Is this the finale? It feels like it—because Dixon Penn mysteriously, and inadvertently, grows up in some important ways (without actually abandoning his expected quirky, illogical personality).
The somewhat-less-than-usual silliness in the Lucy-and-Ethel plotline revolves around two major transitions in the town of Pinyin Bay. The mayor of many years (kept in place, it turns out, by a well-made Crafting) retires. Secondly, with the pending birth of Dixon’s cousin’s baby, thus binding the Penn and Shirque families together, the matriarch of the local Scrivener circuit announces her retirement. Somehow, Dixon is deeply involved in both of these transitions, which sets him and his grown-man-friend Yuri off on another series of absurd adventures.
There is a distinct difference in the feeling of this book—a greater re-focus on the messy closeness of both the Penn family and the larger Scrivener community. There is a purposefulness to Yuri and Dixon’s meanderings, and the end result (which I will not discuss further) is oddly moving. It comes down to both the magical and non-magical communities in Pinyin Bay needing security and stability. However untethered the world of Spellcraft might seem, it really comes down to the basic human need to feel safe and cared for.
Dixon’s oddball parents, Florica and Johnny, and their equally odd-yet-fond relationship is a counterpoint to what the reader can readily see as Dixon and Yuri’s much easier and organic love for each other. It’s been there all along, but in this book the author makes a special point to highlight what it is that makes Yuri and Dixon work so well together—both as a couple, and as a Seer and his Scrivener.
Maybe because of the summative atmosphere in this book, it is possibly my favorite. If there are more to come, that’ fine; but I ended this one feeling replete.
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