The book Witch and Wizard by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet is a fast-paced adventure book as Patterson’s books tend to be. The premise in this book is the take over in the world of a new radical political party who are trying to rid the world of any possible threats. Unfortunately that means that they are arresting children who might pose a threat to their power in the future. The two protagonists in the book are a brother and sister who were never told that they had magical powers but discover throughout the action that they really are a witch and a wizard. This book has a lot of great fantasy elements but also reads like a lot of the futuristic novels with a warning in them about the state of the world. I am looking for ward to reading the next book and seeing what happens with the characters and the New Order.
I also recently read The Princess Bride. I absolutely love the movie and I wanted to see if the book was as good. I did not realize that the book is actually an abridged version of the original story written by William Goldman who also wrote the screenplay for the movie. It was fun to read the story, but there was nothing new in it because the main action was exactly like the action in the movie.