, some of the historical references amused me.

That said, I did feel like a few too many new minor characters were all introduced, or perhaps mroe accurately, all converged together at the end. It was a bit hard to keep up.

Still, I liked it. And now I'm torn, because I feel the need to eventually own these, and I'm debating the necessity of buying the second book. I think I may have to have it, for completeness' sake.

Oh, and, Grace, another one of the subplots amused me for reasons. Let's just say, it involved Georgy.(less)

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Jul 30, 2012 Kristen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: best-paranormal-fiction, victorian-era, strong-female-characters

This is the third in the series of books about the continuing adventures of magically talented cousins Cecelia and Kate, two young ladies of good breeding in Regency England.

The books are cleverly written entirely as a series of letters between the cousins to update one another on the events in their lives.

In this book both Cecy and Kate have now been married [respectively] to James and Thomas for ten years. Both have several children, and are happily ensconced in the joys of domesticity.

Until t...more

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Jan 13, 2012 Indiana rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2006, alternative-england, fantasty, historical, regency-england, ley-lines

In the 3rd book in the series, ten years have passed since the cousins Kate and Cecy met their matches and got married and went on their honeymoon. Now they are long settled and married with children. But the adventures aren't necessarily over. Railroads are being built all over England and the Duke of Wellington has asked Cecy's husband to investigate the sudden disappearance of a German magician railway engineer. It turns out the the railway lines are wreaking havoc with ancient underground ma...more

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Apr 23, 2009 Amy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy-adventure, magic

This is book three in a fun trilogy of books for young teens. Certainly a fun, quick read. I liked this one better than the second book, but not as much as the first one. This story, as does the first book, is told through letters from two cousins. (In fact the two authors literally take on the persona of the two characters and wrote the book via letters to each other.) The biggest difference in their correspondence this time is that there is the added letters of their husbands to each other as...more

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Aug 02, 2012 Kathryn rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-reads, fantasy, historical-fiction, regency-romance, young-adult

The Mislaid Magician is the sequel to Sorcery and Cecelia and The Grand Tour. I don't enjoy it quite as much as the other two, partly because Kate spends the whole book at home watching the children and partly because it's a little difficult to keep the characters straight. A family tree reminding us of how Kate and Cecy are related (and also showing Aunts Charlotte and Elizabeth, and also Georgy) and giving the names and ages of their respective children would have been tremendously helpful.

I d...more

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Jun 06, 2011 Karen Keyte rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: teen-fantasy-scifi, teen-girls-adventure-mystery, teen-historical, teen-romantic

Ten years after their grand wedding tour (and the concurrent unraveling of an imperial magical contretemps), Thomas and Kate (the Marquess and Marchioness of Schofield) are living quietly on their country estate outside of London, still very happily married and now the parents of two sons. Cecy and James, who shared in the Continental adventure, are similarly shrouded in connubial bliss. The Tarletons have set up their home at Tangleford Hall in Kent. Blessed with four children of their own, Cec...more Ten years after their grand wedding tour (and the concurrent unraveling of an imperial magical contretemps), Thomas and Kate (the Marquess and Marchioness of Schofield) are living quietly on their country estate outside of London, still very happily married and now the parents of two sons. Cecy and James, who shared in the Continental adventure, are similarly shrouded in connubial bliss. The Tarletons have set up their home at Tangleford Hall in Kent. Blessed with four children of their own, Cecy and James also find their days nicely filled. But it seems that magic and intrigue are not ready to leave these two couples behind, not by a long shot.

The Duke of Wellington, now the Prime Minister, has charged James (who was, as you may remember, 'Old Hookey's' ADC during the fuss with Napoleon) with a delicate mission in the north. It seems a Prussian railway surveyor/magician, one Herr Magus Franz Wilhelm Schellen, has managed to go missing while surveying railway lines in the countryside around Leeds. As his disappearance occurred some six months ago, the Prussians are becoming quite shirty about it. The Duke would like James and Cecy to make some discreet inquiries into the matter. Of course they must go, but it is equally plain that they cannot take four small children with them. The solutions is for James and Cecy to send their brood to Thomas and Kate.

