The Alchemyst Series

Sorry I haven't posted in a while...school has been keeping me busy!  We have been reading The Scarlet Letter in English and have to do entries for every two pages.  Ughhhhh.

Anyways, I have been reading the Alchemyst Series for the past few weeks, and I am pretty intrigued.  It has a lot of the elements that I enjoy, even though it is not dystopian fiction. :-)

The reason that I am not doing the three books that I have read so far in separate reviews is because each book is just a continuation of the last one.  It happens over a span of less than a week (which is really hard for me to remember when I am reading), so the author could really just put them all in a big, 1000 page book if he wanted to.  But, the good thing is that he tried his best to make a distinction between each of the books.  Each one focuses on a certain character and takes place in a certain location.  For example, the one that I just finished reading is called The Sorceress.  In the book, this is referring to Perenelle Flamel, Nicholas' wife.  The book primarily focuses on her and the things she is facing over this 6-day period.  Also, in this book, they are running around London, trying to escape the Dark Elders and their many followers.

Here is my official review of the Alchemyst Series 1-3:

The Alchemyst, The Magician, and The Sorceress by Michael Scott

The last few hours are a blur to Josh and Sophie Newman.  First, they were working their jobs across the street from one another, and now they are on the run with Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel, who claim to be over 400 years old. They witnessed this pair using what looked like magic to battle another one of their kind, and when Josh jumped in to help Nicholas, he changed both his and his twins sister's life forever.  The Flamels believe Josh and Sophie to be the twins of legend, and so they go on a journey to awaken their powers and learn the four elemental magics.  Will the twins be the ones to save the world, or the ones to release those who long to destroy it?

Age Group: 10+
Concerns: none
Rating: 8