Emma being hypnotized was totally unnecessary and pretty stupid. A two year old has no clue what their true identity is. If a child is kidnapped at that age and raised away from their family, they don't remember their family. Emma "waking up" was just stupid. What was she waking up from? It's the only life she ever knew. Crappy maybe, but not something she'd see as being wrong just because some switch was flipped in her brain. Tell Me About My Father: Charlie asks this of his mother at the beginning of Midnight for Charlie Bone. Billy Raven - Bloor's Academy student, starts off as Charlie's friend, endowed with the ability to understand and communicate with animals.

Billy Raven, an albino, has the ability to speak to animals. He is an orphan, and was briefly adopted in Book 4 by abusive parents. He is adopted by the Bones at the end of the final book. Dagbert Endless can control water and is the son of Lord Grimwald. His morality is largely ambiguous, as it is directly influenced by the position of the moon, but he is generally a follower of the Bloors until the eighth book. Shapeshifter Longevity: Shapeshifters are shown to possess incredible longevity, with Yolanda Yewbeam (who was born in 1900) still alive and very much looking her age when in her true form) by the time she is first encountered by series protagonist Charlie Bone in the early 2000s; her father Yorath (who was born in 1850) is also still alive at that point.

Publication Order of Chronicles of the Red King Books

I Am Who?: Charlie is surprised to find that he is descended from Mathonwy through his mother's family, and thus is the rightful owner of the wand Claerwen. Maisie Jones is Amy Bone's mother and descendant of Mathonwy, the Welsh magician and friend to the Red King.

His mother - what can you say? I can't even imagine a mother letting someone treat their child so poorly, even if it was a grandmother. She was weak and apathetic and again, it was unrealistic. His mother suffered loss, yes, but she was able to go on with her day to day life and even move on to dating (this was implied by Charlie asking her is she had another boyfriend) but she was unable to stand up for her child? Either unrealistic or just a rotten mother. I kept coming away from her feeling like she has sold her child for a place to live. Final Battle: Finally happens in the eighth book, against Count Harken and his army. The good guys win.

Plot: What's the story about?

Also Olga goes on this when Lilith is taken away from the Red Castle by Amadis, using her telekinetic powers to wreak havoc. Reading this book showed the writer in me that whilst characters need to learn and grow throughout a story, their problems don’t have to be resolved completely. Chekhov's Gun: The wand Charlie steals from Skarpo in the second book becomes extremely important later on. It not only helps free Henry from his prison, but saves Miss Ingledew from death, helps Charlie with any problem he has, and also is the key to fixing the damaged Mirror of Amoret.