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How I Magically Messed Up My Life in Four Freakin' Days (The Tale of Bryant Adams Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Megan O'Russell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 1 of 4: The Tale of Bryant Adams

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Things not to do when you find out you’re a wizard:

#1 Do not destroy your dad’s apartment with magical fire. You WILL NOT get the security deposit back.
#2 Do not form an alliance with the guy who is trying to murder you. This will end badly.
#3 Do not drag the girl you’re desperately in love with into your wizard mess. You risk her watching you fail miserably.
#4 Under no circumstances should you get in the middle of an epic magical battle. Death will happen. Lots of death and bad things.

I found a magic cell phone, opened an app I shouldn't have, burned down my high school's theatre, and it was all downhill from there. A seer guarded by the undead is my only hope for keeping my mom alive, and I'm pretty sure the cops are after me for destroying my dad's penthouse.

But it gets better! Now I'm stuck being the sidekick to the guy who got me into this mess in the first place. It'll be a miracle if I survive until Monday.

How I Magically Messed Up My Life in Four Freakin' Days is a whirlwind ride through a magical world. If you love to laugh, crave adventure, and wish you were a wizard, join Megan O'Russell's 550,000+ satisfied readers. Order your copy and join this magical journey now!

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The funniest book for teens/middle-grade that I have read in so long!

Somehow on the way from the meatpacking district to the village, I had become the sidekick...

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Readers' Favorite ReviewHow I Magically Messed Up My Life in Four Friggin' Days by Megan O'Russell is the tale of Bryant Adams. Bryant has received many lectures for daydreaming which tends to get him into trouble. He's just a normal teenager with divorced parents and a best friend who charms everyone he meets. Then everything changes when he finds a magical phone and his mom not so subtly gets him a chance to talk to the girl of his dreams by becoming her math tutor. Too bad things go south after he opens an app and starts a fire in the theater. The phone's owner shows up and threatens Bryant's mom if he doesn't hand it over, but he's not so sure if that's the right thing to do. As he's drawn into the middle of a fight, Bryant discovers an affinity for magic and works with a surprising ally.

Megan O'Russell delivers a fun and unique adventure which finds a magical phone in the hands of a normal teenager. Bryant is ordinary, often overlooked, and gets flustered around the girl of his dreams. No one would guess his dad is rich, but that's how Bryant prefers it. Bryant chooses keep his dad's wealth a secret which says a lot about his character because by doing this he's choosing to just be himself and be accepted for who he is. His best friend Devon has a charming and outgoing personality that wins everyone over, but he's also more than this. He's a loyal friend and accepts Bryant for who he is while also not shying away from being honest. Elizabeth is described as the perfect girl by Bryant, who has been smitten with her for years. She's the opposite of Bryant in attitude as she's outspoken and takes charge of the situation.

The phone offers these three teenagers a chance of adventure and chaos, while changing the dynamics between them. O'Russell takes a different approach to the idea of magic by giving it a modern spin through use of apps to do spells. The spells are so much fun, though they come with consequences such as setting things on fire and turning a flower into a giant bean-stalk equivalent plant. This twist on spells is what makes the story so much fun because it adds chaos and eccentricity to the idea of ordinary. The humor is often derived through the chaos the phone creates, but it's also drawn out of the dynamics of the characters and through Bryant's mom who adds charm whenever she's around. How I Magically Messed Up My Life in Four Friggin' Days is funny and chaotic, a unique take on magic and adventure, with twists and surprises, charming characters and a magical phone.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07R8NNDFL
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ink Worlds Press; 2nd edition (May 21, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 21, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2839 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 258 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1733649441

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Megan started writing when she discovered playing Cordelia in King Lear leaves you way too much time waiting backstage. She began her career as an author during an ill-fated trip to Oz. She hasn't stopped writing (even when living on a tour bus) since.

Megan's wanderlust has led her all over the globe. When she's not planning her next escapade, she's diving into fantasy worlds where she doesn't have to worry about what rules she's supposed to follow or how many pairs of socks she can fit in her suitcase.

