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Available
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Publication
Hot Key Books (2018), 432 pages
Description
"Kellen's life as an outlaw spellsliger is about to get a lot worse. In Gitabria, a miraculous discovery draws spies from all over the continent willing to kill to get their hands on it. Swept up in the race for power, Kellen is forced to join the pursuit. But the invention holds a dark secret--one that could spark a war."--
User reviews
LibraryThing member infjsarah
I continue to enjoy this series. Easy to listen to and interesting characters. I'd gone off YA but this is the better end of it.
LibraryThing member BethYacoub
My family- daughter, husband and myself- take turns picking different Middle Grade audiobooks/series and listen every night before bedtime. We are three ravenous (audio)bibliophiles. It is rare though that the three of us agree on anything let alone what was the good, the bad and the Meh of a
Hubby (38 years old) - "I liked this book better than the last one (Shadowblack), but not as much as the first (Spellslinger). I really liked all of the new characters and the tease of dragons. I'm excited to see where all of this ends up. Even though there was more action in this installment, the ending was a bit of a letdown. Overall, I rate it 3.5 Stars."
Myself (mumble grumble years old) - I (shockingly) agreed with my husband's take on this book and moreover, this series. This Middle Grade read is fun, unique and full of loveable/loathable characters. The writing is smooth, easily digested and (usually ) not boring. There is some witty dialogue and the narrator is simply perfect!! I could go off on a raving tangent about how versatile his voices are and how his range of differing inflections, personalities and genders is astounding! The pacing, on the otherhand, was a problem in the second book (Shadowblack), seemed to have been seriously worked on... things flowed a bit better in this installment. There was action, drama and some comedy. This is good, clean fun for the whole family. I'll definitely stick with it and see where this story leads us. I too will rate this 3.5 Stars... come on GoodReads, make this half star rating a thing already so I can give books their due.
Anyway...
Overall: This book's pacing was an improvement over it's predecessor. The World was dynamic and original... a cocktail of Wild Wild West mixed with Magic wielding, murderous psycho mages and Shadowblack (wielding) infected, not so innocent, pariahs. The hero is a reluctant one... which is a bit tropey BUT in a good way... not in the "oh no, not this again." kind of way but more along the lines of (ahhhh, now this is how a familiar plot devices is done right!" Is this one of my all time favorites? No, but it is definitely worth trying... especially Middle Graders. I reccomend this to all ages, genders and genre lovers!
~ Enjoy
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book/series. Since the youngest of us (my 11 year old daughter) tapped out midway through book #2, Shadowblack, when the pacing stuttered and stalled in a bunch of areas. She is definitely more along the lines of this book's intended demographic... not sure what that says about the book... BUT my husband and I decided to soldier on soooo without further ado, here are both of our reactions. (My daughter opted to move on to another MG read so her opinion will no longer be relayed).Hubby (38 years old) - "I liked this book better than the last one (Shadowblack), but not as much as the first (Spellslinger). I really liked all of the new characters and the tease of dragons. I'm excited to see where all of this ends up. Even though there was more action in this installment, the ending was a bit of a letdown. Overall, I rate it 3.5 Stars."
Myself (mumble grumble years old) - I (shockingly) agreed with my husband's take on this book and moreover, this series. This Middle Grade read is fun, unique and full of loveable/loathable characters. The writing is smooth, easily digested and (usually ) not boring. There is some witty dialogue and the narrator is simply perfect!! I could go off on a raving tangent about how versatile his voices are and how his range of differing inflections, personalities and genders is astounding! The pacing, on the otherhand, was a problem in the second book (Shadowblack), seemed to have been seriously worked on... things flowed a bit better in this installment. There was action, drama and some comedy. This is good, clean fun for the whole family. I'll definitely stick with it and see where this story leads us. I too will rate this 3.5 Stars... come on GoodReads, make this half star rating a thing already so I can give books their due.
Anyway...
Overall: This book's pacing was an improvement over it's predecessor. The World was dynamic and original... a cocktail of Wild Wild West mixed with Magic wielding, murderous psycho mages and Shadowblack (wielding) infected, not so innocent, pariahs. The hero is a reluctant one... which is a bit tropey BUT in a good way... not in the "oh no, not this again." kind of way but more along the lines of (ahhhh, now this is how a familiar plot devices is done right!" Is this one of my all time favorites? No, but it is definitely worth trying... especially Middle Graders. I reccomend this to all ages, genders and genre lovers!
~ Enjoy
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
432 p.; 6.02 inches
ISBN
1471406709 / 9781471406706
Local notes
Kellen, Reichis and Ferius are on their way to Gitabria, a city where amazing inventions are dreamed up and sold across the land of the Seven Sands. But when the three of them stumble across a tiny mechanical bird, magically brought to life, they quickly realise all is not as it appears.
Signed and numbered (one of 150). Sadly, there are no more decorative endpapers :(
Signed and numbered (one of 150). Sadly, there are no more decorative endpapers :(