Spirit White has survived from a deadly car crash that has killed her mother and father and her sister. She has been discovered by a school with sp...
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Dec 14, 2010
Joy
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Rosemary Edghill is the co-author. I actually think she's the better author and has collaborated many times with Lackey.
Lot of questions left to answer in the further episodes of this DARK Hogwarts. It seems to a tie-in with the Urban Elves world already created by Lackey starting with Bedlam's Bard but I could be wrong. Very kid friendly reading which is a big fantasy market now.
Lot of questions left to answer in the further episodes of this DARK Hogwarts. It seems to a tie-in with the Urban Elves world already created by Lackey starting with Bedlam's Bard but I could be wrong. Very kid friendly reading which is a big fantasy market now.
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Nov 01, 2011
Cecelia
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Boarding schools. Myths and legend. Orphans. Wish fulfillment. Questionable authority figure behavior. Add in a little mystery, a dollop of angst and the faintest hint of teenage romance, and you’ve got Legacies, the first in a series by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill. The Shadow Grail books feature magical teen orphans who are sent to a Montana boarding school called Oakhurst – and the school is hiding secrets and peril. Wondering if Legacies ticks ALL of the cliché boxes? It does, withou
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Oct 30, 2011
Julia
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This pulled too much from Harry Potter - orphaned and sent to live at a magical school...and from there it was just boring. Spirit is mopy, understandably since her family died, but that's all really. And the plot is thin, so so thin. Anyone who has ever heard of the Wild Hunt will be annoyed at how long it takes to come up with the answer and it was too convenient that the hunt happens to be composed of ghost riders, fae SUVs, and a demon hunter, just so that each of the three pairs has some p
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Sep 09, 2011
Ravwrin
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A teen befriends four others when the world she knew is flipped upside down after her family dies in a car accident. While recuperating in the hospital she also finds out that her home has been burned to the ground as well. She is sent to Oakhurst Academy where she is told she is a Legacy and that means she's a magician. Her magic hasn't fully manifested like the others but they are able to stop something that has plagued the students of Oakhurst for years.
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Jul 29, 2011
Dlora
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Legacies is another one of those series books, which means the volumes often leave unanswered questions and dangling plots. This one, however, ended pretty satisfactorily. Spirit White is accepted into a rich orphanage-- when her parents and sister die in a car accident that Spirit manages to survive-- because one or both of her parents (one of those unanswered questions) had attended the orphanage growing up, and the orphanage is really more a school of magic. Shades of Harry Potter! The book a
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Jul 29, 2011
This series tries too hard to be Harry Potter and then, when it realizes it can't quite live up to the hype, veers away sharply and without much explanation. It tries too hard to mix in 'modern' life with magic and doesn't succeed. Instead, the characters come off bland and relatively uninteresting, interesting plot points are tossed aside when they could have been explored at greater length, and the whole book can be written off as a teeny-bopper Harry Potter. None of the characters had any dep
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Jul 23, 2011
Loralee
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Page 186 was good. That was when the teenagers discovered a hidden basement whose secret rooms hid objects belonging to the many teenagers who'd disappeared from their private school, as well as files marked "Tithed." Chilling.
And page 282 was pretty good too, an action scene during the fight when the teenagers set a trap for their enemies and attacked.
In a book over 300 pages long, that's a pretty poor score.
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And page 282 was pretty good too, an action scene during the fight when the teenagers set a trap for their enemies and attacked.
In a book over 300 pages long, that's a pretty poor score.
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Jun 06, 2011
Matthew
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As usual with Mercedes Lackey, it was a fairly quick read. I'm giving it 4 stars because I felt that some important elements were not adequately explained. On balance, it was fairly enjoyable but very light. I'll keep reading into the next book, but I'm not anticipating it with the anticipation of a thousand kids on Christmas Eve, the way I can't wait for A Memory of Light or How Firm a Foundation. To put it another way, the sequel gets on my "to-read" shelf, but not on my "omg-wa
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Mar 09, 2011
Shells
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Legacies the first book in the new Shadow Grail Series, by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill tells of a teenage girl named Sprint who parents die in a horrible car crash. She wakes up in a hospital where she is told that her parents have arranged for her to go to a prestigious school called Oakhurst. However, once she gets there she finds out Oakhurst is no regular school but one that is for what are considered 'legacy children' which also means magical. As she makes friends and figures out w
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Mar 03, 2011
Jenny
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Review originally posted at: http://supernaturalsnark.blogspot.com/20...
MY THOUGHTS
Legacies is a story not entirely original in nature, focusing on a boarding school for students with magical abilities, but despite its familiar premise, Ms. Lackey and Ms. Edghill infuse their world with a lingering darkness we've not encountered before. Instead of being a nurturing environment designed to foster trust and understanding of the use of magic, Oakhurst Academy has a rather sin More...
MY THOUGHTS
Legacies is a story not entirely original in nature, focusing on a boarding school for students with magical abilities, but despite its familiar premise, Ms. Lackey and Ms. Edghill infuse their world with a lingering darkness we've not encountered before. Instead of being a nurturing environment designed to foster trust and understanding of the use of magic, Oakhurst Academy has a rather sin More...
