Last week I read the last book in the Mystwick series and I figured it would be nice to share my thoughts on the whole series in a review. This is a MG fantasy series and I have listened to all the books on audio. Let’s jump in to the review!
This series starts with The Mystwick School of Musicraft. Our main character is Amelia Jones and she is accepted into Mystwick, a boarding school where they teach you how to use music to create magic. Amelia had a horrible audition, but is somehow still admitted to the school. In true MG fantasy fashion all kinds of mishaps ensue. Throughout the series we meet her schoolmates, her best friends and some of her family.
Like with any good MG fantasy series there is an interesting villain with a backstory that you might have guessed before the reveal. Amelia has to save her school in the first book and the stakes only get higher in the next books.
I really enjoyed the audiobooks with this story, as we got to hear the music as it was described when there was magic being made. There were also great messages in the books and I really appreciate that. I liked how there was diversity that was just there, without a fuss being made about it. Simply by having a side character in a wheelchair for example. It was so nice to read and I think it’s so good to show kids how there are all kinds of people by having them be a part of the story.
The magic in this series was done in a really cool way. It’s created through music (which is already its own kind of magic in my opinion) and depending on the instrument and the composition you get different kinds of spells. It was definitely a unique magic system and I would love to see this in an adult fantasy as well.
I simply really liked this series and I would definitely recommend it. It’s a great MG read with fun characters, an interesting ‘mystery’ and beautiful messages. The story is easy enough to follow, but it doesn’t get boring. Now I just have to find a new MG series to listen to with this one being finished haha. If you have any recommendations, let me know in the comments!
