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A review by jrdbrook
Junk Magic by Karen Chance
3.0
This is a spin-off and reads like one. I’ve only read the first Cassandra Palmer book and so long ago I can’t really remember anything. This was on offer and the premise was my sort of story but it really felt like you were starting halfway through. I quite like a training/school plot, so thought that it would be a bit of the main character winning over the kids and bringing the best out of them. There was none of that. Think I made assumptions of what to expect as even though she is their trainer, she does zero training in this book. Whenever the kids rise to a challenge it has nothing to do with the main character and she barely spends any time with them.
Some previous storylines were touched on but all the relationships were established and since I’d read none of the others, I was not invested in any of it.
Frankly, I was a bit bored by it. There was an already established romance but again, I was not invested. It felt flat, lots of assumption that you knew what was going on.
It did pick up a little bit towards the end but the surprise twist didn’t really make a huge amount of sense. There was a few satisfactory scenes but I just wanted to get to the end.
Basically, if you’ve read the previous series then this will probably work a lot better for you. If you haven’t then don’t start with this book.
Some previous storylines were touched on but all the relationships were established and since I’d read none of the others, I was not invested in any of it.
Frankly, I was a bit bored by it. There was an already established romance but again, I was not invested. It felt flat, lots of assumption that you knew what was going on.
It did pick up a little bit towards the end but the surprise twist didn’t really make a huge amount of sense. There was a few satisfactory scenes but I just wanted to get to the end.
Basically, if you’ve read the previous series then this will probably work a lot better for you. If you haven’t then don’t start with this book.