Quite the disappointment to Ceony who had desired something a bit more exciting. Ceony has selected to enter her post-graduate studies as an apprentice for paper magic. It’s book one of a trilogy and now I find myself wishing I had bought all three at the same time.Īuthor Holmberg introduces readers to Ceony, a young magician embarking on her apprenticeship with Magician Thane. I’ve not read another like The Paper Magician and it kept me engaged from start to finish. This book has a unique magic system that I found intriguing as well as entertaining. Before you merely read about magic now you have it.” Protagonist Ceony Twill 19 years old at the beginning of the series.“Remember that you are much different now than you were an hour ago, Ceony.

16 and 17 'Emery Meets the Twills' |Author's websiteĪ magical system where magicians can only work in one medium which they bond too during their apprenticeship.Īlt History, the year is 1902 and the world is ours but very, very different. 8 and 9 'Emery’s Meeting with Criminal Affairs' |Author's website The Plastic Magician (The Paper Magician Book 4) (2018).

The Master Magician (The Paper Magician Book 3) (2015).The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician Book 2) (2014).The Paper Magician (The Paper Magician Book 1) (2014).And once she’s bonded to paper, that will be her only magic.forever. Having graduated at the top of her class from the Tagis Praff School for the Magically Inclined, Ceony is assigned an apprenticeship in paper magic despite her dreams of bespelling metal. Ceony also learns that Emery has participated in efforts to rid the land of those who practice blood magic (a forbidden, dark art) called 'Excisioners.' Ĭeony Twill arrives at the cottage of Magician Emery Thane with a broken heart. He teaches Ceony the value of creating entertainment for people. Emery even crafts her a paper dog to keep her company. Paper magic turns out to be more complex and exciting than Ceony had originally thought she is able to tell people's fortunes and make paper puppets perform. When she arrives at his quirky cottage, she's greeted by a paper skeleton. After receiving the money necessary to pay her tuition from an unknown party, she becomes an apprentice to Paper Magician Emery Thane. In a world where magicians can only manipulate one man-made element, Ceony is forced to study the art of 'Folding'-paper magic-instead of learning how to magically smelt metal as she'd hoped. In the year 1902, nineteen-year-old Ceony Twill graduates from the Tagis Praff School for the Magically Inclined at the top of her class, but her dreams for the future are unexpectedly dashed. Genres: YA, Romantic Fantasy, Magicians.

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