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Author: Charlie N. Holmberg
Series: The Paper Magician Trilogy (Book #1)
Series: The Paper Magician Trilogy (Book #1)
Genre: Fantasy
Length: 224 pages
Published: 2014
Publisher: 47North
Brief Synopsis: (Taken from Goodreads) Ceony Twill arrives at the cottage of Magician Emery Thane with a broken heart. Having graduated at the top of her class from the Tagis Praff School for the Magically Inclined, Ceony is assigned an apprenticeship in paper magic despite her dreams of bespelling metal. And once she’s bonded to paper, that will be her only magic…forever.
Yet the spells Ceony learns under the strange yet kind Thane turn out to be more marvelous than she could have ever imagined—animating paper creatures, bringing stories to life via ghostly images, even reading fortunes. But as she discovers these wonders, Ceony also learns of the extraordinary dangers of forbidden magic.
An Excisioner—a practitioner of dark, flesh magic—invades the cottage and rips Thane’s heart from his chest. To save her teacher’s life, Ceony must face the evil magician and embark on an unbelievable adventure that will take her into the chambers of Thane’s still-beating heart—and reveal the very soul of the man.
From the imaginative mind of debut author Charlie N. Holmberg, The Paper Magician is an extraordinary adventure both dark and whimsical that will delight readers of all ages.
My Review:
Yet the spells Ceony learns under the strange yet kind Thane turn out to be more marvelous than she could have ever imagined—animating paper creatures, bringing stories to life via ghostly images, even reading fortunes. But as she discovers these wonders, Ceony also learns of the extraordinary dangers of forbidden magic.
An Excisioner—a practitioner of dark, flesh magic—invades the cottage and rips Thane’s heart from his chest. To save her teacher’s life, Ceony must face the evil magician and embark on an unbelievable adventure that will take her into the chambers of Thane’s still-beating heart—and reveal the very soul of the man.
From the imaginative mind of debut author Charlie N. Holmberg, The Paper Magician is an extraordinary adventure both dark and whimsical that will delight readers of all ages.
My Review:
I give this book a 5 out of 5.
Ceony Twill wants to be a Magician. Mostly she wants to be a Smelter: a magician bound to metal magic and able to enchant bullets and other metal items. She's disappointed when she finds out that she has to be assigned to a Paper Magician for her apprenticeship, as all the other slots have been filled and there are not enough Paper Magicians. She takes an immediate, though unfounded, dislike of the magician she is apprenticed to, Emery Thane.
After a practitioner of flesh magic, an Excisioner, takes her instructor's heart, and his fellow magicians leave him for dead, Ceony takes it upon herself to rescue him.
This story was phenomenal. I had inklings of a few things (I'm being vague because I don't want to ruin it for you), but was not expecting the attack on Ceony and Thane. I enjoyed everything about this story, and can not wait for the next book in the trilogy, which is due out in November.
You can purchase The Paper Magician through Amazon in hard copy or Kindle format.
Ceony Twill wants to be a Magician. Mostly she wants to be a Smelter: a magician bound to metal magic and able to enchant bullets and other metal items. She's disappointed when she finds out that she has to be assigned to a Paper Magician for her apprenticeship, as all the other slots have been filled and there are not enough Paper Magicians. She takes an immediate, though unfounded, dislike of the magician she is apprenticed to, Emery Thane.
After a practitioner of flesh magic, an Excisioner, takes her instructor's heart, and his fellow magicians leave him for dead, Ceony takes it upon herself to rescue him.
This story was phenomenal. I had inklings of a few things (I'm being vague because I don't want to ruin it for you), but was not expecting the attack on Ceony and Thane. I enjoyed everything about this story, and can not wait for the next book in the trilogy, which is due out in November.
You can purchase The Paper Magician through Amazon in hard copy or Kindle format.
Have you read The Paper Magician? If so, leave a comment and let me know your thoughts!
Please note: I was not compensated in any way for this review. It is strictly my opinion.
Please note: I was not compensated in any way for this review. It is strictly my opinion.
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