Enchanted is a world of magical items, sprites, fairies, and good witches. All should be peaceful and wonderful here, but the wicked witches who live among them won’t allow that.
Naida is, in her words, a magical artifact wrangler. The technical name is Keeper of the Artifacts. Each of these artifacts have personalities of their own. For example, one of the artifacts is Casanova’s chair. This chair pinches the butt of anyone who sits in it then giggles. Then there is Blackbeard’s sword: wield it and you’ll talk like a pirate.
The home for all these magical artifacts is Croakies, a library/bookstore sort of place in Enchanted. The shop sign refuses to allow its new owner to update it.
When an artifact needs rescuing, Naida gets a migraine. Sebille, her city Sprite assistant, is the only one who can lessen the pain of these headaches; Sebilla has tea-making abilities like no one else. And on the day this book begins, Naida wakes up with a migraine. Then she finds a frog in her teacup, and she doesn’t like frogs. So who is Mr. Slimy and why is he in her teacup?
Naida’s cat, Mr. Wicked, was stolen from a very powerful witch family and given to Naida for safekeeping, and they are fighting to get him back. The frog in her teacup speaks to her then the action starts, and things really get interesting and then dangerous. Will Naida, with the help of her friends, be able to keep evil from winning?
This well-written book shows the author’s great sense of humor and makes this book even more enjoyable. I obtained this book through a giveaway. No review was asked for or expected, but I had to write a review on a book that gave me such enjoyment.
If you would like your own copy of Tea & Croakies (Enchanting Inquiries Book 1), a fantastic book to start a series with, I’ve provided an Amazon link for it below.
Amazon Link: Tea and Croakies (Enchanting Inquiries Book 1)
Favorite Sentences:
At the moment, with a thousand tiny gnomes wearing spiked golf shoes and using pickle forks as walking sticks dancing on my brain, I was thinking it might be preferable to die faster anyway.
But who was I to question the ways of the magical universe?
Like blood seeping through tissue from a wound, letters rose slowly from the page.
The goofy cat shot straight into the air and hit the floor running, apparently trying to outrun the mushy banana on his claw.
Blood coated my fingers, making it hard to grasp the handle and open the door.
New Words Learned:
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athame – a witch’s ceremonial knife, usually with a black handle, used in rituals rather than for cutting or carving
horking – being occupied with difficulty, tangle, or unpleasantness
scry – to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
About the Author:
Nobody really cares that Sam Cheever is a USA Today and WSJ Bestselling Author. Nobody cares that she’s written a whole ton of fun and snappy books. Let’s face it, the most interesting thing about Sam is the fact that she’s a dogaholic. Yeah, there’s no Dogaholic’s Anonymous chapter that can help her. Believe me, she’s looked. So Sam deals with her problem the best way she knows how. She digs into the mountains of personal experiences (mostly involving dog poo) to write great dog characters.
Oh, and there are some people in her books too. She’s also pretty good at those.
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