Fort’s continued adventures take more surprising twists and turns in this third novel in a thrilling series from the author of the New York Times bestselling Story Thieves! Dealing with monster attacks and his missing father has been hard enough for Fort Fitzgerald in his first month at the Oppenheimer School. But there’s another school for magic, this one in the United Kingdom, that’s about to … United Kingdom, that’s about to create even bigger problems.
Six of the Carmarthen Academy students found themselves lost in time when they first started learning magic. Now they’ve returned, with news of a coming war that the students claim only they can stop.
But their new plan for the world might lead to an even worse future, one that Fort and his friends are destined to help bring about, no matter how much they might want to fight it.
Can Fort change the future that the Time students have already seen play out? Or is he destined to pay for his past mistakes for all of time?
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This book picks up almost immediately after the previous book ended. Fort has just rescued his father, but the man is in a coma. Oh, and half of England is under a dome. No one knows what is happening inside the dome, but a video has been released demanding that Fort and his friends Rachel and Jia be sent to the dome or the people inside won’t be released. While no one in charge intends to send the trio, they still find themselves there. Will they be able to stop what is coming?
If you haven’t read this series yet, don’t start with this book. It assumes you’ve read the first two, and there isn’t much background given to help explain the world that has been created. This book starts out a little slowly with too many teases about what might happen in the future, but once the main quest really gets going, the book picks up, and there are twists and surprises that kept me engaged. The characters are good, and Fort does more growing here. I’m not a fan of the post-apocalyptic setting, especially right now, but I am intrigue enough that I have to know what is going to happen next, so I will be back for more.
THE FUTURE KING
THE REVENGE OF MAGIC SERIES BOOK #3
By James Riley
First off I have to thank Author James Riley, RockStarBookTours.com & Aladdin/ Simon & Schuster Kids for not only sending me this gifted copy to read and review but the first two novels as well.
I had to jump right into book #3 without the history from the other books that THE FUTURE KING would sometime refer to. The storyline was so imaginative and immersive for me, I can imagine how great a child would feel reading this. It is fool of action, monsters and magic with a group of school kids working together to help save the future for all of mankind. The plot is twist-turning and keeps you on your toes and your interest piqued. Again I just wish I had been able to read the other books in the series before this review.
I would say with the wonderful but difficult writing, that it be for kids that are either advanced or at least a 6th Grade reading level. I do praise this book highly. I would encourage all parents to buy the series for both girls and boys. My suggestion would be that you buy it sooner than they may be able to read and use it as a book you read together and you help encourage vocabulary growth on new words and in no time they will be able to maybe read this by 5th Grade. The great thing is, this book and the series is one that kids will want to read and re-read over and over again. Each time their intellect and understanding continuing to grow as they develop the love to read.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book. All views expressed are only my honest opinion.