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laughinglynx 's review for:
The Paper Magician
by Charlie N. Holmberg
This book starts out somewhat flawed, and doesn't really get past that. The entire premise is that the main character is sent to study paper magic, which is not the subject she wanted to study. However, it's never really explained why *she* is the the one, out of the twenty something people in her graduating class, who is forced to study something rather than being able to pick what she wants. There's no real explanation, other than that someone had to do it, which I found rather weak.
While the training montage aspects are cute, the romance is decidedly not. It's cliche and boring, and honestly disappointing that a book with such an interesting magic system would be reduced to a cheap teacher/student romance.
I didn't ultimately hate this book, but I was disappointed by it, and probably won't be reading the next books in the series or anything else by this author, since I suspect they're going to head down the sad path of boring romance.
While the training montage aspects are cute, the romance is decidedly not. It's cliche and boring, and honestly disappointing that a book with such an interesting magic system would be reduced to a cheap teacher/student romance.
I didn't ultimately hate this book, but I was disappointed by it, and probably won't be reading the next books in the series or anything else by this author, since I suspect they're going to head down the sad path of boring romance.