MWSA Review

Author Virginia Burton Stringer has spun a fascinating story for the young adult reader in her book Enchantment, Book 3 of the Maagy Series. This book starts off on Princess Maagy's sixteenth birthday, the day Maagy's father, the king, can finally tell her the truth behind her mother's murder years earlier. On this day, Maagy also learns of her true heritage and the dangerous destiny in front of her. She is bewildered and upset with the knowledge but soon realizes the path she needs to follow. She and friend Mary apply to the Academy to become knights, and the two are the first females to be accepted into it. The Academy tests their strength, knowledge, and determination. In her struggles, she realizes that she is developing into a young woman with emotions and a temper that she will have to better control. No challenge, however, is greater than the one she faces when her father is kidnapped. I recommend this book.

Review by Bob Doerr (June 2020)

Author's Synopsis

Princess Maagy has had some great adventures and a few harrowing moments in her life, but none compares to what King Henry reveals to her in the forbidden east tower on her sixteenth birthday. The greatest unknown in Maagy’s life has been her mother Queen Melania, but her father’s refusal to talk about his wife has left Maagy with a growing rage. Now, to find out the truth about what really happened to Queen Melania brings that anger to the surface causing a rift in the idyllic father/daughter relationship. Maagy’s rebellion turns her stubborn determination toward becoming a soldier against King Henry’s strong objections. Maagy has always been intrigued by her own striking resemblance to the warrior woman in a portrait at Whitmore Estate, but no one seems to know her identity. However, it is obvious to Maagy that she is an ancestor. Little does Maagy know the significance of the portrait, the woman in it, or how her life will change when she takes hold of the mysterious blue crystal and discovers she is the Chosen One. Once again, Maagy’s life is cast into turmoil, as her path twists and turns in directions neither she nor King Henry could predict. Maagy’s destiny was sealed centuries before her birth with foreboding incantations and curses spoken out of revenge. A sapphire amulet, glowing rubies, and the Sword of Aradin are her inheritance from the past and are the keys to her future.

ISBN/ASIN: 978-1-4808-4911-2
Book Format(s): Soft cover, ePub/iBook
Review Genre: Children & Young Adult—Young Adult (fiction or non-fiction)
Number of Pages: 421