Book summary:
Tom, Maeve’s newly adopted best friend, is living a splendid life with his new dad… until his dad vanishes.
Someone has kidnapped both Tom’s dad and Mermeros the djinni. Maeve, Alice and Tom search for clues concerning the mysterious disappearance and find two strange carpetbags.
Eventually, the two carpetbags seem to move. The three friends discover that they have a pair of magic carpetbags, supposedly made from a magic carpet.
But how can a pair of flying carpetbags be used to save Tom’s father and the djinni? Maeve and friends must reach new heights, literally, to rescue their friends.
Year published: 2021
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Illustrator: none
Religion/belief system: Catholic
Profanity and violence: slight violence
Drinking, drugs, smoking: none
Romance: marriage, slight romance between two adults
Book type: fiction
Genre: fantasy
Miscellaneous: mentions someone studying the occult (doesn’t go into detail at all), fake fortune telling, a camera that can predict the “future” (is a fake)
Series: Wishes and Wellingtons, book 2
Thoughts: A wonderful sequel to the first book! I expected Maeve to return with something as magical as Mermeros the djinni… but definitely not carpetbags!