LitPick Review
Milos's father, Lord Andrik (the king of Anadel), has banned magic from the city for good. This is not a very good thing in Milos's opinion because he simply loves everything to do with magic. He loves it so much, in fact, that he has two forbidden spell books stashed away under his bed. When Lady Keren and her son Caleb from the city of Breen come to the palace to visit, Milos is thrilled to have someone his own age around for a change. He is so thrilled that he foolishly decides to show Caleb his illegal spellbooks. When Caleb sees the books, he secretly shows Milos a spell of his own using a restricted blue liquid belonging to his mother. Milos soon gets excited and wants to try the spell out himself, so he sneaks out of the palace in the dead of night to retrieve the blue substance. Milos can't wait to finally do some real magic, but in the process he accidentally does something that puts everyone at the palace in an eruption of panic and fear. Can he keep his secret without anyone getting hurt?
Opinion:
This book was pretty good, but I felt like some of my favorite characters and parts weren't in it enough. I really liked how mischievous and confident Caleb was, but he wasn't in the book as much as I would have liked. The part when Milos sneaks out of the palace was a great part, but I felt like the book dragged much longer than it needed to when leading up to that part, and that the part itself was too fast. I definitely felt like the author could have added a lot more to the story with Lady Keren, especially considering how interesting it was. In my opinion, the ending of this book was a little unsatisfactory. My feelings for this book have a lot of ups and downs, but I am definitely glad I read it.
