A review by crimsoncor
The Mislaid Magician, Or, Ten Years After: Being the Private Correspondence Between Two Prominent Families Regarding a Scandal Touching the Highest Levels of Government and the Security of the Realm by Caroline Stevermer, Patricia C. Wrede

3.0

A fine conclusion to the series, but it definitely runs out of gas before the end of the novel. The constraints placed on plotting and suspense by the epistolary format really shows here. The first novel coasts on bubbly charm and the dual-threat of magical discovery and romance. With neither of those engines in play here, the story drags along. And with the limited POV, secondary characters are hardly developed at all. None of this makes the novel bad, but it isn't a resounding success like the first book was.