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Charlie N. Holmberg’s Whimbrel House novels feature magic, an admirable woman, an author, an alternate 19th-century world, some romance and plenty of evil. Now, in this fifth and final installment of her series, LADY OF UNCANNY CHARMS, we travel across the pond to where Owein --- originally the soul occupying the haunted house --- is due to be married.
"To truly enjoy this concluding volume, I strongly suggest you read the first four novels, or some of the events could be confusing. But this is definitely an enjoyable and entertaining series well worth checking out."
Of course, there is plenty of backstory to Owein's current status. When he was extracted from the house, he was put into the body of a dog. It was in England, where the soul in the dog found a new home in a young man. In return for that event, to become a young man, Owein had to promise to marry Cora, the daughter of a prominent British family of good breeding, who also was a ward of Queen Victoria.
The queen is a powerful wizard in her own right, and now Owein must join her League of Magicians. But when he arrives in Great Britain for his wedding, he is told by Victoria that she is canceling it. That's a shock to both Owein and Cora, as they had become very close during their four years of correspondence across the pond. They want to be married in spite of the unusual circumstances that caused them to be engaged.
However, Victoria has other, darker intentions. Owein and Cora must try to thwart her ambitions and evil plans without bringing danger upon themselves. But when centuries-old grievances are uncovered, and old and powerful magic is set loose, no one can foresee what will happen. All the wizards in the queen's league will be needed to stop all of London from burning.
LADY OF UNCANNY CHARMS shares the magic --- literally and figuratively --- of the previous books in the series. While the evil is not as dark here, it is perhaps of a more repressed, repugnant variety. Cora is unique, and she could be the most interesting character in the story. We see how her upbringing and health difficulties, but also her independent nature and intelligence, make her a formidable foe and an amazing ally.
To truly enjoy this concluding volume, I strongly suggest you read the first four novels, or some of the events could be confusing. But this is definitely an enjoyable and entertaining series well worth checking out.
Teaser
Owein arrives in England to marry Lady Cora of Leiningen, his dearest friend and confidante he’s known mostly through letters. However, Queen Victoria has other plans in store for the centuries-old wizard. The queen is obsessed with preserving magic, and she believes Owein is the key to pursuing her lofty ambitions. Torn from his family, his home and his betrothed, Owein is pushed into the Queen’s League of Magicians, where he learns that the Crown’s upheaval of his life is only the beginning of his problems. Meanwhile, Cora must push aside her broken heart and use her own spells and resources to uncover truths that the queen wants hidden. As new threats, former loves, untapped spells and even older souls than Owein collide, his next choice could be his last.
Promo
Owein arrives in England to marry Lady Cora of Leiningen, his dearest friend and confidante he’s known mostly through letters. However, Queen Victoria has other plans in store for the centuries-old wizard. The queen is obsessed with preserving magic, and she believes Owein is the key to pursuing her lofty ambitions. Torn from his family, his home and his betrothed, Owein is pushed into the Queen’s League of Magicians, where he learns that the Crown’s upheaval of his life is only the beginning of his problems. Meanwhile, Cora must push aside her broken heart and use her own spells and resources to uncover truths that the queen wants hidden. As new threats, former loves, untapped spells and even older souls than Owein collide, his next choice could be his last.
About the Book
In this thrilling final installment of the Whimbrel House series from Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Charlie N. Holmberg, Cora and Owein must uncover magical and secret conspiracies in the palace as the future they dreamed of is at stake.
Owein arrives in England to marry Lady Cora of Leiningen, his dearest friend and confidante he’s known mostly through letters. However, Queen Victoria has other plans in store for the centuries-old wizard. The queen is obsessed with preserving magic, and she believes Owein is the key to pursuing her lofty ambitions.
Torn from his family, his home and his betrothed, Owein is pushed into the Queen’s League of Magicians, where he learns that the Crown’s upheaval of his life is only the beginning of his problems. Meanwhile, Cora must push aside her broken heart and use her own spells and resources to uncover truths that the queen wants hidden.
As new threats, former loves, untapped spells and even older souls than Owein collide, his next choice could be his last: forfeit his heart, body and magic to the insidious machinations of the Crown, or commit treason against it.
Audiobook available, read by Graham Halstead and Billie Fulford-Brown
