The Paper Magician (The Paper Magician, #1) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Nov 21, 2014 Amanda rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2014, netgalley, fantasy-magic, fantasy-romantic-elements

*I received an ARC from the publisher via Netgalley*

I really enjoyed this book. It was whimsical and the magic was so unique. I loved reading about the different types of magic and the things that the magicians could do. Who knew that paper Folding so be so interesting?

At first I didn't like Ceony because she was judgmental and refused the keep an open mind. She quickly grew as a character and I ended up liking her quite a bit. I love when a character develops and grows as you read.

I loved the ...more

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Feb 02, 2017 Mary Bronson rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical-fiction, young-adult, women-fiction, fantasy, magical-realism, favorites, mary-s-challenge, women-reads-2017, read-women-2017, read-women-around-the-world

Wow, I thought this was an AMAZING book. I thought the plot and characters were very well written. Once I got started it was hard to put down. I love the idea of a magic school that teaches you different things and once you graduated you are sent to a Mag. of a certain type of magic and learn all you can from them. I thought it was a cool idea to have paper magic. How paper can be brought to life as different things. Plus this book had the right amount of adventure and a small touch of romance. ...more

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Jul 18, 2015 Mauzi rated it liked it

Shelves: counting-stars

So first of all, I love this cover. It's simple, it's pretty and it's eyecatching. Did I love this book? No, but I did like it. There were parts that I thought were really good, and really creepy in all the best ways. I'll admit, I did have high hopes that it wouldn't turn out with Ceony falling in love with Thane, but it was so minimal I can almost let it pass. I did wish there had been a bit more detail about the magic though. ...more

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Aug 26, 2017 Elle rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya-fiction

This one started off feeling like a Harry Potter rip off. It took me a bit to get into the book because of that. However, once it got going, things rolled pretty well. I did find myself often distracted by questions I kept formulating about the world Holmberg has created, but hopefully some of these will be answered for me throughout the remaining 2 books of the trilogy. I enjoyed the general premise and the ending, while not fantastic, was strong. I'm looking forward to continuing on to book #2 ...more

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