While Cecy and James are gadding about the north searching for their missing Prussian and investigating a tangle of magical ley lines and railway politics, Kate and Thomas are having a few adventures of their own. Kate's spoiled younger sister Georgina, now Her Grace, the Duchess of Waltham, has shown up and made herself at home - with no explanation given for separating from her husband or the even more unbelievable fact that she is missing the London Season to rusticate at Skeynes with Kate and Thomas. With six children in the nursery (at least two of whom are beginning to show a precocious talent for magic) and Georgy moping about the place, Kate and Thomas have their hands full. When an unknown villain makes off with their eldest son, the couple rescues him and a young girl - the stoic and dignified Drina, who refuses to say a single word about where she was abducted from or why. Then there's the matter of a very strong magician poking at the magical wards around Skeynes and attempting to find a way into the Schofield home. It's enough to make one wonder what in the world is going on in the Realm!

I am a huge fan of this historical/fantasy/mystery trilogy by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer. Like the novel that originally introduced readers to Kate and Cecy (Sorcery and Cecelia), The Mislaid Magician is composed entirely of letters. Now, however, we also get to hear from Thomas and James, as well as Kate and Cecy. All three of these novels (the second was The Grand Tour) are utterly charming with sweet, funny, feisty characters and fascinating mystery plots. The Regency details, especially the manners and mannerisms, contribute a goof deal to the overall stories, as does the wonderful, witty writing of the two authors.(less)

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Apr 21, 2012 Elizabeth rated it 3 of 5 stars

It's been nearly ten years since I first read Sorcery & Cecilia, courtesy of a friend. I remember how much I enjoyed it, and how much fun we in turn got out of playing the letter game. Of this sub-genre, for me probably the best is Steven Brust and Emma Bull's Freedom & Necessity - in which the characters feel imperiled and Stuff is on the line.
The Sorcery & Cecilia books are light, sweet fun in comparison. They are lovely, enjoyable, sometimes funny, but best to read when you're fee...more

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Apr 20, 2012 Shannon rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, historical-fiction

I give this one 5 stars just for the beautiful "extra" details. I loved the voice of the characters, and that this time we get to see letters from Thomas and James as well as the girls. I loved the little details about "domestic disasters." The tone is back to being light and funny; the driving force of this book is not the craziness of the plot or the horrificness (I think I made that word up) of the villains--rather it's the joy of the friendships illustrated through these letters.

I think I al...more

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Sep 29, 2011 Hope rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is book is the third in the Cacelia and Kate series, it takes place ten years after the last book. It was nice to read about Cecelia and Kate and their families ten years after we last saw them. I have to say even thought story takes place ten years after, the charactes have not changed much. Only difference is now they have children of their own. This story centers around Cecelia and Kate, but more so Cece. Cece and James are sent to investigate the disappearance of one of the wizards, whi...more

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Jun 21, 2012 Lesli rated it 3 of 5 stars

It took me a day or two to get into the plot, but then I enjoyed the book. Probably more than book two, but definitely less than book 1. Ah, the way of series. Back to the book, I felt like the beginning was slow moving. Then I was surprised at how quickly the authors tied up so many loose ends so quickly in the end. Considering the series started out as single people looking for matrimony, I thought the book would have been better with more about each couples' relationship. But I did like the l...more

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Mar 23, 2011 Bethany rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adult-worthy-ya, fluffy-chic-lit-that-i-like-anyway, fantasy-sci-fi

The third book in a series that's part Jane Austen, part Harry Potter, and a little bit something all it's own, The Mislaid Magician or Ten Years After does indeed take place ten years after the events in Sorcery and Cecelia and The Grand Tour. It's refreshing to hear the men's voices in the letters amongst themselves, even as Kate and Cecy resume their familiar roles in telling the story via their correspondence. There are magicians, and railways, and British politics, and mysterious dogs all p...more

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Jan 11, 2010 Sunshie rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is the 3rd book in the series these two authors have written together. The first being Sorcery and Cecilia or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot and the second being The Grand Tour. It was a lovely book, not as good as the first one and about the same rating as the second one. I love these books because they are so unpredictable at times. Ms. Wrede and Ms. Stevermer writing them while playing something called The Letter Game. It is basically where two authors work together to chose a setting and w...more

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Feb 11, 2013 Meg rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, fantasy-historical, kindle-books

If you like Sorcery and Cecelia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot and The Grand Tour or The Purloined Coronation Regalia, you'll like this one! I think the authors did a good job working in the correspondence style they established for the first book, as well as filling in the 10-year gap between this book and the prior one without looking like that's what they were doing.

