The Secret of Magic: The Forbidden Box by Natassa Louppou is a story about a 12-year-old girl, Tania. She finds a suitcase that belonged to a magician, and this allows her to travel back in time to different years; but always on the same date – April 15th, her birthday. The story revolves around Tania and her companion, Mike, the rabbit, trying to find their way through time.

This book is appropriate for middle-school and teenage audiences.

I rate this book 3 out of 5 stars because I felt like the plot had a lot of potential, but it wasn’t fully explored in the story.

The thing I liked about this book was that the plot was very unique and interesting. I was hooked as soon as I had read the book synopsis. However, what I did not like was that, even though there was a lot that could’ve been done with the plot, the author didn’t really take the risk. The story felt a little bland. It was also somewhat fast-paced, especially in the beginning. It felt as if the main character, Tania, and her bunny sidekick, Mike, were just going from one step to another without really processing anything around them.

But overall, it was a good book and it was well edited as well.

Have you read the book yet? Do let me know what you think in the comments below!

All the love,

Asteria ☽

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