564 pages

English language

Published May 27, 2005 by Katherine Tegen Books.

ISBN:
978-0-06-057731-5
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3 stars (2 reviews)

After learning that she is the Princess, Jenna is whisked from her home and carried toward safety by the Extraordinary Wizard, those she always believed were her father and brother, and a young guard known only as Boy 412--pursued by agents of those who killed her mother ten years earlier.

3 editions

reviewed Magyk by Angie Sage (Septimus Heap ;)

Review of 'Magyk (Septimus Heap, #1)' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Magyk is a very gentle-hearted fantasy, despite having a nefarious necromancer for a villian. It also displays a quite gentle humour, with many characters displaying endearingly petty personality traits and concerns. The central mystery is not very mysterious, as its solution is eminently guessable, but it doesn't seem to matter as the quirky Magyk of the title and the puns and characters keep one amused through-out.
An oddity of the book is a kind of appendix that explains what happened after the main action is over, to every character, how-ever minor...except for two...one of whom, at least is guaranteed to turn up in the sequel.

Subjects

  • Princesses -- Fiction.
  • Wizards -- Fiction.
  • Magic -- Fiction.
  • Fantasy.