Author: Tyler Whitesides
Genre: fantasy
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Summary (provided by publisher): For Mason Mortimer Morrison, life isn’t so magical.
His dad was just sent to jail, his grades have been plummeting from meh to yikes, and, oh yeah, two officers from some organization called Magix just showed up to arrest him in the middle of fourth period.
Talk about bad luck.
Mason knows he’s innocent. But in order to clear his name, he’s going to need the help of a plucky Magix junior detective and a cantankerous talking bunny—and a little bit of magic.
My opinion: When a plot centers on magic, I feel very strongly that said magic needs to follow clear rules. If it has no bounds, then anything can happen and there are no real stakes for the characters. In the case of this book, a particular magical object can do just about anything but is limited to a single ability. And Whitesides never deviates from this rule, only takes advantage of built-in loopholes. Magic aside, this is a pretty standard adventure quest. We have a mismatched team thrown together by circumstance, working together for a single aim. There's a vast conspiracy years in the making. Basically, exactly what you would expect. It's pretty entertaining, though lacking in depth.
Advanced Reader Copy provided by NetGalley
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