Reddit reviews The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
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I absolutely loved the “Redwall” series by Brian Jacques and “The Alchemyst: Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel” series by Michael Scott as a young adult (still love them now) plus you’ll be set for the next few birthdays and holidays. They both have plenty of sequels in their respective series! (22 novels in the Redwall series and 6 in The Alchemyst series!)
I really liked Michael Scott's The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel - starts with The Alchemyst in a 6 book series. Around same audience as PJO but solid and a fun read.
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Well, judging by your interest in game of thrones. Try the alchemist- Nicholas Flamel's story.
I loved it, but you may not.
The plot goes like this:
Sophie and Josh are brother and sister, who live away from their parents, whoa re both scientists (don't get me wrong, they love their parents, but never see them). Josh works at a book store owned by Nicholas Flamel, although he doesn't know it.
So when a short man comes into the store and starts throwing balls of magic back and forth with his boss, Josh freaks out. NIcholas explains who he is, what hes doing and whats going on. Apparently there is a book (I forget the name of it now), which was stolen by this short guy, that has a potion that keeps him and his wife young. But his wife (who is also magical) has been kidnapped. So now Nicholas has to get his wife and the book back in a month, or he will die.
So, he takes Sophie and Josh around, trying to get his wife and book back. Along the way he learns that Josh and Sophie have gold & silver aura's, which makes them the fulfillment of some kind of prophecy about the world ending. One will destroy the world, one will save it and both will be destroyed. But he has to unlock these powers from them. So now Nicholas has a shit ton on his plate. Then, he gets ahold of this little irish women who apparently is immortal anyways, and developed all the martial arts in the world; she helps Nicholas try to unlock Josh & Sophie's powers, save his wife and get the book back, all while dealing with Josh and Sophies baggage.
The books are around 400+ pages long each, but there five of them, so they're fun. They have some bad reviews, so I would suggest checking them out of a library before buying them. Also, it's a bit dark.
I havent read it personally so I cant speak for the difficulty of vocab, but I have heard good things about The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
I really enjoyed the Nicholas Flamel series.
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