Dec 21, 2010
J.Elle
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I just finished this on my lunch break today at work. It did not cause me raptures of joy and amazement, but it was interesting enough that I will keep an eye out for the next one. Spirit’s parents and sister are killed in a car accident. She is the lone survivor. In the recovery center, she is told that in the event of their death, her parent’s arranged for her to live and attend school at Oakhurst Academy (which is a combination school and orphanage). There she discovers that every studen
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Nov 05, 2010
Emily
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Spirit wakes up in a hospital to find that her parents and sister have been killed in a car accident, and she is the lone survivor . Having no other family or money she has nowhere to turn for help. Suddenly Oakhurst Academy, a posh boarding school in Montanta, is paying Spirit's hospital bills and making living arrangements for her. She begrudgingly agrees to attend the academy and learns that she's a legacy at the school which turns out to be a school of magic. Headmaster Doctor Ambrosius lets
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Aug 15, 2010
Stace
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I really wish Goodreads would give us the option of 1/2 stars because I would have liked to rate this a 2.5. I found enough of it better than just "ok", but I can't really say I liked the book. What I did like was the "idea" of what the book was about. Unfortunately most of it seemed to follow a very basic formula. You have the geek (Lachlan), the goth/rebel (Muirin), the brain (Adelaide,)the jock (Burke) and the lost girl who can't find her magic (Spirit)all thrown together
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Aug 03, 2010
Rachel
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Legacies is the first book in the Shadow Grail series.
Who—or what—is stalking the students at Oakhurst Academy?
In the wake of the accident that killed her family, Spirit White is spirited away to Oakhurst Academy, a combination school and orphanage in the middle of Montana. There she learns she is a legacy—not only to the school, which her parents also attended, but to magic.
All the students at Oakhurst have magical powers, and although Spirit’s hasn’t manifes More...
Who—or what—is stalking the students at Oakhurst Academy?
In the wake of the accident that killed her family, Spirit White is spirited away to Oakhurst Academy, a combination school and orphanage in the middle of Montana. There she learns she is a legacy—not only to the school, which her parents also attended, but to magic.
All the students at Oakhurst have magical powers, and although Spirit’s hasn’t manifes More...
Jul 22, 2011
Scarlet
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Well, there are a lot of things I would like to say about this book. Some are positive, some are negative, but I gave it 5 stars, because, even though I expected it, I didn't see the word 'kiss' in it, which pleased me a lot.
Positive:
1. I loved the Harry Potter references. May be some people would find it stupid, but I loved the ''Thank you, Professor Dumbledore" thing.
2. I liked all of the characters. They felt real, with personalities, likes and dislikes, and even thr More...
Positive:
1. I loved the Harry Potter references. May be some people would find it stupid, but I loved the ''Thank you, Professor Dumbledore" thing.
2. I liked all of the characters. They felt real, with personalities, likes and dislikes, and even thr More...
Jul 13, 2011
MaryBookSwarm
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The first in a new YA series by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill, LEGACIES tells the story of Spirit White. After an accident that kills her entire family, Spirit finds out she's a legacy of the prestigious but very mysterious academy, Oakhurst, set in the middle of nowhere. Spirit is baffled, since her parents never mentioned the place, but as she has no where else to go, she gets in the super-plush limo that escorts her from the hospital to a private jet to her very chi-chi new school and
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Jul 20, 2010
BookWhisperer
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In the past I have had some trouble reading anything that was written by Mercedes Lackey; I felt that I struggle finding a connection with this authors writings. Although, I was excited and anxious to get my hands on this book and take it for a spin. Having finished I can now say that this was not the absolute best book that I have ever read. With an enjoyable storyline I did find myself able to make progression in the book, and this being a determining factor into a books rating was beneficial
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Sep 20, 2010
Danie
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This is a great book for parents who are reluctant to let their kids read Twilight just yet. Its a fantasy/horror (but not super scary)that focuses on the main character Spirit, who has just recently lost her whole family to a terrible car accident.
She finds out that her parents made arrangements for her to go to a private academy should anything happen to them. When she gets to the academy she finds out that she's a witch but none of her powers have manifested yet. As she makes friends a More...
She finds out that her parents made arrangements for her to go to a private academy should anything happen to them. When she gets to the academy she finds out that she's a witch but none of her powers have manifested yet. As she makes friends a More...
Sep 26, 2011
Sareh
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The only thing that bothers me about this book was that in the beginning is the similarities to Harry Potter. But beyond the few similarities, there isn't much the same anyways. This story was really good, while it does have it's slow parts, it's still good.
The characters were all very good although at times I had trouble picking out who was different from who if it hadn't been for the name tags. I thought that for having just lost everything Spirit wasn't all that upset about it thro More...
The characters were all very good although at times I had trouble picking out who was different from who if it hadn't been for the name tags. I thought that for having just lost everything Spirit wasn't all that upset about it thro More...
