6/2/2023 0 Comments Shadow Magic by Joshua Khan![]() Custard, a black puppy, stole my heart a little too. He’s great and his friendship with Thorn is super cute. My favourite character, which isn’t a spoiler because they’re right there on the cover, is Hades. ![]() I say kind of because at the end of the day they are kids so it doesn’t always go as smoothly as they’d have hoped but its a great story and watching them piece it all together is one great journey. ![]() Thorn quickly finds himself as the squire to the famed executioner of Gehanna where he befriends Lily and K’leef and the three of them kind of try to find out who’s been trying to assassinate Lily. This is a story that shouldn’t of happened but did, and I’m glad it did even though that means a few unhappy things had to happen for it to take place.īut no great story is without its down moments – death in particular which really surprised me at times – and these children make the best of them. Shadow Magic follows Thorn – a slave who’s not supposed to be a slave – and Lily – who’s not supposed to be the ruler of Gehenna. ![]() ![]() However once I got past this and firmly remembered that yes these are just children that I’m reading about it was a much better story. It’s been a long time since I’ve read something that’s middle grade and at first this provided a few issues for me simply because I kept forgetting the main characters were only 12 / 13 and that meant the way they were acting – childish, not thinking things through, etc – were completely fitting for them. ![]()
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