The Silver Currant
Kenneth A. Baldwin
Magical illnesses require magical cures, and time is running out. It’s been months since I left my home town. I’d never traveled outside its wall before. It seems like only yesterday that my biggest concern was writing my next hit article. Now, I’m running from the police and desperately searching for the only man who may know how to cure me of a magical ailment. I’m not alone, but I can feel the patience and energy of the man by my side diminish day by day.
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Magical, mysterious new worlds are unveiled as the mystery of maddening magic continues in The Silver Currant, book two in the Luella Winthrop Trilogy by Kenneth A. Baldwin.
Luella Winthrop is suffering from a malady of magic. On the road in search of carnival magician Bram, Luella, and her possible fiance, Edward have endured a series of setbacks. Baldwin does not hesitate to throw the reader into the middle of their first potential lead. With no preamble, the action kicks off right away, but Baldwin does well to drop reminders of what has transpired between Luella, Edward, and Bram in the first book.
The Silver Currant introduces scintillating new characters and astonishing new worlds. These catapult the plot forward like a steam engine, and there never seems to be a moment for Luella to gain her footing. She stumbles into books of peculiar poetry, tumbles over clues of secret adventuring societies, and mixes with dangerous new forms of magic. Worst of all, she struggles to maintain relationships. Understanding her heart, and what secrets friends and foes surrounding her might hold in theirs, proves to be the crux of the story.
Luella’s pride and single-minded determination can be aggravating to read. She struggles against being told what’s best for her by people who are more knowledgeable than her. However, her desperation for normalcy proves a logical driving force behind her pushy persistence. Lulls in the story fall in pocket moments Baldwin has taken to offer some side character building, such as during a Christmas holiday. These moments prove unnecessary, even if they are charming.
Baldwin has set about marking this trilogy binge-worthy. It has plenty of loveable characters, a truly unique setting, and an even more unique, mysterious magical realm. The romantic triangle delivers all the gushy feelings a reader might think resolved in book one, which in turn offers a side mystery we’re all dying to see a resolution to.
A colossal, uniquely imagined fantasy series. Book three could not come soon enough!
Many thanks to Kenneth A. Baldwin for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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