Aug 13, 2011
Jenn
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Oakhurst academy is a very interesting place although I could see some elements that reminded me of Harry Potter. But really, Oakhurst is a much better fit for the world we live in, whereas Hogwarts wouldn't fit at all and I think that was an intention of the authors.
I had a bit of an issue with the main character about 1/2 way through - she started on this big pity party and "oh I don't want to live like this" blah blah blah. Thankfully she seemed to pull herself out of More...
I had a bit of an issue with the main character about 1/2 way through - she started on this big pity party and "oh I don't want to live like this" blah blah blah. Thankfully she seemed to pull herself out of More...
Jul 06, 2010
Mike
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Every once and a while the fine folks at Tor will send me a title which doesn’t quite jive with my demographic. This time around I decided to give one of those titles a chance. Legacies is the start of a new YA series by collaborates Rosemary Edghill and Mercedes Lackey, who previously worked together on the Bedlam’s Bard Series over at Baen. The series opens with heroine Spirit recovering in the hospital after a car accident which left her as the only surviving member of her family. It isn
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Nov 05, 2010
Spirit wakes up in a hospital to find that her parents and sister have been killed in a car accident, and she is the lone survivor . Having no other family or money she has nowhere to turn for help. Suddenly Oakhurst Academy, a posh boarding school in Montanta, is paying Spirit's hospital bills and making living arrangements for her. She begrudgingly agrees to attend the academy and learns that she's a legacy at the school which turns out to be a school of magic. Headmaster Doctor Ambrosius lets
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Jul 15, 2010
Sheila
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Legacies is an entertaining enough read, a fantasy/mystery set at Oakhurst, a combination orphanage and school of magic located in the middle of Montana. Oakhurst is very different from Hogwarts and not nearly as much fun. Characters are flat. It was too easy to figure out who or what was responsible for the disappearances of the missing students. Kids who presumably have been reading about magic (the school does have a huge library, after all) should have been able to figure it out much earlier
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Mar 24, 2011
Savannah (Books With Bite)
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Jul 12, 2010
Dorri
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Spirit White is an accidental surviver of a horrific crash that killed her entire family. When she awakens from the crash she learns that her parents had a will that left her in the care of Oakhurst Academy, a place that is one part orphanage, one part school for the magically gifted and entirely creepy. With new freinds, Burke Hallows, Lachlann Spears, Muirin Shae, and Adelaide Lake, she might actually find herself liking Oakhurst, if only the magically gifted kids would stop mysteriously dis
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Jan 12, 2011
Beverly
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This series tries too hard to be Harry Potter and then, when it realizes it can't quite live up to the hype, veers away sharply and without much explanation. It tries too hard to mix in 'modern' life with magic and doesn't succeed. Instead, the characters come off bland and relatively uninteresting, interesting plot points are tossed aside when they could have been explored at greater length, and the whole book can be written off as a teeny-bopper Harry Potter. None of the characters had any dep
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Jan 07, 2011
Lacey
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What I thought:
I picked this book up off of Amazon after I was asked if I might be interested in review the second one before it was released. I figured I should check this one out first and see if I liked it before I committed, and I'm happy to say I really enjoyed this book.
Fans of the Harry Potter series will probably enjoy this one, since it has kind of a "Hogwarts Goes American" kind of feel to it. Not everything is the same as that series, of course,...this on More...
I picked this book up off of Amazon after I was asked if I might be interested in review the second one before it was released. I figured I should check this one out first and see if I liked it before I committed, and I'm happy to say I really enjoyed this book.
Fans of the Harry Potter series will probably enjoy this one, since it has kind of a "Hogwarts Goes American" kind of feel to it. Not everything is the same as that series, of course,...this on More...
Oct 28, 2010
E.
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Oakhurst Academy seems the perfect place to be educated in magical powers with its manicured lawns, fancy china and abundance of classy training areas. Too bad one's entire family has to die for you to become eligible to be trained there. Not a universal requirement but certainly unnerving to be an orphan totally dependent on the kindness of strangers who insist on a talent, even when the subject can't manifest her talent. Spirit White is tragically orphaned and ends up in this idyllic school
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Aug 23, 2011
Yet another "kid finds out they have magical powers and gets sent off to a special school" story, but so far it is interesting enough to keep me reading. I think it is a bit more modern in its language than Potter or Jackson, and could be more accessible to some readers. It would also be a really good book to teach "allusion" as a literary device from. There are several examples that would be familiar to students from current literature such as Harry Potter.
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Apr 11, 2010
Anila
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I wanted to enjoy this book much more than I did. I really love Mercedes Lackey's work, so naturally I was thrilled to get my hands on this ARC. However, I found it to be cliche, predictable, and disappointing.
Three things-
1. Oakhurst is scenery porn. There's no way around it. Every time someone started describing how sumptuous this place was, I gagged.
2. Spirit? What a terrible, terrible name. You'd think she would have some kind of bearable nickname to lighten the burd More...
Three things-
1. Oakhurst is scenery porn. There's no way around it. Every time someone started describing how sumptuous this place was, I gagged.
2. Spirit? What a terrible, terrible name. You'd think she would have some kind of bearable nickname to lighten the burd More...
