After reading Diana Wynne Jones' Howl Series I just needed more, I loved those books. My friend Allison suggested I read her Chrestomanci Series of which Charmed Life is the first book. Conveniently enough as she suggested it she handed it to me. Parallel worlds, 9 lives, belongings that scream where they belong to if removed, and much much more fun await you in this magical book.
Plus I was suffering a huge hole in my life because I haven`t been able to find a truly engaging wizarding series to read since I finished the Harry Potter books many moons ago (lets face it I`m one of those people who preordered the seventh book and read straight through it as soon as I got it). There are some eerie similarities from this series to Harry Potter, I will not divulge them here so as to keep you intrigued and possibly curious enough to read the series. My thinking is that J.K. Rowling could have read the Chrestomanci Series when she was younger (the first book came out in the 70s) and they inspired her writing (maybe there is an article that already says this somewhere?)
Diana Wynne Jones
I would like to read this just to see what the paralles are between HP and the Charmed Life.
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