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HOOKY by Míriam Bonastre Tur

HOOKY

Volume 3

From the Hooky series, volume 3

by Míriam Bonastre Tur ; illustrated by Míriam Bonastre Tur

Pub Date: Sept. 5th, 2023
ISBN: 9780358693581
Publisher: Clarion/HarperCollins

Twin witch siblings Dorian and Dani Wytte and their friends venture forth to unite their kingdom.

Dorian planned to meet up with the crew after faking his death, but instead, he went missing. Poisoned and sleep-ridden, he’s finally rescued three years later. Now in the body of a 16-year-old, he finds things have changed. With William’s father dead, William and Monica plan to marry and unite their kingdoms and armies despite their feelings for Damien and Dorian, respectively. Having studied hard to hone her latent magical abilities, Monica works toward crafting a magic-based solution to the conflict. Nico, cursed into being pocket-size, tries his hardest to talk some sense into Dani, who’s become unrecognizable. After witnessing Dorian’s supposed death, Dani has joined her mother and become a “cold, cruel queen” absent her signature upbeat energy and many of her memories. The crew must pull out all the stops to break Dani free of the evil possession and trancelike curse and resolve the magical-nonmagical conflict. In this action-packed finale, Tur satisfyingly ties most of the loose ends from the series together. Questions of duty and expectations find their balance, a kingdom of coexistence and mutual acceptance starts to blossom, and the youthful band of friends proves their vow to be better than what came before. Some questions remain partially unanswered, but each character gets a send-off, while budding romances earn their moments.

An enchanting trilogy closer.

(Graphic fantasy. 8-12)