{"id":3960,"date":"2016-09-26T05:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/?p=3960"},"modified":"2016-09-20T10:20:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T17:20:29","slug":"mark-predicts-the-wizards-dilemma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2016\/09\/mark-predicts-the-wizards-dilemma\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Predicts ‘The Wizard’s Dilemma’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh, cousins, we’ve somehow made it to book five in the\u00c2\u00a0Young Wizards<\/em> series. How? How has this come upon us so quickly? Thus, it’s time for me to attempt to predict the plot of the next book. LAUGH WITH ME. Or at me. That’s fine, too.<\/p>\n

Okay, let’s examine how well I did last time:<\/p>\n

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  1. Nita and Kit will travel outside for the United States for the first time.\u00c2\u00a0Huzzah! I’m off to a good start!<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. My guess is that it will be a school-sponsored trip. We had a few of those in high school, and they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re just about to be the right age to be in high school.\u00c2\u00a0I tried. I really did.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. They will travel to the United Kingdom!\u00c2\u00a0Why did I try.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Specifically, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m guessing they go to London.\u00c2\u00a0WHY<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. At some point, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll travel to a SECOND country.\u00c2\u00a0This wasn’t a bad prediction, okay? OKAY.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. While on this trip, they will be assigned a mission by the Powers That Be.\u00c2\u00a0Well, hey, at least I got the easy one.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have to use a translation spell at some point to speak with someone!\u00c2\u00a0UGH. THIS IS A COOL IDEA, Y’ALL, SO WHATEVER. I should just award myself this one out of spite.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
  8. They will use that awesome transport spell to travel a long distance on Earth at least once.\u00c2\u00a0“They” did not, but Kit sure did.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  9. I predict EVEN MORE ANGST and FRICTION between Kit and Nita regarding their friendship and feelings for one another.\u00c2\u00a0EXCELLENT. I GOT THE ANGST ONE RIGHT.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  10. The Lone Power will be mentioned, but will NOT be the antagonist for the book.\u00c2\u00a0And then it’s all wrong.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  11. The villain\/antagonist will be a new character.\u00c2\u00a0So wrong.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  12. Who will also rise in the vacuum left behind by the Lone Power.\u00c2\u00a0UTTERLY WRONG, but actually, this is not a bad idea!<\/strong><\/li>\n
  13. No one will tragically die at the end of the book. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a demand more than a prediction.\u00c2\u00a0MORE PEOPLE THAN CAN BE RECOUNTED DIED TRAGICALLY AT THE END OF THIS BOOK. GREAT.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
  14. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s get meta: at least once, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll get to tell a story about traveling abroad.\u00c2\u00a0I still can’t believe I got to read this book before traveling abroad. What a magical coincidence.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
  15. At least once, there will be a scene so bizarre and unexpected that I will be rendered speechless on video.\u00c2\u00a0TOO MANY TO COUNT.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    OKAY, so now it’s time for yet another completely ridiculous (and probably wildly inaccurate) set of predictions. I don’t have a ton to go on, but guess what? That’s not stopping me.<\/p>\n

    Predictions for\u00c2\u00a0The Wizard’s Dilemma<\/em><\/p>\n

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    1. I think we’ll see Ronan again. We have to! UNRESOLVED CHARACTER STORIES.<\/li>\n
    2. The entire book will take place in the United States.<\/li>\n
    3. However, Nita and Kit will travel outside New York.<\/li>\n
    4. The Powers That Be will assign Dairine to the same task as Kit and Nita.<\/li>\n
    5. The three of them will face an antagonist that is NOT the Lone Power.<\/li>\n
    6. (I don’t care, I’m running with this.)<\/li>\n
    7. We’ll meet a new wizard who lives near all of them!<\/li>\n
    8. AN UPDATE ON THE TREE CONFLICT. I TOTALLY WANT ONE.<\/li>\n
    9. Tom and Carl will have a new pet. Not that Picchu is replaceable, of course, but Picchu is totally replaceable.<\/li>\n
    10. So, what’s the wizard’s dilemma? I think there will be a few.<\/li>\n
    11. However, that’s not a fair prediction. Thus, I think that Nita will struggle with a choice that will have a positive affect on the world, but will fundamentally go against the laws that govern wizardry. Does she risk giving up being a wizard or does she save the world? That sort of thing.<\/li>\n
    12. I’m probably wrong, aren’t I?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      AREN’T I?<\/p>\n

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      Oh, cousins, we’ve somehow made it to book five in the\u00c2\u00a0Young Wizards series. How? How has this come upon us so quickly? Thus, it’s time for me to attempt to predict the plot of the next book. LAUGH WITH ME. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[518,520,510],"tags":[513,511],"class_list":["post-3960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-wizard-abroad","category-the-wizards-dilemma","category-young-wizards","tag-diane-duane","tag-mark-reads-young-wizards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}