Unseen World, The: An Unkindness of Magicians (Series #1) (Hardcover)

from TheDivineOomba

Set in a modern day New York, a turning begins - one that sets magical house against magical house. I liked this book. The magic made sense, the characters, a bit stereotypical, but well written. Its not a perfect book - some of the magic was over the top (I'm looking at you, Sydney) and the lack...

from tottman

Anybody who thinks that fantasy has run out of things to say about magic and magicians needs to read Kat Howard. An Unkindness of Magicians is a wonderful look at a magical New York City that lies side by side with the non-magical one, but is filled with all the same power games, secrets and myst...

from riida

i was surprised at how much i liked this book and the main character, sydney. its darker and more complicated than your regular magician stories. this could be 'throne of glass', if that book was better (meeeow!). the only bad thing i can think of was that it felt like the story was trying to do ...

from being_b

This is a lovely book to read in a post-Kavanagh era, with angry women kicking ass, taking names, and breaking down oppressive systems. It doesn't pull any punches when describing the systematic injustice and horror at the heart of the Unseen World's magical system, which was somehow also cathart...

from

An Unkindness of Magicians might not have been quite as good as I'd hoped, but then again, I had a lot of hopes for this new stand alone fantasy from Kat Howard. In New York City, houses of magicians rise and fall during the Turning, a series of duels that determine the ordering of the houses and...