A young apprentice bound to paper magic must save her eccentric teacher from a dark magician
Magic made of paper
Ceony Twill has graduated at the top of her class from a school for magicians in an alternative early twentieth-century London. She dreams of working with metal, but she is assigned against her will to the dwindling discipline of paper magic. A magician can bond with only one material for life, so Ceony fears she will be stuck with folding paper forever.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who enjoy short, whimsical fantasy with a clever magic system, an alternative historical setting and a touch of romance.
What you will get
A whimsical, inventive fantasy with a charming magic system, a resourceful heroine and an unusual adventure through the chambers of the heart.
The Paper Magician Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Fantasy · Paper magic · Apprentice · Alternative London
Length
224 pages · ≈ 7 h
More about this book
Her teacher, Magician Emery Thane, is kind, eccentric and lives in a strange little house outside the city with a paper dog called Fennel. As Ceony learns to fold paper animals that move, paper birds that carry messages and pictures that come to life, she discovers that paper magic is far more wonderful than she imagined. But Thane has enemies, and one day a practitioner of forbidden dark magic attacks him and literally steals his heart.
To save him, Ceony must use her new skills and travel through the chambers of his heart, where she sees his memories, hopes and fears, learning who he really is. This central section is imaginative and unusual, though some readers find the romance between student and teacher moves quickly. The magic system is the book's great strength, and the story is short and fast to read. There are some dark and dangerous moments, handled without graphic detail.
Charming, inventive and quick to read, followed by The Glass Magician and The Master Magician. It is a good choice for readers who want a lighter fantasy with an original idea at its heart. About 224 pages in the 47North paperback.
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