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A review by fscottfishgerald
A Taste Of Magic by J. Elle
4.0
I received a complimentary digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
A Touch of Magic focuses on a young girl named Kyana that on her birthday discovers a family secret: she is a witch. Soon Kyana has to balance regular school, hiding her new secret from her best friend Nae, going to magical school, and more. All while is she is discovering this new world of magic around her.
Pros: K. Elle creates nuanced characters with deep relationships to each other. The relationships created in the book feel real and contribute to the a greater sense of conflict when these relationships are strained. I think that the plot of balancing what feels like two separate worlds is something that will always be relatable to middle grade readers. Elle did a good job of showing the internal and external conflicts Kyana was having.
Cons: Overall, the parts of the book that didn't work for me were very minor. I felt like the world-building focused a lot on the products or types of spells available, but it could have built the organizational or lore of this world a little bit better. Like the mentions of this Board of Magick were there, but it didn't explain how it worked. Why are Magick and non-magicks communities kept separate. It's probably being saved for a sequel, so I didn't bother me too much, but just something I noticed.
A Touch of Magic focuses on a young girl named Kyana that on her birthday discovers a family secret: she is a witch. Soon Kyana has to balance regular school, hiding her new secret from her best friend Nae, going to magical school, and more. All while is she is discovering this new world of magic around her.
Pros: K. Elle creates nuanced characters with deep relationships to each other. The relationships created in the book feel real and contribute to the a greater sense of conflict when these relationships are strained. I think that the plot of balancing what feels like two separate worlds is something that will always be relatable to middle grade readers. Elle did a good job of showing the internal and external conflicts Kyana was having.
Cons: Overall, the parts of the book that didn't work for me were very minor. I felt like the world-building focused a lot on the products or types of spells available, but it could have built the organizational or lore of this world a little bit better. Like the mentions of this Board of Magick were there, but it didn't explain how it worked. Why are Magick and non-magicks communities kept separate. It's probably being saved for a sequel, so I didn't bother me too much, but just something I noticed.