magic school a la Harry Potter but with a Creole twist
This one reminded me a lot of several other books including the Nevermoor series and the Amari and the Night Brothers series. Ella comes from a family of Conjurers and is one of the first Conjurers to be allowed entry into the Arcanum Training Institute, a school previously founded for Marvellers.
Themes of us vs. them continue throughout the book as Ella fights to prove her worth and solve mysteries that pop up. The worldbuilding is well done, although there many familiar tropes like being sorted into houses based on a magical specialty, an evil villain that is revealed with a twist at the end, students solving a mystery when the adults become corrupt or don't believe them. This book was good, but it felt like bits and pieces of things I had read before. The major conflict was introduced about 70% of the way through the book which also made the pacing of the story feel a bit unbalanced.
Overall this will be a fun read for fantasy lovers who can't get enough of the previously mentioned series.
This one reminded me a lot of several other books including the Nevermoor series and the Amari and the Night Brothers series. Ella comes from a family of Conjurers and is one of the first Conjurers to be allowed entry into the Arcanum Training Institute, a school previously founded for Marvellers.
Themes of us vs. them continue throughout the book as Ella fights to prove her worth and solve mysteries that pop up. The worldbuilding is well done, although there many familiar tropes like being sorted into houses based on a magical specialty, an evil villain that is revealed with a twist at the end, students solving a mystery when the adults become corrupt or don't believe them. This book was good, but it felt like bits and pieces of things I had read before. The major conflict was introduced about 70% of the way through the book which also made the pacing of the story feel a bit unbalanced.
Overall this will be a fun read for fantasy lovers who can't get enough of the previously mentioned series.