A review by ljrinaldi
The Wheel of Fortune by Benjamin Dickson
4.0
The basic premise is that the queen has a royal witch, sort of like a royal taster, who protects the queen from harm. In this case it is Queen Elizabeth the First. When the royal witch dies, there are tryouts for the job, and Daisy wants to do the job, even though she has no court connections, is a peasant who helps her mother sell potions at the market, and doesn’t know all that many spells.
Still, you can’t fault a girl for trying.
With the help of her familiar, a talking rat, she manages to get into the competition, but there are of course mean girls, to get in her way, and the usual things that happen in middle grade fiction, but with rats and magic, and talking spiders, and you get the idea.
And this is only the first book in the series, so now we have to wait what happens next.
Perfect for kids (and adults who are kids), who like silly, magical historical fiction.
Thanks to Edelweiss for making this book available for an honest review.
Still, you can’t fault a girl for trying.
With the help of her familiar, a talking rat, she manages to get into the competition, but there are of course mean girls, to get in her way, and the usual things that happen in middle grade fiction, but with rats and magic, and talking spiders, and you get the idea.
And this is only the first book in the series, so now we have to wait what happens next.
Perfect for kids (and adults who are kids), who like silly, magical historical fiction.
Thanks to Edelweiss for making this book available for an honest review.