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David Finkleman and Dangerous Magic: David Finkleman Mystical Mysteries Series Kindle Edition

by PK Burian (Author), ME Drewry (Author), Gemma Newby (Author), Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
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Welcome to Olympia, home of magical secrets, dangerous magic, mystical creatures, and the extraordinary people able to fight them!

David gets recruited by his grandfather, an FBI, Special Units agent to investigate a current case and his missing partner, fellow agent, Tom Stevens. A powerful wizard is circulating a deadly drug that’s turning high school into hideous, blood-sucking Chupacabras! His target: the football players at David’s high school, the very ones who bully him!

David’s in over his head. But as he delves deeper into the case, he realizes he must solve it quickly before Tom gets murdered and David’s brother, Henry gets turned into one. David promises Tom’s beautiful daughter, Sabrina, to find and save her father. He intends to keep his promise to her no matter what it takes!
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  1. Reading age
    8 - 18 years
  2. Print length
    172 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    5 - 12
  5. Publication date
    June 12, 2014
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We have worked very hard at editing, revising, and rewriting this series in 2016, and had it reviewed by professional NY editors.  We hope you will give it a chance, and an honest review.    
This book series is a joy to write.  PK can FINALLY write about the paranormal, something she grew up learning about.  Her mother was fascinated by the subject, sharing with her a broad range of topics.  And fiction writing enables her to create characters and let them explore her experiences. 

About the Author

PK Burian and ME Drewry began writing the David Finkleman series when ME's husband of one year needed a double-lung transplant or he would die, a $1.5 million dollar operation at the time.  So as one of many fund raising ideas, they came up with writing ebooks together.  They both loved fantasy, but wanted to write a different kind of fantasy, one that wasn't out there.  And that's how they came up with the David Finkleman Series.  And for those of you who are wondering, ME's husband did get his lung transplant and is doing well.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00KYFWDOM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Blue Light Publishing, LLC; 2nd edition (June 12, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 12, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1195 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 172 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 4 ratings

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PK Burian

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PK Burian writes young adult paranormal, middle grade mysteries, picture books, romance, and nonfiction. She finds the paranormal fascinating and hopes that one day many of the mysteries of Cryptic's will be solved. She enjoys gardening and taking photos of animals and nature, and gets many opportunities to do so land surveying with her husband. She loves exploring her spirituality, and believes that that is what is most important in life.

“There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’

No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster.”

― Dalai Lama

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4.0 out of 5 stars Wizard in a Muggle World
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2015
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It’s hard enough to be a sophomore in high school, especially when you number among the smaller, nerdier crowd, rather than the jocks. It’s even harder to keep a secret about your personal identity, which David Finkleman must do. But when strange things start happening in your high school, and you just happen to know a little bit of magic to expose those who may be causing kids to do drugs with stranger than average side effects, can you really keep that to yourself? David has to figure out how to help and hide at the same time.

David Finkleman and Dangerous Magic follows a teen who is training to be a wizard in a muggle world. He can’t tell anyone about his powers, and relies on his family secret, especially his grandfather to help hone his natural skill. It’s not quite the rip off of Harry Potter that you may think, although I think the same type of audience would really enjoy this book. It’s a little amateur, with a few obvious grammar and spelling errors, but it is really very high school cute in some ways with some action adventure and defending the family honor thrown in, all infused with a little magic.This was a quick read for me, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I look forward to finding out more about the characters, and watching David navigate through high school with his secret wizardry.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2014
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I read this book when it first came out under a different title. I really enjoyed it. My cousin did too. We were looking at books that we like to read and realized that this author had not published in a while. So we contacted them. They told us what was going on. We could not believe it. They were republishing the first two books, but we were promised another book to come out soon.

This book has all the classic elements. Magic, a girl, even a bratty older brother. Please check out this book.
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Melanie
3.0 out of 5 stars A refreshing fantasy read
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2015
I was provided with a free copy of this book so I could give an honest review. (Thank you!)

I enjoyed reading this and will definitely continue the series. I loved the world-building, although I wanted more! I loved all the fantasy peoples in the regular world, and original fantasy peoples that are rarely seen, or were created by the authors themselves. It was so refreshing!

The characters were good too. I loved David and I loved the depth to his older brother, Henry. I enjoyed reading through David's eyes, but I would love to read through Sabrina's eyes too; I think her point of view would be awesome.

I had problems with the book though. There are words used incorrectly, amongst other language issues, and it just kept throwing me out of the story.

The book wasn't predictable; my assumptions were wrong at every turn!

Overall, the plot was great, the characters were great, but I wanted more in terms of the world-building and the language let this story down a lot.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Close family relations elevate this above the pack
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2016
Real Rating = 3.5*

SERIES INFO: This is Book #1 of 3 (so far) in the “David Finkleman Paranormal Series.” According Ms Burian, #2 & #3 are currently being produced in audio (read by the same narrator), and they are working on writing #4 & #5.

As someone who cares more about characters than plot, I really appreciated the sense that there is a real family at the center of this story. There are past hurts and current problems, but they can’t undermine the love and support.

David: Nerdy younger brother of a non-magical but smart and popular football hero. Yet he isn’t drowning in envy. He’s glad that he shares his grandfather’s magical talents. Although he does have the “super strong” powers typical of stories like this, he is still learning and has a limited repertoire of spells.
Sabrina: The very determined daughter of the missing Tom Stevens. I would have liked to see her participate a bit more centrally in the adventures. Nevertheless, she worked hard to find her father.

The romantic relationships are more than a little complicated (and indications are that they get more so in the next book). I actually liked David and Sabrina together and will be rooting for them, sorry Sam.

The world is ours, but includes small numbers of people who can do magic and larger numbers of supernatural and legendary creatures from Brownies to Chupacabras.

I felt uncomfortable with the seriousness of the situations David was forced into. It was explained in the story, but I still feel that the adults should have done more to deal with the issues themselves.
The ending resolved all the plot points while leaving some personal issues hanging.

NARRATION: He has a great, deep, voice. His female voices are acceptable. / Production was smooth & problem free / Listened on 1.25 speed (my usual).

FAVORITE PART(S): I really liked a conversation David has with his older brother. They discuss “doing it” for the first time. His brother tells him that it is ok to wait. He admits that he gave in to pressure and it still bothers him. It is rare that YA books acknowledge regrets regarding sex, coming from a male character, that don’t involve a player reforming his ways. / Being from WA myself, I appreciate that this book didn’t spend time moaning about the weather (although it really does rain as much as they say).

I COULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT: The developing double love triangle / the GPS like details of turning left here and right there, which won’t mean anything to anyone who isn’t from Olympia.

MY RATINGS:
--Enjoyment: HIGH
--Re-readability: AVERAGE
--Narrator Impact: AVERAGE

I received this book free in return for an honest review, courtesy of Audiobook Blast."
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