Twice Magic
by Cressida Cowell (Hodder, 2018); audiobook read by David Tennant (Hachette Audio, 2018)
Although the world is fantabulous and 13-year-old protagonists Xar and Wish are full of zest, this second instalment of Cowell’s wizards and warriors series reads as if emoting the climax, not merely the early unfolding, of their great adventure. Fun but overdone.