Vacation is over, so it’s time to get back to work and tackle the growing list of new books, starting with some of the latest releases. …or I could go with the book Charlie N. Holmberg released last May, The Plastic Magician. I’ve been waiting for this one, since it’s been a couple of years since
Matrona shook her head, mulling over Olia’s bizarre words. “What’s ‘snow’?” “I haven’t the faintest idea” – Jaska shrugged – “but she prattles about it from time to time.” That little exchange is the first sign you get that the small village in Charlie N. Homberg’s latest book might be a little…odd. Things aren’t completely
Charlie N. Holmberg – author of The Paper Magician series – is working with a new type of magic in her latest book Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet (due out June 28). Instead of paper or metal or glass, the magician in this book works with food. Maire is a magical baker who can infuse her
The final book of Charlie N. Holmburg’s The Paper Magician trilogy opens with Ceony just weeks away from the end of her apprenticeship as a Paper Magician. Having to prepare for the Folder’s exam would be stressful enough even without the secret she’s keeping about being able to break her bond with Paper and work with other
Continuing the theme of Back to School, this week’s review is for Charlie N. Holmberg’s debut novel The Paper Magician. The new twist on magic-users caught my attention (every magician specializes in one man-made material: metal, glass, paper, plastic, etc.,) so I picked it up after only a brief look at the description: top-in-her-magic-class Ceony is heartbroken when