Charmed Life : A hilariously charming novel.

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	• Charmed Life Diana Wynne Jones William Morrow & Co, 1978 - 218 pages average customer review:based on 57 reviews
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highly recommended

This is one heck of a book!

If your waiting for the 5th Harry Potter book or if you just want to read a book about magic and fantasy then try Charmed Life. It has many suprises in it, and it has a very happy ending. I told my mom to try it and she did. She loved it too. It has some very close risks plus some very funny parts in it. I voted this book 5 stars because it never had any bad parts in it. I got a little scared about a very close risk that Cat, one of the main characters took. I was a little sad when Gwendolen his sister turned bad, and she didn't have as much love for him as he did for her. This book is making me so eager to get the 2nd one.I am still waiting for it. I am into fantasy and action a lot and I love to read! Sometimes reading can be better then movies because authors can make them longer and more discriptive. I am making my own book called The Magical Path. If I publish this book I hope you will read it! I think Ms.Jones is a supercalafragilistic writer!

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The Best One!

I love all the Chrestomanci books, but this one was the best!!!! The detail of the characters are amazing! Cat's personality is really funny, I even kinda like Gwendolyn. If you haven't read this series yet, you should probably start with The Lives Of Christopher Chant, to learn the history of Chrestomanci. If you have already read all the other books, then do me a favor and read this one!!!!!!!

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Fantasy, wonderful fantasy.

I remember when I was 20 years old and discovered The Chronicles of Narnia for the first time. Now, 23 years later, I can look back at hours and hours of great fun. First reading the books myself, then reading them over and over for my four kids. A little later I discovered The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, but for about 20 years those were to only fantasy books I had read.

Then, three years ago the Harry Potter era started in our family. And now we live in a Harry Potter world here. But, in spite of all the pages a Harry Potter book doesn't last forever. It was with great pleasure that we some time ago opened my daughter's birthday gift and found the series The Worlds of Chrestomanci. They are perfect while waiting for the next Harry Potter to come, and perfect when you want something to read :-)

The first book in the series is Charmed life. It tells the story of Eric Chant, known as Cat, and his older sister Gwendolen. Cat and Gwendolen's parents dies in a boat accident, and all Cat have is his older sister. She is a witch, and Cat adores her. They first live with an old woman in the town, but it soon shows that Gwendolen has a very special talent for witchcraft, and to their joy they are asked for to come and live with the great Chrestomanci in his castle. Their life in his castle is not like the two kids expected, and Gwendolen, the witch, takes the easy way out and runs off to another world, Cat has to stay and fight his way through the days.

The novel is filled with fantasy and unexpected events. And it never let you get bored. The book is meant for young readers, and any booklover between 9-12 will love it. I even think any book lover between 9 and 99 will. Try the book, and you will be so charmed by it you just need the others in the series as well.
Is it magic? Who knows......

Britt Arnhild Lindland

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An emtertaining story

Cat looks up to his sister Gwendolyn more than anyone else. It's prefectly obvious why, she's a very powerful witch. And ever since the two sibling's parents died Cat has clung to her every day. And when he's sent to llive with Mrs. Sharp, all she wants to do is nourish Gwendolyn's gift. But when there sent to live with the fabled Chrestomanci Gwendolyn is more or less put in her place. SHe is not allowed to pratice witchcraft. SO she sets up into proving the Chrestomanci wrong and porving that she is the most powerful one of them all. But Cat know's what his sister is capable of and when she dose something so powerful, he's the one who has to fix it.

Like many people I found the title of this book on a online list called "what to read after Harry Potter." When I read this I was very entertained. Cat's story is thrilling and suspenceful. I reccomend this book to fans of fantasy books such as Harry Potter and/or Tamora Pierce. Though it's not as good as JK Rowling's creations it's definatly a novel any fantasy lover should put in their collection. I'm planning on reading the other four novels in the series too. Read it you won't be dissapointed.

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Charmed Life : A hilariously charming novel.

CHARMED LIFE is the first of Dianna Wynne Jones's Chrestomanci Quartet, and is delightfully charming itself, especially because it's such a magical and hilarious work that has an extremely involving plot. Cat and his sister, Gwendolyn, are now living in a vast and immense Castle, Chrestomanci Castle. Gwendolyn herself is a witch, and though she's quite a good one, she gets angry quite easily -- a darkness brews inside her that she can't control, and her spells are powerfully dangerous. When she is angry over the rules she has to put up with in Chrestomanci's Castle, she begins to conjure up many schemes to get rid of Chrestomanci himself once after all. Cat doesn't know how to stop his devious , stronger sister -- already she's gaining to much power, and goodness knows what she can do with her witchcraft ! Cat needs to somehow be brave , but he doesn't have magic in his own blood. That's why it would take more then human powers to stop Gwendolyn's evil ! From magical schemes to destroy everything Gwendolyn despises to a talking upset Dragon who's blood is wanted to a charmed pair of diamond earings that can never get lost by constantly screaming, 'I belong to Caroline Chant!' , Charmed Life is a hilarious and delightfully enjoyable novel that sparks an excellent written expression and humor, never failing to amuse but offer a good scare just as well. Dianna Wynne Jones has written a very charming novel.

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