Alyssa McCarthy's Magical Missions Book Review

Alyssa McCarthy's Magical Missions: 

Book 1: From Frights to Flaws

By Sunayna Prasad

Twelve-year-old Alyssa McCarthy is sick of her uncle's unfair rules and longs for a better life. After discovering the existence of magic, she finds out about a dark wizard hunting her down. An unforgettable storm occurs in Alyssa's ordinary New Jersey town before the sorcerer kidnaps her to the Fiji Islands.

On the enchanted island of Yanowic, Alyssa learns that she is unable to get out of the due to a giant shield. She must defeat somecountry  dangerous creatures and the evil wizard in order to leave. But with sorcerers and magical technology getting in her way, can Alyssa succeed?

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***MY HONEST REVIEW OF MAGICAL MISSIONS***

A month before Alyssa turns 13, she discovers that an evil wizard intends to kill her to further his cause. This begins a journey into a scary, magical world she never knew existed, making new friends along the way.

This should be read by 13 year-old and under. I don’t think anyone older would enjoy it much. It was just an OK read to me. I felt like the magic in each situation was made up as the author was writing, and not thought out ahead of time. Also, how come no matter what the magic was, there was no way to undo it? The magic always seemed limited way too much in counteracting.

Information was sporadic at times. There was too much explaining the electronics in the magic world, but not enough in how things got explained to parents and police. There was no explanation as to why Alyssa or her parents were chosen by the wizard. There were just too many gaps in the information. I feel like to make the story believable; these things should have been addressed.

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**The above opinions are 100% my own, whether I purchased the book or it was given to me for review purposes.

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About the Author

I was born in Houston, Texas on November 22nd, 1993. I moved to Long Island, New York shortly after turning one. I attended school from 1998 and graduated in 2011. I started writing stories at around six years old. I wrote until the age of ten, when I took a break for six years. I returned to writing stories at about sixteen years old. Ever since then, I enjoyed writing stories, particularly for children.