WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!

PLEASE READ THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS BEFORE READING THIS REVIEW!

After defeating the terrifying Necromuse and his mysterious orchestra, all Amelia Jones hopes for is a return to normal. But to her surprise, her class is sent to Europe for a month of study abroad. This seems like the perfect escape from all her problems, but not long after they land in Salzburg, Austria, danger haunts their steps. A street musician claims there is something wrong with Amelia’s magic, odd visions of the past appear around the city, and Amelia finds a strange message preserved in a museum—a message she fears was left by the Necromuse.
He’s still out there, and he’s still after Amelia.
When a storm of time magic traps Amelia, Jai, and Darby in the year 1765, they join forces with the most powerful musicians of the 18th century in an attempt to restore the timeline before it rips apart entirely. But it’s not enough. With time breaking down around her, Amelia will have to call on music far more powerful and forbidden than anything she has attempted before. Magic only the Necromuse can teach her.

Like the first Mystwick book, this is an Audible Original story with full orchestra music. According to Jessica Khoury’s Instagram page, “the story will be available exclusively in audio format from Audible. When I have news on a print edition, I will update you.” An ebook or a physical book would have made following along with the audiobook easier. There were a lot of new words I would have liked to know the spellings of.

Fans of the Loki TV series will like this story. There is talk about Nexus, breaking the timeline, and other time-related chaos. Like the Loki series, don’t try too hard to understand how it all works. It will go over your head.

I love how, with each new book, more and more detail is added to the elaborate world of musicraft. In this story’s case, we learn that in the 18^th century, girls weren’t allowed to practice musicraft, which makes sense historically. We also learned that Elvis Presley existed in this world and is known as the king of musicraft. This has nothing to do with the story. I just think it’s funny. Now, I want to hear Elvis Presley’s music in this story. I want to know what kind of magic Jailhouse Rock produces.

I enjoyed listening to the famous symphonies and learning what kind of magic they produced. As much as I love listening to classical music, I’m hoping the next book will include different genres of music. I want to know what kind of magic disco, techno, and country music produce.

There will likely be a fourth book. 1) The Mystwick series has high reviews on Audible. 2) It’s hinted that there are plenty of secrets yet to be answered about the world of musicraft.