Language: PG (5 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: PG13; Violence: PG13
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Being discovered as a magician means death in order to prevent abominations from running rampant again—except that abominations are coming back anyway. While she is still unsure about the nature of her magic, 16yo Zhara will do what she can to help find the guardians and heal the abominations. 17yo Hans also wants to find the guardians and offers to help, all the while hiding the identities of himself and his betrothed.
Forbidden magic, unwanted arranged marriages, and a search for the heroes to save them all—fantasy troupes we all love. Zhara’s story has a lot of potential, but setup for the action was slow going. The fantasy world built by Jae-Jones could be cool, but there was too much textbook-like explaining and I skimmed a lot of it. I admit that the parts with meeting the secret society, backstabbing, and the powers were engaging; I hope this book got all the boring details out of the way for the sequels.
Zhara is described as having “brown” skin, and the majority of characters are implied non-white. The mature content rating is for mentions of alcohol and pornography, innuendo, scary images, and attempted sexual assault. The violence rating is for mentions of genocide and murder, implied physical abuse, child abuse, and fantasy violence.
Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen
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