Her latest series, Fracture Pact, finds seven teens pulling off the heist of the century to save magic. Psst…this book may feed on her love of Newport, RI, Manhattan, Las Vegas, mountains, and botanical gardens. Megan has a weakness for road trips. Having vampires, werewolves, mermaids, and hackers involved just adds to the excitement.

Her love of storytelling has helped Megan weave her real-life exploits into eight different book series. From the epic fantasy world of Ilbrea to the paranormal dystopian romance of Girl of Glass, there is always a new way to escape into adventure.

Megan would love to connect with you on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or TikTok but feels obliged to warn you in advance that you will be hearing about her cats…a lot.

If you want to stay up to date on all Megan's books and adventures (and hear about her cats), you can find all her social media links, including where to sign up for her readers community, at: https://linktr.ee/meganorussell

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Ella Jean

freakin amazing!

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2024

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Witty protagonist and narrative voice, fun characters, easy to follow story that leaves so much room to dissect there in nothing not to love in this book. Immediately got the rest of the series, it’s fabulous!

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Kenya Starflight

Hilarious and exciting magical romp through New York City

Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2021

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I picked this book up expecting something lighthearted and funny... and ended up getting something more epic and genuinely GOOD than I expected. Not saying that it wasn't funny, nor that "funny" and "quality" can't exist in the same work. But what I expected to focus mainly on humor turned out to be a thrilling ride, with entertaining characters and an epic story about magic and mayhem in the Big Apple.

Bryant mostly just wants to be cool like his best friend Devon, remind the girl of his dreams that he actually exists, and just avoid being dragged into his mom's theater productions. But when he stumbles upon a magic cell phone -- and almost burns down his school in the process -- he, Devon, and his crush Elizabeth are swept into a magical side of New York they never knew existed. Now if they can just get rid of the phone before it gets them killed...

This book does a great job of balancing action and humor, and at building a world-within-ours and a magic system that feel believable and unique. The pace is brisk, the author does a good job at explaining things in a natural manner without resorting to massive infodumps, and while the book is technically YA it avoids some of the pitfalls that can make YA fiction eyeroll-inducing to read. The book pretty quickly quashes notions of a romantic rivalry and/or a love triangle the moment they start to crop up, for example...

The characters -- at least the main characters -- are well-done as well. I found myself liking Bryant, Elizabeth, and Devon, and enjoying their banter and misadventures. Eric started out as a rather flat villain but became more interesting the further the book went on, and even minor characters like Bryant's mom and Eric's outcast witch friend were fun. The villains are pretty flat and one-note, unfortunately, but do provide a suitable amount of menace.

"How I Magically Messed Up My Life in Four Freakin' Days" is a wild and funny ride, an urban fantasy that's both exciting and hilarious. And while technically aimed at the YA crowd, it can be enjoyed by both teens and adults.

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richhist

Fun series!

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2023

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This was a great read! This book is a fun read rather than deeply serious. The story is a different twist than usual urban fantasy books. I’m glad I came across it. I hope the rest of the series follows the same path. This series would probably appeal to the same age range of readers as the Harry Potter series.

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Jocelyn Nielson

The first book in an urban fantasy series

Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2023

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The book had a slow start, but did get better as it went on. It kind of reminded me of the first Percy Jackson book, HOWEVER, it was harder to get into this book simply because the magic system was new to me, unlike the Greek mythology in Percy Jackson. But in time, I was able to understand enough to know what was going on and enjoy it. And since this is the start of a series, it was more setup for the magic system than resolution for the plot. I don't know if I'll continue reading the series, but I am open to the idea.

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Tina Evans

Fun easy read

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2024

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I enjoyed this book on my flight. I found myself laughing out loud at certain parts. HI enjoyed the characters. It reminded me of the percy Jackson series.

