Magic Study

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Call Number: Fantasy, Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Snyder, Maria V.
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fantasy	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Snyder, Maria V.	4-week checkout	On Shelf

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great followup novel submitted by jgryniewicz on June 30, 2014, 8:14pm Another great page-turner from Maria Snyder. Can't wait to read the third one.

Liked this submitted by Susan4Pax -prev. sueij- on July 14, 2014, 8:07pm ** spoiler alert ** I still liked this book, just not nearly as much as its predecessor Poison Study. Yelena's family just wasn't as gripping. Her hate-love-hate relationship with Cahil was too jumpy. While her relationship with her brother Leif eventually made sense, it was too uncomfortable along the way. The politics among the Master Magicians seemed too unlikely.

On the other hand, the redeeming feature of the book for me was the deeply beautiful romance and heartmate connection between Yelena and Valek. In its own small way, it was more romantic than a great many romances I've read. Their gifts of self to each other (mostly, since it's told from Yelena's POV, Valek's gifts and presence to her) were only occasional, but were the factor that made reading the whole story worthwhile.