{"id":6881,"date":"2016-04-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=6881"},"modified":"2020-07-09T10:24:21","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T15:24:21","slug":"m-is-madly-magic-oh-my-by-amy-alward-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=6881","title":{"rendered":"M is Madly &#038; magic &#038; oh my! by Amy Alward (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7035\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=7035\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Madly.jpg?fit=1399%2C2114&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1399,2114\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Madly.jpg?fit=678%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7035\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Madly-199x300.jpg?resize=310%2C467\" alt=\"book cover of Madly by Amy Alward published by Simon &amp; Schuster BFYR | BooksYALove.com\" width=\"310\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Madly.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Madly.jpg?resize=678%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Madly.jpg?w=1399&amp;ssl=1 1399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/>A love-poisoned princess is dying,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/leefodi\/magic-potion-ingredients\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rarest ingredients<\/a> needed for the cure,<br \/>\nthe Wilde Hunt is on!<\/p>\n<p>Princess Evelyn is utterly, totally, Madly in love &#8211; with herself! Now Nova&#8217;s best spell-creators must discover the unwritten, illegal love potion recipe so the antidote can be found.<\/p>\n<p>Samantha races against other potion-makers like royal boyfriend and family rival Zain to save the Princess, while trying to save herself from falling in love with Zain. Hmmm&#8230; maybe that&#8217;s mere magic, too.<\/p>\n<p>Would you ever use a love potion?<br \/>\n**kmm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book info<\/strong>: Madly (Potion Diaries #1) \/ Amy Alward. Simon &amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2015.\u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/amyalward.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/books.simonandschuster.com\/Madly\/Amy-Alward\/9781481443784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uqIKpU9dDZI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">book trailer<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My book talk<\/strong>: Born potion-maker Samantha must outwit competitors to create the antidote for Princess Evelyn&#8217;s love potion turned deadly and outsmart her own heart as she tries not to fall in love with the princess&#8217;s almost-fiance Zain &#8211; who is also her greatest rival on the Wilde Hunt for rare ingredients.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"714\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uqIKpU9dDZI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This first book in The Potion Diaries series sees Sam discover secrets from the time before Zain&#8217;s family cornered the potions market with synthetics, worry over her younger sister&#8217;s magic Talent, taste adventure and danger beyond Nova&#8217;s borders, and turn away from love&#8230; if she can.\u00a0Princess Evelyn gets her chapters, too, as the love potion draws her deeper into its power. (One of 6,000 books recommended on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abookandahug.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.abookandahug.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A love-poisoned princess is dying, rarest ingredients needed for the cure, the Wilde Hunt is on! Princess Evelyn is utterly, totally, Madly in love &#8211; with herself! Now Nova&#8217;s best spell-creators must discover the unwritten, illegal love potion recipe so the antidote can be found. 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