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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
Got this from Kindle First , the title intrigued me . This is a fantasy , about a young woman who has just graduated from Tagis Praff School for the Magically Inclined, Ceony Twill is assigned an apprenticeship with Emery Thane, and expert Folder. Ceony is at first disappointed since she had hoped to be a "smelter" who worked with metal. How exciting could folding paper be? The story moves a long pretty quickly and then a woman magician who practices the forbidden art of Excision steals Magician Thanes heart. Ceony embarks on a magical mission to save her master. This is the 1st volume in a series but thankfully, it doesn't leave you hanging at the end of this book. I am looking forward to reading the next volume .
Thank you to both my parents for the recommendation--loved it. Would love to tell my paper cranes to "breathe" and have them fly around!
Read for O.W.L.s Magical Readathon - Ancient Runes: read a book with a heart on the cover (see my O.W.L.s TBR video here)
I... am so conflicted about this. It was a very entertaining read, not perfect by any means, but definitely a lot of fun. My overall enjoyment of The Paper Magician made me want to give it 4 stars when I was getting close to the end. But then I actually got the end and read what was in the fortuity box, thus discovering that Ceony and Emery are at some point going to actually enter a relationship together, and immediately wanted to lower my rating to a 2 at the most
Why oh why did this have to have romance in it
If this was just a case of Ceony having a crush on her mentor, that's fine. People get crushes on their teachers all the time. I myself had a huge crush on my 1st grade teacher. It happens, it's normal, no big deal
What IS a big deal is when said teacher reciprocates those feelings. I don't care that Ceony is of legal age, I don't even really care about the gigantic age gap. What I do care about is the huge power imbalance that these two being in love would bring forth. A student/teacher relationship is NEVER acceptable, and yet that is the turn that this book took. Big yikes.
I feel like I wouldn't have minded the romance if Ceony had been his student for a while, had a crush on him the whole time, and then several years after her apprenticeship was done they got together. If that's how the next books play out then I'm fine, but I have a feeling that's not going to be the case
Anyways, onto other things
The plot was decent. The first half was pretty solid, but by the time we got to the third chamber in the heart I was tired of it. It got a little repetitive and didn't feel like it had much purpose to it. It was also a little too convenient that Ceony just HAPPENED to make a guess how to get out of the heart and it was right. I wanted there to be more struggle, more angst, more DRAMA. But everything felt a little too easy. I was never really worried that any of the characters weren't going to make it, which made reading the whole middle feel kinda boring. I feel like I could have skipped the whole part inside the heart and gone right to the end, and not feel like I missed much
I do really like the characters though, mainly Emery. Ceony is ok, I liked her for the most part even if she was a bit bland. But Emery is fantastic, I really enjoyed his character. I hope he isn't near dead in the next books lmfao
Overall, not bad, not good either, a bit problematic but I will continue on with this series
I... am so conflicted about this. It was a very entertaining read, not perfect by any means, but definitely a lot of fun. My overall enjoyment of The Paper Magician made me want to give it 4 stars when I was getting close to the end. But then I actually got the end and read what was in the fortuity box, thus discovering that Ceony and Emery are at some point going to actually enter a relationship together, and immediately wanted to lower my rating to a 2 at the most
Why oh why did this have to have romance in it
If this was just a case of Ceony having a crush on her mentor, that's fine. People get crushes on their teachers all the time. I myself had a huge crush on my 1st grade teacher. It happens, it's normal, no big deal
What IS a big deal is when said teacher reciprocates those feelings. I don't care that Ceony is of legal age, I don't even really care about the gigantic age gap. What I do care about is the huge power imbalance that these two being in love would bring forth. A student/teacher relationship is NEVER acceptable, and yet that is the turn that this book took. Big yikes.
I feel like I wouldn't have minded the romance if Ceony had been his student for a while, had a crush on him the whole time, and then several years after her apprenticeship was done they got together. If that's how the next books play out then I'm fine, but I have a feeling that's not going to be the case
Anyways, onto other things
The plot was decent. The first half was pretty solid, but by the time we got to the third chamber in the heart I was tired of it. It got a little repetitive and didn't feel like it had much purpose to it. It was also a little too convenient that Ceony just HAPPENED to make a guess how to get out of the heart and it was right. I wanted there to be more struggle, more angst, more DRAMA. But everything felt a little too easy. I was never really worried that any of the characters weren't going to make it, which made reading the whole middle feel kinda boring. I feel like I could have skipped the whole part inside the heart and gone right to the end, and not feel like I missed much
I do really like the characters though, mainly Emery. Ceony is ok, I liked her for the most part even if she was a bit bland. But Emery is fantastic, I really enjoyed his character. I hope he isn't near dead in the next books lmfao
Overall, not bad, not good either, a bit problematic but I will continue on with this series
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A really interesting concept and a fun escape from current events. A great quarantine read.
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
intriguing magical concept. not sure about the romance though
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Very cute and such a fun adventure. I never thought I'd say this but I wish they hadn't decided to make this a live story. I think it will have been just as strong, if not stronger honestly, if she had decided to save him because he's a good man who she respected and wanted to learn from. It felt a little...idk cheap? to have her choose to do this because she loves him? Because that's all that would matter to get as a burgeoning young adult. IDK I really enjoyed my time with this book, but that would have really put it over the top for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood
I loved the entire Paper Magician series! The setting is very intriguing and has a different feel to it.
This felt like bit like a lover letter to character studies and I’m obsessed