A lot of fun, and I'm sorry to read that this is the end of the series because I would definitely read more. Perhaps I'll rerea...more

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May 18, 2009 Amy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2009

This book almost lives up to the charm created in Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country. Ten years after the wedding trip, Kate and Cecelia both have growing families. Cecy's twins are budding magicians with a nose for trouble. And the Duke of Wellington still occasionally employs James and Thomas on missions critical to the interests of England.

This book is once agai...more

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Nov 29, 2010 Marilag rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010-reads, fantasy, historical, female-leads

This book probably deserved a little more of a better rating than I gave it, but since most of the amusement was once again near the end, I might as well keep it like this.

The whole fast-forward of ten years later was kind of bittersweet for me; for one, I liked the journey they took getting to where they are now, yet the whole contrast of Cecy and James doing the grunt work versus Kate and Thomas with all the babysitting was refreshing at the same time. Still, I did miss the young couples when...more

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Dec 20, 2012 Kate K. F. rated it 4 of 5 stars

In the final book of the Sorcery and Cecelia books, Wrede and Stevermer return to the original set up with Kate and Cecelia writing letters to each other though their husbands join in the letters. Most of the story is taken up with tales of their children as well as a mystery that takes place in the north of England and at Kate's home of Steynes. I enjoyed this book as I have all the others but it felt not as tight because it felt as if there was a little too much going on.

The combination of th...more

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Jun 14, 2009 Lightreads rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, fiction, historical, romance

I read the two sequels to Sorcery and Cecelia in one go. More tales of upper-class nineteenth-century magical England, told by letter and written recollection.

Eh. A lot of the giddy charm of the first book was apparently novelty, because it had really worn off by the end here. And without it you have some generic sort of intrigue, some jokes that aren't actually funny, and historically creepy gender politics. Not bad books, you know? Just nothing more than vaguely neutral, if you know what I mea...more

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Jan 31, 2013 Eli rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, fiction, local, spec, steampunk-etc, ya

More enjoyable than Book 2, though more memorable in moments and vignettes, rather than as an overall work. Thomas, in particular, seemed back in fighting form, smart and often biting in his wit. And the plot, while not exactly the deepest thing you've ever seen, at least felt more substantial than that of The Grand Tour or The Purloined Coronation Regalia . I come away a bit sad that the series ends here; I now have visions of Thomas dashing about heading up Wellington's new magical policing di...more

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Jun 21, 2009 Purpledolphin789 rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is the last book in a trilogy. This is about the same two cousins, Kate and Cecelia. However, it is ten years after their adventures in Sorcery and Cecelia and The Grand Tour. Both couples (Kate and Thomas, Cecy and James) now have children.
When the Duke of Wellington summons James and asks him to investigate a missing magician/railway surveyor, Cecy and James go off on this adventure. Kate and Thomas remain at their home, minding their children and James and Cecy's brood. The two couples...more

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Apr 09, 2011 Sophia rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical, ya, fantasy

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. A decent but not amazing installment of a solid series. I'm biased towards it for several reasons:
1. It's co-written by Patricia Wrede, whom I love dearly.
2. It's set in the Regency era AND it has magic, both of which I love.
3. It has not one, but TWO sassy heroines who take charge of their situation and aren't prone to sentimental moping or damsel-in-distress syndrome. (Incidentally, one of the side characters is meant to be a parody of that stereotype and I love it.)
4. It's an epistolary story...more

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Jan 26, 2010 K. rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Regency plus Magic lovers

Shelves: fairy-tale-and-fantasy

You know, I have to use stars for 2 purposes. 1) writing quality; and 2) how much I enjoyed the book.

