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On Halloween night, the greatest vacation spot in the world is about to be scared to death. A dangerous and mad wizard has escaped from jail, and there is no one who can identify him. With only seven days left before Halloween, Jesse and wizard special agent Ch-U-Ch race to solve the mystery, but time is quickly running out.

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By: J.A.Areces
Hi Mike A. Thank you so much for listening to IFAW and sharing your thoughts. I agree, the repeated name of the store is annoying, and something that I have to fix when I return to this story. Allow me to explain. When I wrote IFAW, I was competing in NaNoNaNoWritMo (or something like that), a short novel in 30 days consisting of 10000 words (or something like that). So, I chose a long name for the store and repeated it at least 1000 times to meet the goal. It worked. Imagine how I felt when I was reading the novel on podiobooks...ouch. Now the "driver's wheel" is a new one. Like I said, I need to go back and cast an edit spell on the novel. Never the less, thanks again, and I hope you enjoy the other stories, The Secret Society of Seven Sorcerers and The Sorcerer's Secret now live. Enjoy the magic!

By: Mike A.
I liked this book alright but... something about it bothered me. Maybe it was the fact that the detective knew that someone was to blame for the deaths of people who were dying of heart attacks, maybe it was the use of "Driver's wheel" instead of steering wheel, I don't know. Like I said I really liked it actually, but there were some moments where I thought "This could use another pass by an editor" it's not that it's not a good story, the story is very good, but there are some phrases that distracted me from the story when I heard them, like driver's wheel, and the fact that EVERYTIME the store is mentioned it's mentioned by it's full name. It's one thing to have a character say "Welcome to Alavan's Witches and Wizards Corner Store" but it's another thing to have a conversation like the following(and this is an exaggeration not a quote): "Hello, welcome to Alavan's Witches and Wizards Corner Store" "Thank you. I saw Alavan's Witches and Wizards Corner Store from out on the street and thought I'd come in to Alavan's Witches and Wizards Corner Store." "Oh Well I hope you enjoy your time in Alavan's Witches and Wizards Corner Store and if you need any help finding anything in Alavan's Witches and Wizards Corner Store I'll help you find it in Alavan's Witches and Wizards Corner Store." It just seems so unnatural that a character would think of the full name of the store every time they mention it, from personal experience I find myself referring to a store as "the store" after a short time. Like I said, this mostly acted as a distraction from the story and just pulled me out of the narration when I heard it. But I would definitely reccomend the book to friends of mine, it's very fun and once you get used to some of the more distracting elements it really has a good rhythm to it that is hard not to be caught up in. I am looking forward to starting the sequel.

By: Josh
Story, pretty good Narration, pretty good. Pronunciation didn't bother me. Repeating the name of the stupid store made me want to pop my own eardrums with a rusty nail. A good edit would fix all of this and the next. A few too many mundane details all in a row. It's cool if they are spread out more and not all in a clump. The same with how a character looks, etc. Much less bothersome than the store name thing. About 1/2 of the book rolled along pretty well. The music that kicks sometimes every 30 seconds is a bit much. It could be quite enjoyable with a few tweaks. Ok for determined listeners as it is now.

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