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    Mixed Magics

    By Diana Wynne Jones

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    Dapper, debonair, and wise, the great enchanter Chrestomanci has nine lives and a strong personality as well as strong magic. That personality reverberates in each of these four dazzling stories.

    A warlock tries to escape Chrestomanci's justice by fleeing to another world-with hilarious results. Cat Chant and Tonino Montana reluctantly join forces when Chrestomanci sends them on a visit that turns suddenly dangerous. The youngest best-selling dreamer needs Chrestomanci's help when she finds she can't dream anymore. And as the gods of an ever-so-orderly world try to destroy the young Sage of Dissolution, Chrestomanci lends a hand.

    Like Chrestomanci himself, acclaimed author Diana Wynne Jones has a graceful flair, which sparkles in the remarkable wit, imagination, and intelligence of these fast-paced tales.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061756894
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    Diana Wynne Jones

    DIANA WYNNE JONES was born in August 1934 in London, where she had a chaotic and unsettled childhood against the background of World War II. The family moved around a lot, finally settling in rural Essex. As children, Diana and her two sisters were deprived of a good, steady supply of books by a father, ‘who could beat Scrooge in a meanness contest’. So, armed with a vivid imagination and an insatiable quest for good books to read, she decided that she would have to write them herself.

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    • 3/5
      4 stories from the worlds of Chrestomanci - the first one was phoned in, but the other three were decent. Cat meets Toni, a professional dreamer has personnel problems & a child of prophecy is late for his own preaching.
    • 4/5
      Fours short stories involving Chrestomanci, the enchanter who keeps all the magic from getting out of control. In "Warlock At The Wheel", an irresponsible warlock steals a sportscar and leads the police on a chase, then finds that the car wasn't empty when he stole it. My favorite story was "Carol Oneir's Hundredth Dream" about a spoiled little girl who is also a famous professional dreamer. Her mother has built a cottage industry around her daughter's ability to control her dreams and package them for sale, along with plenty of dream merchandising, but then Carol's dreams stop.
    • 4/5
      I have already read The Chronicles of Chrestomanci 1 and 2 and loved them. This book was almost as fun to read. Most books by DWJ are. Of course the quality of the stories varied a little, but I definitely liked the whole book.
    • 3/5
      Four fun stories in the Chrestomanci series. I had read "The Sage of Theare" before most of the other Chrestomanci books. It's still an odd duck. Warlock at the Wheel is one of her slapstick stories. OK but I've never gotten even a chuckle out of that sort of thing. Stealer of Souls is classic Chrestomanci, with menace and magic, starring Cat and Tonino. Carol Oneir's Hundredth Dream is different, a bit slight, but interesting.Recommended for DWJ fans but not as a first Chrestomanci book.
    • 3/5
      Well, the tales were interesting, but far too short. The first one didn't make any sense at all and didn't connect with anything I knew about the books, therefore making it boring. But the second and third ones were good. The last one was just plain funny.
    • 3/5
      Slight stories, but fun
    • 4/5
      I have already read The Chronicles of Chrestomanci 1 and 2 and loved them. This book was almost as fun to read. Most books by DWJ are. Of course the quality of the stories varied a little, but I definitely liked the whole book.
    • 5/5
      One of the great pleasures of Diana Wynne Jones' work is her ability to write young people that act their age. Mixed Magics contains four stories that take place in the connected worlds of Chrestomanci and every story is funny and at times sad. The best way to enjoy these stories is by reading the other books of the Chrestomanci universe as a few of them presume that the reader will understand how the world works. The One Hundredth Dream story could act as an introduction to this world as its told from the point of view of a stranger to Chrestomanci but the others work best after The Magicians of Caprona, Charmed Life and the Many Lives of Christopher Chant. To readers who know her world and Chrestomanci than these four stories are a chance to revisit favorite characters having new adventures and this is a book I plan on rereading many times. The Chrestomanci series is an appropriate read for middle school students and up as the main characters all tend to be young people working to understand the world around them and their place in them with magic and humor.
    • 4/5
      First short story ("Warlock at the Wheel") was predictable but made me laugh out loud nonetheless. "Stealer of Souls" is somewhat fun, bringing together Gabriel de Witt, Cat, Tonino, and Chrestomanci-Chris.
    • 3/5
      A quick read, in which we revisit characters met in earlier Chrestomanci books in a set of four otherwise unrelated short stories. Interesting concept, but I think I would have enjoyed a full length novel more - especially if it were a development of the story featuring Cat and Tonino.