Bartimaeus Novel The Amulet of Samarkand, Book 1, (Paperback)

from Alera

Magic, Mayhem, and Mystical creatures that are the basis for the existence of both. The Amulet of Samarkand is the start of an intriguing trilogy. Opening a different type of magical universe in this day and age where wizardry is beyond popular, an eleven year old boy, reaching above and beyond h...

from dgoo

I read this several years ago but it is one I could see myself reading again. I adored this series and my review will apply to the entirety. This is somewhat of a "Harry Potter for grownups" though written for the YA market. Bartimaeus the Djinni is a wonderfully drawn, acerbic, self-congratulati...

from MlleEhreen

Well, on the one hand, I loved this book. On the other...it was pretty dark. I have a hard time reading books where I can count on all the characters to treat one another badly, time after time. I know that a lot of books are full of people who are more principled and generous than almost anyone ...

from xicanti

Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice living in an alternate London, summons a sharp-tongued djinni as part of a revenge plot and finds himself in over his head. I really got a big kick out of this book! It opened with a bang, and my attention never wavered as the plot raced through to its conclusio...

from theokester

When I read the synopsis for The Amulet of Samarkand, I was largely expecting another Harry Potter clone or something of the same general ilk. Within the first couple of chapters, I was pleasantly surprised to find that this book has plenty of unique qualities that set it apart from the current k...