Lady of Magick (Noctis Magicae, #2)

Posted on 27 October 2017 by Sylvia Izzo Hunter

Sylvia Izzo Hunter brought both rural Brittany and an alternative Regency England to vivid life in The Midnight Queen, her debut novel of history, magic, and myth Now, in her new Noctis Magicae novel, Sophie and Gray Marshall are ensnared in an arcane plot that threatens to undo them both In her second year of studies at Merlin College, Oxford, Sophie Marshall is feeling alienated among fellow students who fail to welcome a woman to their ranks So when her husband, Gray, is invited north as a visiting lecturer at the University in Din Edin, they leap at the chance There, Sophie s hunger for magical knowledge can finally be nourished But soon, Sophie must put her newly learned skills to the test Sophie returns home one day to find a note from Gray he s been summoned urgently to London But when he doesn t return, and none of her spells can find a trace of him, she realizes something sinister has befallen him With the help of her sister, Joanna, she delves into Gray s disappearance, and soon finds herself in a web of magick and intrigue that threatens not just Gray, but the entire kingdom National Bestselling Author Juliet Marillier Free Read Kindle ePUB Lady of Magick (Noctis Magicae, #2) author Sylvia Izzo Hunter – kino-fada.fr Lady of Magick started off really slow for me I felt like it didn t pick up pace until about half way through I had really enjoyed the first one, and was looking forward to this one Once it picked up, I had found myself caught in a web of mystery, betrayal, and a coup against a kingdom, but it took way too long to get there I felt like this one could have been better The world and characters were familiar, but neededdepth and development The plot twists in the second half of the book Lady of Magick started off really slow for me I felt like it didn t pick up pace unt...Somehow I forgot to post the review when I d finished, even though I must have written this at least four times in my head And naturally they were all far superior to this I hadn t realized Lady of Magick was a second book when I requested it, but enjoyed it so much I didn t care other than immediately putting book 1 on my to read list.Set in an alternate version of Britain, here Roman influence is still strong, Practical Magick is a popular subject for mages while legal magickal ethics c Somehow I forgot to post the review when I d finished, even though I must have written this at least four times in my head And naturally they were all far superior to this I hadn t realized Lady of Magick was a second book when I requested it, but enjoyed it so much I didn t care other than immediately putting book 1 on my to read list.Set in an alternate version of Britain, here Roman influence is still strong, Practical Magick is a popular subject for mages while legal magickal ethics creates many discussions, Scotland Alba has remained separate from the rest of Britain and we re up to Henry Tudor the Twelfth, making it just that little bit different from regular history but close enough to be familiar, just as Din Edin s streets may be familiar to readers but this was only a tiny part of the...Nothingdisappointing than loving the first book in a series and finding the second a crashing bore While I don t mind meandering plots and slow development, I DO object to the story not even starting until halfway through the book, dragging for another quarter, and then resolving all at once in the final stretch Even that, I suppose, I could accept were there interesting character development, but Sophie and Gray did not develop at all Sophie, in fact, seemed to regress , and Joanna see Nothingdisappointing than loving the first book in a series and finding the second ...Two years after the events of THE MIDNIGHT QUEEN, Sophie and Gray Marshall are studying hard at Merlin College of Magick in Oxford But while Sophie is clearly a brilliant mind, there are many who believe that females should never have been granted admittance to the College, regardless of their royal status Side note why is it that only sexist people refer to women as females in casual conversation Does anyone else s skin crawl when people use that word Fe...Another netgalley D Check me out RIGHT3.5Originally posted at Vampire Book ClubIt s been two years since Sophie and Gray Marshall thwarted a plot to kill the King, and along the way revealed Sophie as the long lost Princess of the crown.Sophie has been diligently pursuing her studies at Merlin College, while Gray has been teaching Being the only female student has not been easy on Sophie Despite all her hard work, genuine desire to learn and be at the college, many regard her as an interloper Her royal status also doesn t help wi 3.5Originally posted at Vampire Book ClubIt s been two years since Sophie and Gray Marshall thwarted a plot to kill the King, and along the way revealed Sophie as the long lost Princess of the crown.Sophie has been diligently pursuing her studies at Merlin College, while Gray has been teaching Being the only female student has not been easy on Sophie Despite all her hard work, genuine desire to learn and be at the college, many regard her as an interloper Her royal status also doesn t help with those who view it asof a means for Sophie to gain special treatment, however much this is untrue.So when Gray is invited to teach at the university in Din Edin in the Kingdom of Alba, Sophie is excited to go to a place where female scholars are treated as equal to male But once they arrive it seems that things in Alba are not as peaceful as they thought, and when certain clans voice discord in an apparent marriage alliance between Alba and Britain, Sop...Love this series Excellent second installment.Overall an intriguing mystery with elements of magic, romance, betrayal and, of course, magical universities with Dumbledore like wizards and mages It was an exciting fantasy that somehow wrapped up in the last few pages This was not your fairy tale ending, but rather a truer ending that was faithful to the main characters of Sophie, Gray and Joanna At times I was distracted by the many Gaelic, Latin, Cyrmic and other languages that cropped up from time to time However, I think this added to Overall an intriguing mystery with elements of magic, romance, betrayal and, of course, magical universities with Dumbledore like wizards and mages I...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here It fell short of the first book, but it wasn t so terrible that I wouldn t read the third.Lady of Magick actually felt like 2 separate books to me The part where they journey to and find their place in Din Edin and the part where people go missing and there s a mystery to solve This isn t to say that there wasn t some build up and allusions to some mysteries to be solved in the first half, but the plots felt disconnected to a certain extent probably just to me, maybe I m weird Also, some It fell short of the first book, but it wasn t so terrible that I wouldn t read the third.Lady of Magick actually felt like 2 separate books to me The part whe...I m sorry to say I did not enjoy Lady of Magick as much as the first book, The Midnight Queen There was a lot less of Gray and Sophia and muchof Joanna and her new friend Gwendolen, which I did not find very interesting The book takes place in an alternate world Scotland of the past, and the place and people names were all so similar I had a hard time keeping things straight A lot of the action revolves around politics, which also did not capture my attention The plot really dragged I m sorry to say I did not enjoy Lady of Magick as much as the first book, The Midnight Queen There was a lot less of Gray and Sophia a...

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27 October 2017

Sylvia Izzo Hunter