Like an devoted admirer, I follwed its path unconditionally towards Flyte.
As a person who was trapped in the web of the sweetest spiderweb, I surrendered all my wills to be swallowed by it and was drunk in the beauty of magic.
Becoming one with Flyte, I experienced all the feelings invoked from a ride on a roller-coaster: nerves raking, heart palpilating, shock, fear, then fascination and finally, absolute elation.
In my drugged state, my lips stretching wide; my eyes streaming from the spice of wittiness; my body shaking with laughter; my head was light and filled with only magical battles and escapades.
Through Jenna's eyes, I became the prettiest princess armed with intelligence and compassion. I was brilliant at horse-ridding and immensely courageous. In a deadly cold night, I was the picture of a solitary figure ridding on horseback, breathlessly trying to escape from the clutch of an evil adopted brother despite the hindrances brought by giant worms lurching in darkness prying for unwary preys.
Through Septimus's eyes, I was the seventh son of the seventh son, the most powerful wizard gifted with unlimited potential. I was favored by the goddess of magic, wrapped in the skin of a handsome eleven-year-old boy. I was close friends with the boy, Bettle, who worked in the manuscriptorium where all spells and charms were to be found, and Wolf Boy, who had been forced into the same loathsome young army as me and who had developed excellent senses since his living in the forest where he had been nursed and nurtured by wolverines. You may not believe me, but there was more in me than met the eyes, I was an apprentice of the ExtraOrdinary Wizard, Maricia Overstrand who had a queer taste for purple python shoes and kept bunches of them in storage, just in case of emergency, should she need another pairs. You don't want to step in the wrong shoe with her; my Master was very PARTICULAR about shoes, hence, was universally feared by most people and creatures, not for no good reasons. And now, she was followed by a creepy and unknown shadow. It grew more and more visible, and I could sense its power growing, too. There must be something I and Jenna could do to dispel this frightful and ghastly thing from the tower of wizards. Regardless of her constant denials, I knew Marcia was certainly affected by this. She didn't even believe in me that Jenna had been kidnapped. Besides, there was more troubles at hands: DomDaniel's skeleton was loose and that bothersome of a brother was free to waltz his way to here and there to kidnap princesses as he pleased. Most aggravating was the fact that Simon happened to have acquired a very powerful charm, the FLYTE, and it was at his mercy to employ to wreak havocs.
I can't tell you enough how much I was in love with it. My review didn't do justice to Angie Sage's unique talent to make us laugh and stomach churn with excitement at the same time.
My favourite charm in Flyte was the Chocolate Charm:
Take me, shake me, and I will make thee:
Quetzalcoatl's Tchocolatl.
Note: Review from 19/8/2011. Wow! It actually took me 10 days to complete the second book. I remember it was a thick book and I was leisurely savoring it. How deja vu!
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