This review covers book 1 & 2 of the Magisterium series, which is another spin on the magician schooling of young people. It comes with the inevitable comparisons to Harry Potter, but other than having two boys and a girl as the main characters, there’s not a lot that is similar (at least in my eyes). The Iron Trial introduces us to Callum Hunt, who really has no desire to become a magician, or mage, as they call it. His father has in fact insisted […]
Paying the Price of Magic
I missed out on Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar books during my teenage years which is when I suspect a lot of people find these books with their magical horses (known as Companions) and tales of growing up and finding out about the world. I’ve been making up for it though since the books have been ending up neatly packaged into trilogies on Kindle over the past couple of years. This particular trilogy is interesting because it features a protagonist who is mentioned very early on in […]
*Chef Kiss*
First and foremost I will say that this is the first Rainbow Rowell novel I have read: I know she’s been pretty popular around here the past few years and always meant to pick up one of her books, but just never did for some reason. Until my friend gave me Carry On as a gift, thinking that it looked very Lisa™. And you know what? She was right! I loved this book! I mean, it’s a little corny at times, don’t get me wrong, […]
Needs more vice and virtue
3.5 stars. I kept hearing about this fun new book featuring queer kids living in historical England from several of my bookish friends. I’m not sure if I was in a weird mood or what, but my experience of this book was not exactly what I would call “fun.” I definitely enjoyed it, it’s just that if you tell a story about queer people in a historical setting, it’s definitely not just fun and games. That fact made this a bit of an anxious read […]