Freaky Festivals

A Mystic Caravan Mystery, Book 20

De: Amanda M. Lee

Narrado por: Caitlin Kelly

Mystic Caravan is hitting San Francisco. Unfortunately, a magical force in the city is hitting back. On their first night in town, they discover somebody has unleashed skeletons on the city…and there’s an army of them.

The good news is that as far as foes go, they’re not very impressive. Poet Parker’s team can take them out with relative ease. The bad news is they’re not stopping…and they’re getting bolder each and every night.

San Francisco’s history leads to a lot of questions. Are the skeletons coming from the cemeteries that were closed? Seems only a fraction of the bodies were moved when the city shut down for burials more than a century before. Who is raising them, though?

Between Golden Gate Park, Fisherman’s Wharf, and Alcatraz, Mystic Caravan has a lot of dark corners to search through. A nosy police officer—one who has his own paranormal task force at the ready—is another concern.

Not all evil is created equal. Sometimes what looks like evil isn’t evil at all. Still, the city needs to be saved. Are Poet and her motley crew of magical misfits up to the task? You’re about to find out. It’s going to be a bumpy—and bony—ride.

©2025 Amanda M. Lee (P)2025 Amanda M. Lee

Great Story!!!

Another great book in the series. I absolutely love these characters. Can't wait for the next installment.

Where do I begin?

What I disliked. To start, how unremarkable the story is and how Amanda Lee’s stories are beginning to be unoriginal. This story actually mirrors “Freaky Crypts” and Charlie Rhodes “Undead Uproar”. The antagonist with her army of zombies or in this case, skeletons, that did absolutely nothing but take up space; just an innocuous “boo!” Possibly, she doesn’t realize that her readers would notice. Even some lines are copied and pasted into a different book. Sadly, this book was a disappointment. There’s no intensity or nail biting. Poet sold the farm but why; when she is always so guarded? She might as well alerted the press. Amanda played it safe in plotting this book. She needs to find a happy medium. She is either making demons and emissaries of hell into paragons of virtue or leaves out good drama, action and intensity all together. One last thing, there were parts where I totally lost characters only to find out that they were there all long. In short, this book/story was bland and disappointing. It lacked seasoning and an occasional hi jinx from Luke. As usual, Caitlin Kelly is a gifted narrator. I was pleased to know that she was once again Poet.

Excellent!

Very good plot and characters. Fine narration. Baron is growing on me. Will listen again, soon. What a delightful series.

excellent

I love this series along with all the others that tie in with Amanda Lee book series. my only complaint is that their too short and she can't write fast enough 🤣 I can't wait until the next of any of her stories to continue

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i really enjoyed this one and liked the way everything turned out. i liked that it wasn’t all end of the world stuff, like Raven suggested near the beginning. she’s a bit over the top at times, but it’s one of the things i love about her ..
poet came thru in the end, just like i knew she would🥰
i’m sooo excited to see what happens once they get to Moonstone Bay!! i really hope the series continues once they get there!
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Excellent

What’s not to like about San Francisco and Alcatraz? Fast paced story. Amanda’s writing was top notch and the performance was great.

Too much backstory

The descriptions were extra long and too much information put in on here and there about Alcatraz and everywhere else if I wanted to read a history book, I could the story kind of got interrupted every time they threw in the history, not one of the best ones I’ve read, and I’ve read them all some of them more than once.