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The Paper Magician
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Start date
April 1, 2015
Finish date
April 30, 2015
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This novel was chosen to be our Member's Choice Fantasy and Fairy Tales Themed Read during April 2015.…more

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Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin
This book was sweet and magical 😊



Ceony was hoping to apprentice to become a smelter or chef, but Tagis Praff School for the Magically Inclined had something different in mind when they set her up with Mg. Thane.

Ceony wasn't happy with this at all as she didn't see any use to being a paper magician. But she was wrong, wrong indeed.

Mg. Thane had a paper skeleton as a butler! How freaking cool, but Ceony didn't like it at all. Mg. Thane got on her good side though when he made her a paper dog sin
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Book Concierge
Nineteen-year-old Ceony Twill has graduated at the top of her class from the Tagis Praff School for the Magically Inclined, so it is with reluctance that she arrives at the home of Magician Emery Thane to begin her apprenticeship as a folder – a paper magician. She had always wanted to work with metal, but she was assigned here because of a shortage of magicians in this specialty; Thane is one of only twelve practicing this specialty. Her apprenticeship has barely begun, however, when an evil pr ...more
Joanne
Aug 08, 2021 rated it liked it
Shelves: fantasy-read
Ceony Twill has just graduated from the Tagis Praff School for the Magically Inclined. Her dream was to be a Metal magician, but the stars did not align and she got apprenticed out to a Paper Magician, Emery Thane. Resigned to her fate, she makes the best of it and becomes enamored with her Master Magician and the art of paper folding. Emery has some secrets and when he ends up in trouble Ceony must figure out how to help him.

I really liked the magic system in this book, and Ceony is a strong f
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Kristin
Aug 05, 2023 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 4-stars, fantasy
I thought it was a unique magic system and I enjoyed the story. I would have liked it to be longer and more in depth, but I recognized it's a YA novel and it was possibly meant to be a standalone novel, so things had to move along quickly. ...more
Taylor
Apr 07, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction
Allison
Mar 01, 2017 marked it as to-read
MaureenAnn
Dec 01, 2024 marked it as to-read
Sharmon
Sep 08, 2014 rated it it was ok
Kristina
Jun 13, 2017 rated it liked it
Shelves: fantasy
Sarah Brown
Nov 24, 2022 marked it as maybe-one-day