A mysterious murderer is afoot, and it quickly becomes clear that Sandry and her reluctant young protégé, Pasco, are the only ones who can stop the killings. Now 14 years old, she is helping her great-uncle, Duke Vedris IV, ruler of Emelan, recover after a heart attack. I am never mistaken about such things.'"įour years after we last saw the young mages Sandry, Tris, Daja, and Briar in the Circle of Magic quartet, Sandry is back. 'You just danced a magical working, Pasco Acalon. 'Oh, no-please, you're mistaken, my lady. Pierce has never shied away dark moments, it seems she will be continuing and even expanding that tradition in this new series."'Magic? Me, do magic?' Magic was a thing of schools and books. People literally explode and their demise and the aftermath are described in detail. Pierce has definitely moved beyond children’s novels into young adult, but some of the gore borders on adult horror. The minor moments of dance magic as well as the depictions of unmagic were the most compelling aspects of the book. Pierce does excel in exploring the capabilities and possibilities of magic. That Pasco is not as important in a book titled after his magic underscores that setting up a new series was more important that telling a solid story.
The new student is boring and felt like he was there barely there throughout the story.
She is dangerously verging on Mary Sue territory. Though she is worried about not being a good teacher, Sandry is a natural right away and barely makes any mistakes. So 14-year-old Sandry becomes a teacher to mage even though she only has two years of experience with magic under her belt. And due to the laws that govern mages in this world, the discovering mage must serve as teacher for time. It is clear that in this series titled The Circle Opens each of the four students we grew to know in The Circle of Magic will be discovering young mages who also have ambient magic.
This book feels like an introduction to the rest of the series rather than a book that serves itself. To top it all off, there’s a string of murders happening with the aid of a mage who works with unmagic, a rare and barely understand magical working that is the absence of all things: light, matter, even magic itself. But she has plenty to keep her busy like helping her uncle run the Kingdom in his weakened state and teaching a young mage, Pasco, that she discovered who can dance his magic. For the first time since joining Discipline Cottage at Winding Circle Temple, Sandry is without her chosen family. Her teacher is still at Winding Circle, and all of her friends are travelling around the world with their teachers. Sandry has been living with her uncle, the Duke of Emelan, ever since he had a heart attack a few months ago. BINGO – OLD SERIES (originally published in 2000)
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