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A review by hannahmariebrankley
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
5.0
I saw a few reviews for this book and it was described as “Willy Wonka for booklovers”. Of course, I had to purchase it.
The only issue? It’s not available at the usual UK retailers. I managed to find a copy at Scifier. Which opened up a new book retailer for me. A bonus!
The Wishing Game is about a competition for one book, the newest in the Clock Island series, by bestselling children’s author, Jack Masterson. An author who has been a recluse for the last couple of years.
Lucy, our protagonist, is competing to win that book. Like the other competitors, she has a childhood connection to Jack Masterson. And to Clock Island where the competition is taking place. Winning the book would change one of their lives, but for Lucy, it would also change the life of someone very special to her.
This is a massive 5 star read for me. It is so hard to review without just giving the plot away. It was wonderful. I laughed, I cried and was so excited by all the twists.
As mentioned, in this story, Jack Masterson is an author and, with the nature of the competition, there are references to his work. The detail that Meg Shaffer went into for the author’s backstory is incredible. This is her debut novel and I would be so thrilled if she actually wrote all the books mentioned. Of which there are 66! Yes, she created 66 different children’s books. She seriously could backstop for the FBI.
Cannot recommend this enough. If you see it, buy it, borrow it, read it.
The only issue? It’s not available at the usual UK retailers. I managed to find a copy at Scifier. Which opened up a new book retailer for me. A bonus!
The Wishing Game is about a competition for one book, the newest in the Clock Island series, by bestselling children’s author, Jack Masterson. An author who has been a recluse for the last couple of years.
Lucy, our protagonist, is competing to win that book. Like the other competitors, she has a childhood connection to Jack Masterson. And to Clock Island where the competition is taking place. Winning the book would change one of their lives, but for Lucy, it would also change the life of someone very special to her.
This is a massive 5 star read for me. It is so hard to review without just giving the plot away. It was wonderful. I laughed, I cried and was so excited by all the twists.
As mentioned, in this story, Jack Masterson is an author and, with the nature of the competition, there are references to his work. The detail that Meg Shaffer went into for the author’s backstory is incredible. This is her debut novel and I would be so thrilled if she actually wrote all the books mentioned. Of which there are 66! Yes, she created 66 different children’s books. She seriously could backstop for the FBI.
Cannot recommend this enough. If you see it, buy it, borrow it, read it.