by Sarah Prineas
First person narratives will always bug me, but when they are as droll and stereotypical as whatever this one was called, they make me feel apprehensive about even picking one up again. It's a formulaic children's fantasy book about nothing much, but it should keep kids with little imagination and f...
This is feeling like a 3.5/3.75 read for me.Characters and world were interesting and it was a fairly quick pace.
I liked the pace of this one, and I loved the voice of the MC. I felt like it was unique and provided something different for readers. This will be the first book in awhile where I'm actually planning on reading the whole series.
The premise of this story–a city that runs on magic–is fascinating, and I loved the descriptions of the city itself. The book itself had the feeling of the first book in a trilogy, but the characters were so great (a wizard, the thief who steals his locus-stone, the muscle who knits and bakes biscui...
This is the first in yet another fantasy series, the life-blood of many a young reader. Our hero, Connwear, is the cheeky young apprentice to a curmudgeonly wizard. Together they expend their energies and talents to discover where all the magic in their city is disappearing to.
LOVED this one! I had actually held off in reading this one for awhile--the cover art made me think it was a little more childish than I usually read (though now I quite like it and see it's relevance in the book). Boy, was I wrong. Once I picked it up and started reading, the voice of the character...
I really loved this story. Great story, fun characters.Lot of humor and good character interaction. Promising start to a new series by a talented new author.
Very fun book. Good, fun characters. Humor. Writing and story is well done. There is a fourth sequel coming out in 2013, I believe. Can't wait for that.
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