The Novice by Trudi Canavan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is part 2 of the Black Magician Trilogy and continues the story of Sonea as she develops her skills as a magician.
The Cover: I really like this cover, the image and fonts work together to create a great fantasy cover that comes together with the other books in the series.
The Good Stuff: This is an interesting fantasy story with a world that is well developed. The magic system is established in book 1 and this book builds on that, as well as the characters, adding more dimension to them and the world.
The Bad Stuff: As with the first novel, I was frustrated by the internal monologue. This is a mechanism that is well used by writers to lead (or mislead) the reader. It just seems to be very obvious to me when Trudi uses this technique.
I personally enjoyed this more than the first book in this Trilogy. This series is a good read with a few twists you won’t see coming. I give it 4 out of 5 golden bookmarks.
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Allan Walsh writes Fantasy and Horror. If you’re looking for something new to read in these genres, why not check out his books here. You can also find his titles available in libraries.
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