Magical Midlife Madness
Ratings26
Average rating4.1
A woman starting over. A new house with an unexpected twist. A cape wearing butler acting as the world's worst life coach.
"Happily Ever After" wasn't supposed to come with a do-over option. But when my husband of twenty years packs up and heads for greener pastures and my son leaves for college, that's exactly what my life becomes.
Do-over.
This time, though, I plan to do things differently. Age is just a number, after all, and at forty I'm ready to carve my own path.
Eager for a fresh start, I make a somewhat unorthodox decision and move to a tiny town in the Sierra foothills. I'll be taking care of a centuries old house that called to me when I was a kid. It's just temporary, I tell myself. It'll just be for a while.
That is, until I learn what the house really is, something I never could've imagined.
Thankfully forty isn't too old to start an adventure, because that's exactly what I do. A very dangerous adventure that will change my life forever. I have a chance to start again, and this time, I make the rules.
Series
Series
8 primary books9 released books#1 in Leveling Up
Leveling Up is a 9-book series with 8 released primary works first released in 2020 with contributions by K.F. Breene.
Reviews
Popular Reviews
Reviews with the most likes.
This review is also featured on Behind the Pages: Magical Midlife Madness
When Jacinta realized her life would be starting over, she never could have imagined the new direction it would take. Divorced and eager to find herself again, she jumps at the chance to become the caretaker of Ivy House, a place full of fond childhood memories. But the butler, gardener, and next door neighbor seem to be off their rockers. They keep muttering about alphas and being the chosen one. But she has seen her fair share of weird, and despite the odd folks, Jacinta decides to stay.
K.F. Breene has created a hilarious mix of midlife woes, sarcasm, and magical mayhem with Magical Midlife Madness. This is a book geared towards women later on in life after the kids have grown up and life restarts. For once the heroine isn't an athletic built young twenty something who has no limitations. Jacinta deals with all the insecurities that come with an aging body and the knowledge of what happens in life to back her up. She isn't going to let people walk all over her.
The messages K.F. Breene sends are loud and clear. Do not let people ridicule you just because your body isn't perfect, or life didn't work out quite how you thought it would. As Jacinta navigates her new life and sets boundaries, readers will be pulled into a slow but steady world-building. This was a build up book, more so aimed at establishing Jacinta's outlook on her future. But I'm interested in seeing where this series goes. The characters are a delight to follow, and the ending is sure to make you jump to the next book.
3.5 starts. The audio was a dramatized full cast which was weird at first but did feel it suited the story. This is a silly, whimsical, magical story with a midlife female MC. I enjoyed the commentary related to living in this world as a midlife women and found myself chuckling a few times. A good palate cleanser between my darker spooky reads. Quick read as well - around 5 hours on audio.
Related Books
Books
9 booksReaders of This Book Also Enjoyed
If you enjoyed this book, then our algorithm says you may also enjoy these.