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Tricia

Great plot, unnecessary swearing

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2022

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My 12-year-old daughter and I are reading these together and enjoying them very much. She is a good reader, but we both love "bedtime story time" so much that we've kept it up, just moving on to more complex "stories". This book is the first of a series about a high school boy who finds a "phone" that he can use to cast magic spells (his friends are unable to use it). The author is a female, and I am a female who has only had daughters, but the point of view seems believable and authentic to me. Maybe a boy might have a different take on it, I don't know. The plot moves at a good pace, the story develops well and logically. There is a fair amount of humor, and the sentence structure and literature itself is definitely appropriate to teens, making it a good read that is neither too simple nor too complex for that age group. My only criticism is that there is a fair amount of basic swearing - your usual sh**, da**, hell-level cussing - that I find unnecessary. I can understand the author striving for realism (we all know the average teen does a fair amount of cussing in their conversations!), but this is fiction, not reality. If we can believe only the one boy can use a magic phone to create magic spells, we can also overlook the lack of swearing. Kids understand that the characters portrayed in their media aren't completely realistic, and that's okay with them. It hasn't hurt Disney that they don't have swearing in their shows. If this was a grittier book, or for older teens, and there was other inappropriate stuff being portrayed, it might not stand out so much, but the swearing that is in the dialogue seems forced and, as I said, completely unnecessary. As I read this out loud, I often edit the swear words out, and it reads plenty smoothly without them.

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Dagnbit

A cellphone is not always just a phone

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2023

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What is the phrase, no good deed goes unpunished? Yep, that says it all. Imagine a geeky teen finding a cellphone in a cab. And rather than trust anyone else to return it to the owner, he decides to. The only thing is, when he opens the screen to see if he can trace the owner he burns down his mother's pride and joy. The school theatre is toast. His crush was watching and figures it out first. So, at his absentee fathers penthouse, they try again. Only this time the owner has tracked them and tries to kill them magically. Fate has different plans. As his father's penthouse is filled with purple fire, a giant blue flower grows in Central Park, his mother is in a cocoon guarded by zombie wolves and his home apartment looks like a bomb went off, Bryant and his friends go to battle. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, no truer words were spoken in this book. Good for any age. I enjoyed the characters, the world building and friendships formed by the characters.

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CtefanyaW

Fun young adult fantasy

Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2023

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Well written and satisfying read that stands alone but is also the precursor to another in the series. I like the insouciant and sometimes clueless tone of the lead character.

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Susan R

Interesting and different

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2023

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I think this must be a young adults book because of the way it's written. Having said that, I enjoyed it! Good romp and engaging characters. I'll read the next instalment soon.

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Miss K Marsden

Magical Mobile

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 13, 2019

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Bryant is a regular kid in New York, who stumbles onto a magical phone, and into a whole load of trouble.

Bryant is weird enough without magic. He's the geeky, quiet kid at school. He sticks his head in the sand, happy to be invisible and ignored, watching the people he cares about actually enjoy life. His mum teaches Drama (roping in her son, of course); his best friend is the coolest guy in school; his dad is a millionaire (off doing what millionaires do); and his crush is simply being perfect.

Bryant's life takes an odd turn, when he finds a mobile phone, dropped by a very pale-looking guy.
Before he can see about returning it to its rightful owner, Bryant accidentally sets the school on fire with an app, then destroys his dad's apartment with a tornado.
Suddenly things aren't as straight-forward, and he's joined by his best friend Devon, and crush Elizabeth. They have a mission to keep the powerful phone from falling into the wrong hands.

On their journey, they learn about the world of magic beneath their feet, and the battle going on between the light and shadows.

This story was somewhat kooky to start with, but by half-way I was really enjoying it.
I was a little disappointed that Bryant did become just a sidekick - I know it mentions it in the blurb, and I know it's in keeping with his character to let someone else lead; but this was supposed to be his story, and he got relegated to a supporting player. Eric is basically in charge, and Devon was being pro-active, even Elizabeth stepped up and played her part. Meanwhile, Bryant was there to provide more fire-power.

There's plenty of danger and action, and it establishes that even in this magical world, nothing is clear-cut. It keeps you guessing as to who are the good-guys/bad-guys/ambiguously-grey-guys.

Overall, this was fun, and I look forward to the rest of the series.

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NP

A fun, imaginative story, well-written.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 28, 2020

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I admit, I don't read a lot of urban fantasy, but the quirky cover got my interest. And I'm glad it did, because this is a fun, action-packed story with likeable characters. The protagonists are teenagers, but this is a book for all ages. Well-written, a touch of romance, never a dull moment, and a giant blue flower towering over New York. What more could you want? Definitely recommended.

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