Third Time Lucky: and Other Stories of the Most Powerful Wizard in the World by Tanya Huff - 4 stars

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What a fun collection! For the first time, all Huff's short stories about the wizard Magdalene, who is not only the Most Powerful Wizard but also the laziest, are pooled in this collection. They are presented in order of writing, but the reader is given the choice to read it in the stories' chronological order. The title story is what she considers her first professional sale (not counting the two poems she was paid @$5 for by the Picton Gazette at 10 years old).

It's fun to see her earlier writing. Magdalene is so much fun as a character, I imagine she was fun to write too. Her powers are a little much, but powers are not the point really, it's more the witty banter, the humor and the entertainment, which this collection gives plenty of.