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Title: A College of Magics by Caroline Stevermer ISBN: 0-7653-4245-6 Publisher: Starscape Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Worth more than one read
Comment: This book has the unusual quality of never quite letting you know what time frame you're in. It was done so perfectly that i hardly noticed it happening and once I did it gave the book that magical quality one wants from a fantasy. The story is about a girl who gets sent away to school far from her homeland so that her uncle can rule while she's gone. The school she is sent to is not an ordinary one but a school where one goes to become a witch. Once she leaves school the story continues with how she deals with her uncle and the enemies she has made. She is accompanied by a number of supporting characters that make this story what it is. This book is one that will stay in your mind for quite a while after finishing. The only thing i didn't like about this book was that when the story was over i still wanted to know more.
Rating: 4
Summary: A very different sort of fantasy
Comment: Faris Nallaneen is a diamond in the rough so to speak, in the unenviable position of saving the world. She has however more capable than she realizes, and even when her gift of erratic magic manifests itself, she does not comprehend it. It is a sort of coming of age story of a girl who is almost accidentally pushed into the position of the warden of the north, and is entrusted to mend a rift in the balance of the worlds created by her grandmother. Faris is endeared to readers when as she struggles to do her duty, she is still heart-breakingly human.
I bought this book solely by chance because the plot at the back of the novel seemed interesting. The first time I read it, I did not finish it. The plot is too amorphous, too out of touch with reality. This book introduced me to the world of a world that is an amalgamation of fantasy and real world, something I was not used to. I was disappointed in the book for not being a pure fantasy novel. That is what makes this book so special. I only found what a rare treasure this book is when I read it for the fourth, or even sixth time. It has everything, from mystery to school-girlish adventures, to romance and magic. Even some of the "academic" side of magic begins to make sense after a couple of reads.
This book requires patience and a few more reads than one. It is one of my favourite books now.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent.
Comment: After picking this novel up at the library several years ago, I read it and immediately ordered my own copy. A fantasy of manners--sometimes reminiscent of Jane Austen, and a deeply detailed work. I've read the book over 4 times by now and each time I find another scene or dialogue exchange to enthrall me. Good job, Caroline Stevermer!
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Title: Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country by Caroline Stevermer, Patricia C. Wrede ISBN: 0152046151 Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: A Scholar of Magics (College of Magics) by Caroline Stevermer ISBN: 0765303086 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: When the King Comes Home by Caroline Stevermer ISBN: 0812589815 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Mairelon the Magician by Patricia C. Wrede ISBN: 0765342324 Publisher: Starscape Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Magician's Ward by Patricia C. Wrede ISBN: 0765342480 Publisher: Starscape Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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