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"The year is 1850 and Great Britain is flourishing, thanks to the Royal Society of the Esoteric Arts. When a new mage is discovered, Royal Society elites descend like buzzards to snatch up a new apprentice. Talented mages are bought from their families at a tremendous price, while weak mages are snapped up for a pittance. For a lower middle class family like the Gunns, the loss of a son can be disastrous, so when seemingly magical incidents begin cropping up at home, they fear for their Archie's life and their own livelihoods. But Archie Gunn isn't a talented mage. His sister Charlotte is, and to prevent her brother from being imprisoned for false reporting she combines her powers with his to make him seem a better prospect."-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Charlotte is a young girl with plenty to hide (she has strong magical powers and she works in secret as an illustrator). She lives in a London in which anyone with magical potential must join and work for the Royal Society, something she’s trying to avoid by all means. When her father, who has some serious financial problems, decides that her brother is a good candidate for the Royal Society, she’ll have to help him to pass the tests and in the process will meet three very different mages.
This is a quick and entertaining enough read. The plot and the writing were not bad, but, on the whole, I found the story a bit predictable and too easy to read, with a bit too much emphasis on the incipient romance (on how handsome and attractive Magus Hopkins was), and with characters not interesting and complex enough. I don’t know if this is supposed to be a YA novella, but that’s what it felt to me. I tried to keep in mind that this is just the first part of a series, but, despite that, I felt a bit disappointed and the story and characters didn’t grab my interest enough as to keep on reading the future installments. ( )