For me this is one of those "it's really good but..." reads. Fantastically written, edited and plotted. Smudge, of course, rules the pages and steals the scenes. Great characterisations too. I was able to lose myself in the story and forget for brief moments the back pain that has left me hobbl...
Review: Oh, I just loved this book, weaknesses notwithstanding! "Libriomancy was in many ways a lazy man’s magic. There were no wands, no fancy spells, no ancient incantations. No hand-waving or runes. Nothing but the words on the page, the collective belief of the readers, and the libriomancer’...
Series: Magic Ex Libris #1 This book definitely breaks the fourth wall. Smudge, Isaac’s pet fire-spider, originates in another book by Hines from which he is pulled into the “real world” using libriomancy. Overall I’d say the book was entertaining although I didn’t find the story absorbing. The...
Libriomancer is a great book. Note that this is my opinion. It introduces a fabulous and (to me) new way to use magic, and it deals with (how surprising) books and people who do wonderful stuff with them. And people who do less than wonderful stuff too. Books, vampires, dryads and automatons, anyo...
Book One in the Magic Ex Libris series. Let me begin by saying that I will need to get Book Two. I really enjoyed my read. Isaac Vainio is a libriomancer forbidden to practice his craft unless it's a dire emergency. Needless to say, the book starts off with a dire emergency. :) So what's ...
I actually finished this a little while ago but I'm slacking on reviews. I started the next book immediately after though so that should tell you something.One of the most clever ideas for a series I've read in a long time.Review to come.
Some clever details here - the fire spider, being able to reach into a book to withdraw any article/weapon that can fit through the page. However, the romance aspect of this read didn't work for me. Overall, an interesting approach.
Libriomancer gets bonus points for being a very cool idea. More of a 3.5 than a 4 star read, in my estimation, but I found it interesting. Isaac Vainio is a librarian, who adds information to books catalogued by him, things that only make sense to Libriomancers, he misses his days on the field, bu...
Let me see, I did like the idea of libriomancer (people with magic who essentially reach into every copy of a book at oncein order to access the cumulative belief of readers); I did like the idea of the various types of vampires; I did love the clear love towards books; I did like a dryad for a hero...
I really enjoyed this book. It reminded me slightly of Jasper Fforde’s The Well of Lost Plots, although not reaching those heights of brilliance (and for me, I doubt anything ever will). Libromancy is the magic I always wished I had; and if I’d read this as a child it would have been the stuff of dr...
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