Once again, I have a series to review and I'll let the publisher "take the blame" for ruining anything. ;-)
Magic or Madness
Magic or Madness, Book 1
Justine Larbalestier
Razorbill
Young Adult
fantasy
12+
pages: 288
Format: hardcover
released: March 17, 2005
from the publisher:
For fifteen years, Reason Cansino has lived a life on the run. Together with her mother, Sarafina, she has moved from one place to another in the Australian countryside, desperate not to be found by Reason's grandmother Esmeralda, a dangerous woman who believes in magic. But when Sarafina suffers a breakdown, Reason is forced to move in with her grandmother in Sydney. The moment Reason walks through Esmeralda's back door and finds herself on a New York City street, she's confronted by an unavoidable truth-magic is real.
This thrilling novel will bring readers through revelation upon revelation, leading to Reason's ultimate discovery of the price she must pay if she uses her magic.
Magic Lessons
Magic or Madness, Book 2
Justine Larbalestier
Razorbill
Young Adult
fantasy
12+
pages: 288
Format: hardcover
released: March 16, 2006
from the publisher:
Fifteen-year-old Reason Cansino has learned the painful truth that she— like her mother, grandmother, and new friends Tom and Jay-Tee—must make a choice: to use the magic that lives in her blood and die young, or refuse to use the magic and lose her mind. Now a new threat leaves Reason stranded alone in New York City, struggling to control a power she barely understands. But could the danger she faces also hold the key to saving her life?
Magic's Child
Magic or Madness, Book 3
Justine Larbalestier
Razorbill
Young Adult
12+
pages: 304
Format: paperback
released: March 27, 2008
from the publisher:
In the third and final installment in the Magic or Madness trilogy, only Reason can find answers within her family’s magic to save everyone that matters most to her.
My Thoughts:
Danger, travel, relationships, new love, betrayal, life-or-death decisions, magic. All the questions were answered but it still left room for a fourth book.
My Rating:
3.5
these were library books and if I find a fourth, I'll read it ASAP
All three are available from the publisher, Penguin Books/US, in multiple formats.
I've been gone a while. I started reading fanfiction to escape and I got sucked in an abyss.
I have no idea if someone else is hosting similar challenges. I just grabbed some of what I have hosted before.
Here's to a happy year of great reading
Jan2023: Not much has changed. Writing a fanfiction now O_o as well as reading but I bought 7 new books in December and hope to get those read soon. Crossing fingers about adding challenges (late!)
Sunday, November 1, 2009
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