A review by alisonalisonalison
Junk Mage by Elliot Cooper

3.0

Enjoyable. Spaceships and magic! I liked this, but I wanted more from it. It was fun, but maybe a little underdeveloped and maybe too short to tell the whole story properly. I loved the blurb and the cover is cool and I love sci-fi/fantasy blends, so I was looking forward to this, but it fell a little short of my expectations. There's great ideas here and lots of potential and nice writing, but something was missing. Quill's a great character and very likeable, but I didn't feel like I really got to know him, and Hunter was even more of a mystery. I liked the world-building and the detail and this is a neat universe. I would love to know more about the magic system, because the surface is barely scratched there. There's lots of room for a sequel as there's a big loose thread at the end. I'd totally read a sequel because I quite liked this despite its shortcomings and I want more.