Sometimes the writing quality isn't the best, but I enjoy it so much I have to rate it high.

This book was so much fun to read. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Light literature is so great sometimes. The writing is great too. Certainly not in the "superb" category, but well done nonetheless.

So, in this series I think this and the first were the best, the 2nd wasn't as good. The letter format worked gr...more

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Aug 01, 2011 Annie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, historical-fiction

Apparently I missed The Grand Tour. Not that you necessarily need to read these books in order but I felt that I didn't have a good grasp on James or Thomas the way I did in Sorcery and Cecelia.

Aside from that, it was a sweet, fun story. I do enjoy the characters which is why I wish I'd reread Sorcery and Cecelia first. I wasn't swept away in the intrigue of it all, but I enjoyed it.

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Jul 06, 2011 Ketrisse rated it 2 of 5 stars

Ordinarily a big fan of both the authors, this was a poor showing for both of their talents. There was too much inundation of technical information that in the end seemed pretty irrelevant and unimportant. The pacing of the story was stilted and extremely slow. The connection to the characters was not strong. I kept waiting for Something, anything exciting to happen. It didn't. All in all I was disappointed that nothing (other then the addition of children) had really changed about the character...more

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Jul 25, 2009 Patti rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: those who like Regency England along with some magic

Shelves: regency, fantasy, read-in-2009, bedtime-reading, england-setting

I would rate this a 4.5 stars. I really love the characters in this trilogy (trilogy so far, anyway). The reason it didn't get 5 stars from me is that there are several confusing points: 1) I couldn't keep the children of the main characters straight, mostly their ages & which parents they belonged to and 2) a very confusing plot point concerning a magical term called "ley lines"--it is very important to the story, yet I still found things a bit confusing.

That said, I love the characters, th...more

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Apr 08, 2009 Anne rated it 4 of 5 stars

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About Patricia C. Wrede

Patricia Collins Wrede was born in Chicago, Illinois and is the eldest of five children. She started writing in seventh grade. She attended Carleton College in Minnesota, where she majored in Biology and managed to avoid taking any English courses at all. She began work on her first novel, Shadow Magic, just after graduating from college in 1974. She finished it five years later and started her se...more Patricia Collins Wrede was born in Chicago, Illinois and is the eldest of five children. She started writing in seventh grade. She attended Carleton College in Minnesota, where she majored in Biology and managed to avoid taking any English courses at all. She began work on her first novel, Shadow Magic, just after graduating from college in 1974. She finished it five years later and started her second book at once, having become permanently hooked on writing by this time.

Patricia received her M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1977.
She worked for several years as a financial analyst and accountant, first with the Minnesota Hospital Association, then with B. Dalton Booksellers, and finally at the Dayton Hudson Corporation headquarters.

Patricia finished her first novel in late 1978. In January, 1980, Pamela Dean, Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Steven Brust, Nate Bucklin, and Patricia Wrede -- all, at that point, hopeful but unpublished -- formed the writer's group that later became known as "The Scribblies." In April of 1980, Patricia's first novel sold to Ace Books. It came out at last in 1982, which is the year she met Lillian Stewart Carl (who introduced her to Lois McMaster Bujold by mail).

In 1985, shortly before the publication of her fifth book, she left the world of the gainfully employed to try winging it on her own.

Her interests include sewing, embroidery, desultory attempts at gardening, chocolate, not mowing the lawn, High Tea, and, of course, reading.
She is a vegetarian, and currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her cats, Merlin, Brisen, and Nimue. She has no children, but as of this writing, she does have four nieces and four nephews ranging in age from seven months to twelve years old and in geographical location from Maine to Alabama.
She has published twelve and a half books:
Shadow Magic, Daughter of Witches, The Seven Towers, Talking to Dragons, The Harp of Imach Thyssel, Caught in Crystal, Snow White and Rose Red, Dealing with Dragons, Mairelon the Magician, Searching for Dragons, Calling on Dragons, The Raven Ring, and a collaboration with fellow Minneapolis author Caroline Stevermer, Sorcery and Cecelia, as well as a collection of short stories titled Book of Enchantments. She is also part of the Liavek shared-world anthology. (less)

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