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I liked this better than Charmed Life, even though it’s a prequel. Fun stuff.

There were some cliche trappings that shouldn’t have worked (rich neglected kid who is somehow nice and who finds out he’s super duper magical but finds a way to be even nicer). And the whole nine lives and multiverse idea doesn’t make sense at all, but all that was somehow okay because this was such fun to read! I’m curious to see where the series goes from here.

There’s also a pretty deep idea here about the disconnect between kids and adults. The adults here are trying to use the kids for their own purposes, setting them on tracks and trying to exploit their talents. The kids have to learn how to communicate effectively, lie well, and learn to find their own way through all the pressure and influences.

(Okay but seriously, there’s a multiverse of worlds in series but somehow they mostly have some kind of generic British thing going on? Honestly now. I don’t believe for a second that a world like ours but with magic would be so similar.)

I’ll have to track down book 3. I’m excited to see what’s next.