Happy Literary Friday, My Lovelies!
THANK GOD this is the last week of Piers the Ploughman (homeschool). It has kicked our butts! It's interesting that the book is so incredibly timeless, and it means more to me reading it now than it did when I was in college. We as human beings haven't learned a thing since medical times, apparently.
This week I also read The Copper Gauntlet by Holly Black and Casandra Clare. It's the second book in the Magisterium Series. I reviewed book one, The Iron Trial, last week. You can read my review here.
THANK GOD this is the last week of Piers the Ploughman (homeschool). It has kicked our butts! It's interesting that the book is so incredibly timeless, and it means more to me reading it now than it did when I was in college. We as human beings haven't learned a thing since medical times, apparently.
This week I also read The Copper Gauntlet by Holly Black and Casandra Clare. It's the second book in the Magisterium Series. I reviewed book one, The Iron Trial, last week. You can read my review here.
The book begins during the summer after Call's Iron Year at his mage school The Magisterium. He's returned home with his chaos-ridden wolf Havoc which adds to the strain between his father Alistair and himself. Both father and son seem to be at crossed-purposes, and finally a confrontation with Alistair forces Call and Havoc to run away to his friend Tamara's estate. He's shocked to discover his friend Aaron and "frenemy" Jasper in attendance at a lavish party upon his arrival, and he's mesmerized by the level of wealth Tamara and other mages enjoy. After a couple of weeks of fun in the sun, the four return to The Magesterium to begin their second or Copper Year.
At school Call learns about a sinister plot involving his father. Recently an artifact called the copper gauntlet has been stolen from The Collegium, and Alistair is the number one suspect in the theft. If caught, he will be killed without a trial. The danger of the copper gauntlet is it can separate chaos magic from a mage. The process is deadly, and it would threaten the life of their Makar Aaron. The Makar is a rare (once in a generation) mage who can wield chaos magic, and Aaron must be protected at all costs. Call is loyal to his friends, but he now questions his original judgment of Alistair's actions during the summer. Can he get to his father before Assembly mages find and execute him?
Holly Black and Cassandra Clare are two favorite young adult writers, but this series is for middle readers, grades 3 - 7. I enjoyed this second installment of the series even more than the first. I would still preview the series first for younger readers as there are some frightening monsters and scary situations in the book. This should be a hit for Black and Clare, and I'm already looking forward to book three!
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Until next time…
Happy reading!
Ricki Jill
I am embarrassed to say that I am still reading "Edge of Eternity", the third book in Ken Follet's Century Trilogy. I loved books 1 & 2 and hated waiting so long for book 3. I am struggling to finish it and have to force myself to read. I hate to not finish something I started. I have been reading this for months and just want to be done.
ReplyDeletethis sounds great!
ReplyDeletemy little one is in the third grade and I will try to find this one for her:)
thanks!