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Accidental Magic

Myrtlewood Mysteries, Book 1

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Accidental Magic

By: Iris Beaglehole
Narrated by: Lorna Bennett
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Welcome to Myrtlewood, a quirky town steeped in magic, tea, and mystery…

Life's a struggle for Rosemary Thorn and her teen daughter, Athena. But their regular troubles are turned upside down after Granny Thorn's mysterious death.

Despite her cousin's sinister maneuverings, Rosemary returns to Myrtlewood and the sprawling, dilapidated Thorn Manor. There's more to the old house than meets the eye, as Rosemary and Athena soon find out—in a whirlwind of magic, adventure, mystical creatures, and endless cups of tea.

Life in Myrtlewood would be bliss if Rosemary could only clear her name in a certain murder investigation, solve the mystery and stay out of mortal peril—for at least a little while!

A small town with endless secrets, strange activities, and a house with a mind of its own.

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Good books, easy to listen to, I like Rosemary but her teenage daughter is such an entitled twat it makes me glad I don’t have a daughter.

Nice story

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it was ok, not going to continue the series. Definitely not what I hoped with description.

nothing exceptional

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Quite a good story, liked it, voice acting can be difficult but a good listen anyway, I would recommend more as a read, audio is ok

I accidentally picked it up,

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Great work Iris! Thoroughly enjoyable story with interesting characters, will definitely continue with the series. The narration was a little painful at first, but persevered as I did want to finish the book. That being said, I'll continue with the series in print format, as I found the plot refreshing.

Excellent storyline

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EDIT: Now i've finished book 1 I do think this book is worth listening but I recommend listening to the majority of the book at 1.5x
The main character Rosemary is pretty endearing though her memory loss is a bit annoying at times. The daughter Athena though, she is likeable in some ways but she is constantly putting her mother down to the point it gets to feel a bit abusive and spoils it a bit for me. Thankfully this negativity does settle down near the end. Right at the end of the actual book we get a bonus perspective from the lawer, this is one of my fav parts of the book, its quite endearing.

As far as the narration, as long as you speed it up, its pretty decent though i do vary the speed depending on the section and interest.

Give it a go But...

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I wanted to love this book because a whole cosy, witchy mystery series would be right up my alley, however, for me the first book in the series is ruined by the intensely annoying and argumentative daughter character, she’s exhausting! I wish this book and the series was more generally just about Rosemary, her ancestors and the intriguing town characters. The daughter character is far less annoying in the subsequent books, however, and the story gets deeper, more enjoyable and entertaining. I'm glad I listened to the next book and the rest of the series.

Don't worry, the annoying child gets less annoying

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So annoyed with Athena and how she puts her mother down consistently and thinks with 16 years she knows better all the time.
Only half way through but really annoying me.

Okay

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the narration is not good. it has put me off purchasing the rest of the series.
I may order the kindle versions and read myself.

the story is good however I was wondering if it was aimed at teens / young adults.

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could not stop listening.. narrator was good and loved the story.. onto second book now

Great listen

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I didn't like the way the daughter spoke to her mother at times found it very grating even if the mothers forgetfulness was part of the plot

the self cleaning house

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