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The Master Magician The Paper Magician Book 3 eBook Charlie N Holmberg

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The Master Magician The Paper Magician Book 3 eBook Charlie N Holmberg

Charlie Holmberg’s Paper Magician series has a lot going for it. The magic system is great: magicians have to bond to a specific manmade material, and can then perform spells only by manipulating that material. I also like the early-twentieth-century-England setting. And the characters are strong: Ceony Twill, the protagonist, is distinct and likable, as is Emery Thane, her love interest and mentor in the art of Folding paper.

But I’m mixed about the books' lengths. They all run about 220 pages, and while that makes for quick reads and accelerated pacing, sometimes the stories feel underdeveloped.

The Master Magician, Holmberg’s third entry in the series, is the guiltiest of this, probably because there are multiple plotlines. Ceony, now nearly done with her apprenticeship to Thane, toggles between preparing for her final Folding test and hunting a villain she thought she’d bested in the second book, The Glass Magician. Either one of these could have made a good tale on its own. But combined, they come off a bit rushed, especially the callback to the old foe. Sometimes subplots dilute a story more than they intensify it.

I’m also not sure I like how powerful Ceony is becoming. Part of the charm of the first book was how she went from being skeptical of a Folder’s ability to do anything useful to being proud of working spells with paper. In The Glass Magician, though, Ceony learned how to bond to other materials. And in The Master Magician, she’s slinging fireballs and teleporting through mirrors. How long until paper is just an afterthought?

Don’t get me wrong—I picked up The Master Magician because I wanted something fast and fun, and Holmberg delivered on both counts. If you’re looking for a bite-sized diversion, The Paper Magician series is worth a try.

Just don’t be surprised if it feels a few hundred pages too short.


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The Master Magician The Paper Magician Book 3 eBook Charlie N Holmberg Reviews

Disappointing end to the series. Ceony was so self absorbed, self righteous, and annoying in this book! I totally understand her hurt and shock over what happened in the last book, but she spends most of this one lying to everyone and being totally reckless. And there are basically no consequences. I'm all for happy endings, but I don't feel like she learned anything after all that drama. And I really, really disliked how Prit was treated. He wasn't exactly likeable, but she was a spoiled brat with him... you'd have thought she was 16 in this book instead of 21.
This is the last book in the Paper Magician Trilogy.

On the romance side of the story Ceony is nearing the end of her 2 year apprenticeship under the tutelage of Magician Thane. When last we saw them, Ceony had been a live-in apprentice for just over 3 months. Between that time and the start of this book, Ceony’s romance with Thane has developed, but that development has occurred “off stage”, between books. I found that disappointing because I wanted to be there for that stuff! Sigh… of frustration.

However, the romance development I missed, isn’t what I initially think it is. If you’re expecting passion and sex and angst, you won’t get that here. That said, early on in this story I experienced one of the most romantic scenes I have read in a while. I slapped my hands over my heart as I read it and sighed. The end satisfies the romantic in me as well. But the romance is not the focus of the story.

Not all villains were “taken care of” in the first 2 books. Ceony is alarmed to learn one is on the loose. She worries about the safety of her family whose details have always been known to all the villains. Of course, true to character, she has to meddle in matters that are under control as far as Thane is concerned. And in meddling, does she make things better or worse?

An added element to the story is that Ceony spends the last weeks of her apprenticeship with another Magician instead of Thane, in order to avoid any perceived bias at exam time because of her relationship with Thane.

The new student/teacher relationship is fraught with difficulty. Ceony’s arrogance comes to the fore. No humility there. She is an accelerated, brilliant student. It makes sense that she has confidence and considers some lessons beneath her or basic. But her attitude can be off-putting. It jolted me. She reminded me of the arrogant confidence of Dr. House in the popular TV series. I wondered why I could find that arrogance tolerable from a man, but harder to swallow from a young, early 1900’s woman.

That said, I still love Ceony. She is courageous and clever, daring and passionate about using all the magic knowledge she possesses for good and defeating evil. And what magic knowledge Ceony has developed! She has a youthful naivete in her that I envy, as she is prepared to take risks I would never have the courage to undertake.

I could see some plot-holes, and I often wondered about how Ceony was tolerated by her mentors and associates. Despite this, and the handling of the romance (I wanted MORE ROMANCE), I loved this final book.

This was a great end to the trilogy – or was it? There is scope for further books to be written in this Magician series, and I hope they are.

The reading experience during this book, and the entire trilogy was unique for me. I was taken on adventurous, mysterious, suspenseful and romantic rides. I lived vicariously. I loved it all.

The cover artwork on all three books is great. Goes perfectly with the story.

Recommended.
I loved the first two books in this series and was super excited to read this book. I was soooo disappointed. Ceony has not grown as a character at all. Literally everything that goes wrong is her fault. It is like reading Twilight. The series showed so much promise in the first book and then quickly went down hill in the following books. I've already decided I won't be continuing the series and I don't know if I will bother reading other books by this author. I feel like she does a great job painting a picture of the world in which her stories take place but then doesn't develop her characters. I feel like based on the first two books, there are several ways the author could have set up for Saraj to go after Ceony, but for some reason, she makes Ceony make horrible, shortsighted, selfish decisions that sets the chain of motion in place so that she can force a confrontation between Ceony and Saraj.
Charlie Holmberg’s Paper Magician series has a lot going for it. The magic system is great magicians have to bond to a specific manmade material, and can then perform spells only by manipulating that material. I also like the early-twentieth-century-England setting. And the characters are strong Ceony Twill, the protagonist, is distinct and likable, as is Emery Thane, her love interest and mentor in the art of Folding paper.

But I’m mixed about the books' lengths. They all run about 220 pages, and while that makes for quick reads and accelerated pacing, sometimes the stories feel underdeveloped.

The Master Magician, Holmberg’s third entry in the series, is the guiltiest of this, probably because there are multiple plotlines. Ceony, now nearly done with her apprenticeship to Thane, toggles between preparing for her final Folding test and hunting a villain she thought she’d bested in the second book, The Glass Magician. Either one of these could have made a good tale on its own. But combined, they come off a bit rushed, especially the callback to the old foe. Sometimes subplots dilute a story more than they intensify it.

I’m also not sure I like how powerful Ceony is becoming. Part of the charm of the first book was how she went from being skeptical of a Folder’s ability to do anything useful to being proud of working spells with paper. In The Glass Magician, though, Ceony learned how to bond to other materials. And in The Master Magician, she’s slinging fireballs and teleporting through mirrors. How long until paper is just an afterthought?

Don’t get me wrong—I picked up The Master Magician because I wanted something fast and fun, and Holmberg delivered on both counts. If you’re looking for a bite-sized diversion, The Paper Magician series is worth a try.

Just don’t be surprised if it feels a few hundred pages too short.