From NEW YORK TIMES bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare comes a riveting new series that defies what you think you know about the world of magic.
From two bestselling superstars, a dazzling and magical middle-grade collaboration centering on the students of the Magisterium, an academy for those with a propensity toward magic. In this first book, a new student comes to the Magisterium against his will — is it because he is destined to be a powerful magician, or is the truth more twisted than that? It’s a journey that will thrill you, surprise you, and make you wonder about the clear-cut distinction usually made between good and evil.
first of all, i would like to note or say that Cassandra Clare’s work is amazing, for that she is one of my favourite authors ever. i just love her writing style and the way all of her books end up as. I am also very interested in Holly Black’s work.
this book is amazing! first of all, the beggining, the way that you don’t know anythin at all about the characters or the story but the authors just keep on going, telling the story with their powerful words. the prologue is a very good example of this.they way you start discovering things by your own is truly amazing and you can find this in every single book of Cassandra’s. maybe i am just imagining this up but it would be because of what her writing makes me feel. i must say that i haven’t read a lot of Holly Black’s work, except the Spiderwick Chronicles which i loved.
the character development is great, the way Callum starts thinking that the Magisterium is a horrible place and then starts thinking it’s different from what he thought. and the way that tamara seems to be a little bitch and then is much more of a friend.
also, the way the authors wanted to have a different end that what was it was expected, the main character is supposed to be the good one but from the start his destiny is to be the bad one. the plot twist is just toooooo much.
Cassandra Clare and Holly Black with her have suprised me once more with their writing skills. i would read every single book by them blindly.
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