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Fyre
by Angie Sage
I really enjoyed this book in a way I haven't enjoyed a Septimus Heap book since Flyte. I did worry a little bit that maybe the reason why I wasn't loving them so much was that I had simply grown too old, luckily, I have just discovered that this is not the case. However, I do have one slight grumble. All the interesting stuff that I really wanted to hear about was in the back pages! I was waiting for a nice, tear-jerking death for Aunt Zelda, but it was explained in a sentence, I think a much bigger deal could have been made out of this idea and many others. I preferred Marcia's character in this book as I have always found her a little irritating, here she was more willing to accept the fact that she's not always right. Merrin's involvement in the story was vaguely unnecessary, but at least the bit with Nursie in the Stranger Chamber provided some "comic relief", so to speak. I found the prologue description of the creation of the two faced ring a bit tedious and, in general, I think there were far too many ExtraOrdinary Wizards (Marcia Overstrand, Alther Mella, Julius Pike, Hotep-Ra, and Septimus Heap for a bit too) I have nothing against any of these characters, but having them all around at the same time was a bit too much. I loved the Sherlock Holmes quote about eliminating the impossible, oh, and the ghost of Jillie Djinn on the sofa is my new favourite character.