Spell Bound
An instant New York Times bestseller! Two rival apprentice sorcerers must team up to save their teachers and protect their own magic in this "charming and engaging" (School Library Journal) young adult romantic adventure from the author of In Deeper Waters and So This Is Ever After. Edison Rooker isn't sure what to expect when he enters the office of Antonia Hex, the powerful sorceress who runs a call center for magical emergencies. He doesn't have much experience with hexes or curses. Heck, he doesn't even have magic. But he does have a plan--to regain the access to the magical world he lost when his grandmother passed. Antonia is...intimidating, but she gives him a job and a new name--Rook--both of which he's happy to accept. Now all Rook has to do is keep his Spell Binder, an illegal magical detection device, hidden from the Magical Consortium. And contend with Sun, the grumpy and annoyingly cute apprentice to Antonia's rival colleague, Fable. But dealing with competition isn't so bad; as Sun seems to pop up more and more, Rook minds less and less. But when the Consortium gets wind of Rook's Spell Binder, they come for Antonia. All alone, Rook runs to the only other magical person he knows: Sun. Except Fable has also been attacked, and now Rook and Sun have no choice but to work together to get their mentors back...or face losing their magic forever.
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4.5
What a fun and wholesome book! I definitely recommend this to YA readers, but as an adult reader I also had a great time. I was pretty confident I'd enjoy this, since I enjoyed In Deeper Waters by the same author. If you enjoy the Heartstopper comics and light fantasy, you would probably enjoy these books as well.
Content Warnings:
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Cursing
Minor: Grief, Death of parent, Confinement, Deadnaming, and Death
What a fun and wholesome book! I definitely recommend this to YA readers, but as an adult reader I also had a great time. I was pretty confident I'd enjoy this, since I enjoyed In Deeper Waters by the same author. If you enjoy the Heartstopper comics and light fantasy, you would probably enjoy these books as well.
Content Warnings:
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Cursing
Minor: Grief, Death of parent, Confinement, Deadnaming, and Death
I wasn't the biggest fan of F T Lukens' In Deeper Water, but I loved every bit of this! It's such a wholesome story of acceptance in a familiar yet entirely unique urban fantasy world of magic, and all the characters are so lovable. Very easy to read, and I could've easily finished it in one sitting.
Would recommend for anyone looking for a fast paced, cute, fantasy pick me up.
Would recommend for anyone looking for a fast paced, cute, fantasy pick me up.
I got an ARC for this book from NetGalley.
Rook is trying desperately to get back into the magical community. Following the death of his grandmother he was forced out of it because he has no magical talent. His angle: getting a job with the most powerful sorceress in the world. But she doesn’t take apprentices anymore. And then to complicate things there’s Sun, a rival sorcerer’s apprentice who doesn’t like Rook at all, or do they?
I loved the characters in this story. Rook and Sun were very well realized and I was glad we got to see things from both of their POV. Without insight into Sun’s thoughts they might have felt too prickly and off putting. I liked the slow burn development of their relationship.
Antonia was extremely aggressive, with good reason, but sometimes came off a little bit too rash for someone who’s had her experiences. I felt like she would have been a little more careful about what she was doing. But it was entertaining to read.
I had only read one other book by F.T. Lukens before this (Ever After) but now I’m going to put them on my must read list! I love the witty dialog, the compassion their characters show and how damn inclusive and queer their books have been!
Pick this book up for disaster queer spell caster fun with just the right amount of overthrowing corrupt tyrannical governments. Plus there is really sweet hugging and someone turns into a cat for a while.
Rook is trying desperately to get back into the magical community. Following the death of his grandmother he was forced out of it because he has no magical talent. His angle: getting a job with the most powerful sorceress in the world. But she doesn’t take apprentices anymore. And then to complicate things there’s Sun, a rival sorcerer’s apprentice who doesn’t like Rook at all, or do they?
I loved the characters in this story. Rook and Sun were very well realized and I was glad we got to see things from both of their POV. Without insight into Sun’s thoughts they might have felt too prickly and off putting. I liked the slow burn development of their relationship.
Antonia was extremely aggressive, with good reason, but sometimes came off a little bit too rash for someone who’s had her experiences. I felt like she would have been a little more careful about what she was doing. But it was entertaining to read.
I had only read one other book by F.T. Lukens before this (Ever After) but now I’m going to put them on my must read list! I love the witty dialog, the compassion their characters show and how damn inclusive and queer their books have been!
Pick this book up for disaster queer spell caster fun with just the right amount of overthrowing corrupt tyrannical governments. Plus there is really sweet hugging and someone turns into a cat for a while.
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