I stumbled across a lovely essay in the NYT by Lev Grossman just before I left for some recent travel. Â And I’d just watched him win the Campbell Award for best new writer – and graciously accept the tiara and wear it well. Â Since I hadn’t read any of his fiction, I decided to buy The Magician King. Â Well, then I discovered that was the SECOND book and had to head out to ebook land and pick up The Magicians
which started the whole thing.
I liked these a lot. Â Be warned: Â On the surface, they are kind of Harry Potter copycat books. Â However, they are so readable I loved them in spite of that. Â They are very literary for fantasy, and I found the characters complex and darkly interesting. Â Even better, I liked The Magician King most. Â It’s always a treat when the second book is richer than a first book in a promising series.