Patricia C. Wrede
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| Title | : | Mairelon the Magician (Mairelon #1) |
| Author | : | Patricia C. Wrede |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | April 15th 2002 by Starscape (first published February 10th 1991) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. Historical. Magic. Historical Fiction. Mystery |
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Kim doesn't hesitate when a stranger offers her a small fortune to break into the travelling magician's wagon in search of a silver bowl. Kim isn't above a bit of breaking-and-entering. Having grown up a waif in the dirty streets of London-disguised as a boy!-has schooled her in one hard lesson: steal from them before they steal from you.But there is something odd about this magician. He isn't like the other hucksters and swindlers that Kim is used to. When he catches her in the act, Kim thinks she's done for.
Until he suggests she become his apprentice. Kim wonders how tough it could be faking a bit of hocus pocus.
But Mairelon isn't an act. His magic is real.
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| Original Title: | Mairelon the Magician |
| ISBN: | 0765342324 (ISBN13: 9780765342324) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Mairelon #1 |
| Characters: | Mairelon, Kim Schein |
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Ratings: 3.99 From 8409 Users | 331 ReviewsEvaluation Based On Books Mairelon the Magician (Mairelon #1)
I wish I had a ton of good things to say about Mairelon the Magician, but I don't. In fact, I did something with this book that I have NEVER done with a book before--I gave up on it in the middle of the climax.*If you aren't interested in scathing reviews, stop here!*I had just slogged through a cliched 'gather all the usual suspects into one room' scene that was loooooong, boring, and confusing, with a good dozen characters (many of them called by more than one name) running around in the dark,I was quite disappointed with this book, mostly because I loved PCW's Enchanted Forest Chronicles and this book wasn't nearly as good. It had loads of potential, with Kim going from gutter thief to a crime-solving magician. But it didn't deliver.1st, it was third person, and I feel the story would have been stronger from inside Kim's head. Do much of the story is about the old guy Mairelon anyway, and I wish the story was actually about the main character instead.2nd, Mairelon seems like a
I'll try to review this in full later, but for now:I read this as part of the A Matter of Magic set, which has this and the next book in 1 volume; since I'm not done reading A Matter of Magic, and don't know when I'll get back to it, I'll just talk about this individually for now.Basically, I love Patricia C Wrede. She writes characters that I just adore, and this - mostly - was no exception. Everything was going along swimmingly until suddenly it WASN'T. I'm giving this a 4 because I'm setting
I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised. After the good reviews I thought I might go into it expecting a little much, but it delivered.The protagonist was sympathetic and developed well during the story. The antagonists were quite dislikable, in a likable sort of way for an antagonist. That may sound strange, but I've read way too many books where the bad guys were just bad and that was all. There was some development here, and I appreciated it.Not exactly what I was expecting, but well done
Kim is a street thief unable to resist the promise of five pounds to rifle through a street magician's wagon to see if he has a particular silver bowl. But what she hadn't counted on was the real magic trapping part of his wagon, nor the fact that the magician in question is an amicable sort who offers to hire her rather than turn her over to the police. Mairelon isn't what he seems---but neither is Kim, who disguises herself as a boy to avoid the whorehouse. And as the mysteries deepen, both
In an alternate Regency, Kim is scouting out a wagon where an itinerant magician is performing his tricks. Once she knows how long he is out, she goes inside to check what he's got, a spying mission a real toff sent her on. When she tries to open one chest, a ward explodes, and she thinks she should have asked for more money, since she hit on a real wizard.When she rouses again, the wizard and his servant have caught her. Whereupon the wizard takes her on, over the servant's objection (there are
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