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Auteur van The Conjuring Glass : Book 1, The Phoenix Girls
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The book is a quick, but an enjoyable read, that takes us through the transition of Penny Sinclair from an orphan, to a new resident of Dogwood, to a Phoenix Girl. I found her to be immediately likable, and with a desire for the opening mysteries of the book to be solved and wanting to see something good happen for Penny, I sped through even the even the more slower paced parts of the book, eager to see what awaited Penny and her new friends.
However, it's not all fun and magic -- after a magician that Penny suspects is her father arrives in town, several kids from her area go missing. And the more Penny learns, the less she can be sure she ever knew her own life in the first place. But she needs to figure something out soon -- because the mysterious kidnapper is coming for her next.
There were a few pacing issues for me with the story, which is the only thing that kept me from giving it 5 stars. The book's description promises experiments with magic going wrong as often as they go right, but we don't really get to see this in any meaningful way. It's sort of mentioned once and then referred to a few times in the book. I think it would have helped to see more misadventures on that front, because it would have added in more conflict when the main conflict of the story was sort of in the background. It also would have helped to make the girls seem more proactive and make the magic seem more like a part of the story.
That being said, it wasn't a deal breaker by any means, and I'm greatly looking forward to the next book. The author, much like the girls' fox companion Ronan, leaves more questions than answers at the start of this series. I can't wait to see what the rest of the story holds.
Note: I received a free copy of this book through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program. This has no bearing on the content of my review.
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