A Well-Timed Enchantment

 

A Well-Timed Enchantment
A Well-Timed Enchantment
by Authors: Vivian Vande Velde
Released: 15 April, 1998
ISBN: 0152017658
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Sales Rank: 217112
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A Well-Timed Enchantment > Customer Review #1:
A truly enchanting read

Have you ever wondered about the consequences of dropping your Mickey Mouse watch down an old wishing well? You can bet Deanna never did. She certainly hadnt counted on having twenty-four hours to retrieve her watch and keep history from changing. You see, the Mickey Mouse could start a cult in medieval Europe in which mice are sacred...and so prolong the plague in Europe for another couple hundred years...

Luckily, shes got a companion to help her. Her cat-turned-human, Oliver. But a cat? Against a not-so-wicked wizard, a couple of bumbling knights and a lady who is infatuated with Oliver?? You bet. Filled with numerous puns, fractured fairy tales and a medieval setting, A Well-Timed Enchantment is a light and fun read.



A Well-Timed Enchantment > Customer Review #2:
A Terrific Book!!

Not only is this adventurous and romantic, its funny too. The main character is Deanna. When she drops her watch into a well, and it is transported into medievel France, Deanna must get it back before it changes history. She has only one other thing to help her - a cat-turned-into-a-boy. Okay, I know what youre thinking. How in the world could something as simple as a watch change history? Well, suppose someone found it and believed it was something magical. And then, suppose the king found out about this watch, and he took it. Well, you know how these kings get - if one king has something, another king will want it. It could start a war, and then... Well, anyway, Deanna and the cat-boy have to get back the watch. So, in medievel France, Deanna and Oliver (the cat) meet a bunch of annoying (and rather stupid) nobles. And the story goes on with even more adventure. As for the romance, a lady noble falls in love (or at least thinks she has) with Oliver, another (Leonard) decides to marry Deanna, and finally, at the end, Deanna and Oliver fall in love. Okay, so far you havent heard of anything funny. But there is plenty of humour. Throughout the story Oliver has to get used to being a human (hes used to being a cat and this isnt an easy switch to make). For instance, heres a part where Oliver is having trouble with using expressions.

"...turns out since Leonard lost so badly, he figures his lady must be a real dog, so he wants to replace her with me. Oliver stopped and stared at her. Leonard is marrying a dog?"

Oliver also has trouble adjusting to a new diet of human food after all those years of mice. Anyway, if this review hasnt convinced you that this book is either adventurous, romantic, or funny, you probably wouldnt enjoy it. Id say for ages 8-14.



A Well-Timed Enchantment > Customer Review #3:
a summer holiday in France

This is the story of Deanna. Deanna has been brought along by her mother to spend the summer in France with relatives. She is not having a good time. Her mother can speak many languages, and tells Deanna that she will pick French up during the stay. Deanna doesnt and has to use gestures to talk with her relatives who only speak French.

One day when Deanna is out walking with only a cat named Oliver for company, she stumbles upon a well. Thinking it looks so much like a wishing well, she started to wish. The only problem is she doesnt know quite what she wants to wish for. Her thoughts fly instantly to the wish of her father and mother living together happily again, without a divorce. She gets no farther than "I wish..." when Oliver accidentally causes her to drop her Mickey Mouse watch into the well. Suddenly she finds herself being pulled into the well, for it really is a magic well and the wishing has caused a loop-hole in time through which her watch fell. the Fair Folk who tell her that she must get the watch back in 24 hours, or else it will destroy history pulled her into the well. If she doesnt complete this task she will cease to exist.

Oliver leaped into the well after seeing Deanna disappear into it. Because of Deannas questions, the Fair Folk decide that Oliver is much smarter than Deanna and that she will need help on this quest. Then they turn Oliver into a human, and set the two off on their quest.

The reason I rated this book four stars and not five is that Deannas attitude got on my nerves. She always assumed that she was right; that she knew exactly what was going on even when all evidence pointed in the opposite direction.



 
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