The Magician's Apprentice (Paperback)

from lewispike

For the first 50 pages or so this book is truly awful. The characters you meet are incredibly thin stereotypes that are incredibly easy to spot and live up to their stereotype to the point they're almost caricatures. However, after that Canavan starts to paint in her more normal depth, adding lay...

from reading_fox

Average. An interesting enough prequel to the Black Magician trilogy. Set almost 200 years earlier, it explores some of the backstory to the trilogy - specifically the founding of the Guilds and the creation of the Sachcian wastelands. Slightly disconnected, we jump about between a few characters...

from JRlibrary

Although I found this book in the adult section, I think it would be enjoyed by middle school students. Tessia discovers that she is a natural, which means she possesses the ability to use magic without any training. She is also interested in being a healer, but normally this is not a career purs...

from samuraibunny

Before my review, I would like to give a little background to the knowledge I have of the Black Magician trilogy of which this book is the prequel of. That trilogy was one of the first fantasy series I've read, so of course, it holds a fond memory in my heart. It also means I read it a very long ...

from MikeFinn

I've been s fan of Judi Canavan since I read the first page of " The Magician's Guild" back in 2004. It is still one of my favourite fantasy books. I loved the passion of the characters, the originality of the idea and the rigorous realization of the world it described. I followed her eagerly thr...