The Paper Magician

The Paper Magician by Charlie Holmberg
224 Pages. Published 2014
Amazon: 4 stars
Me: 3 stars

This book is already rated one of the best books of 2015 so far. I got this book as a Kindle First. If you have Amazon Prime they give you the option to purchase one of four new books for free at the beginning of every month. I think it's a really cool program, and I can't turn down a free book.

I love books about magic, despite a Protestant background. In this book, the magic isn't paired with witches, but with magicians (but they kind of act like witches having spells and all).  These magicians aren't performance artists, this is how they make their living, and it's their life. These magicians can can only work with one medium, and are bonded for life to that material. Our main character, Ceony is a paper magician. It's the weakest of the elements.

Ceony graduated from Tagis Praff School for the Magically inclined at the top of her class.  This would normally grant her the power to chose what substance she works with, but in her case she was assigned to be a Folder of paper due to their low numbers.

Ceony must serve an apprenticeship for 2-6 years.  Ceony fells lucky to have her mentor because he treats her so well. But, her mentor, Emery Thane, leaves unexpectedly for a few weeks in to the arrangement. He comes back and (I'll tell you when you can read again) SPOILER ALERT Lira, takes Thane's heart. Ceony sets out after it. The entire middle of the book is her being trapped in his heart (literally) from a spell. She sees Thane's memories and hopes and fears, but will she be able to save him?

SPOILER OVER
I thought the middle of the book was a little weird, but it made sense for the story line. Although the book is the first in its series it ended nicely and all the loose ends were tied up.

You can find this book at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, your local bookstore or you local library.

Happy Reading!