The Mystwick School of Musicraft
Jessica Khoury
Humor and heart shine in this middle grade fantasy about a girl who attends a boarding school to learn how to use music to create magic, perfect for fans of Nevermoor and The School for Good and Evil series. Amelia Jones always dreamed of attending the Mystwick School of Musicraft, where the world's most promising musicians learn to create magic. So when Amelia botches her audition, she thinks her dream has met an abrupt and humiliating end--until the school agrees to give her a trial period. Amelia is determined to prove herself, vowing to do whatever it takes to become the perfect musician. Even if it means pretending to be someone she isn't. Meanwhile, a mysterious storm is brewing that no one, not even the maestros at Mystwick, is prepared to contain. Can Amelia find the courage to be true to herself in time to save her beloved school from certain destruction?
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03.75
Cover 5; characters 3; Plot 3; Pace 4; Intrigue 3; Logic 3; worldbuilding 4; Writing 4; Enjoyment 4; cry*
This was a fun, enjoyable read about a really well thought out musically magic world. Musicians create spells with their music. Different types of music make different types of spells. It was so well put together, LOVED the world building.
The characters were okay, I would have liked more of them and to learn more of the backstory to our secondary characters. The plot was also a bit wishywashy in some places but I think for a middle grade it did what it set out to do.
This was really a book about finding yourself and learning that believing in yourself is more important than anyone else believing in you.
There was a bit of a plot twist toward the end of the book where we found out what happened to our MC's mother and I was not expecting that. It had me in tears.
A really good story over all but does deal a good bit with bullying and death so if you're looking into this for your mid-grade age kid, I recommend checking for content warnings.
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