Smoke & Summons (Numina Trilogy, #1)

Posted on 16 January 2018 by Charlie N. Holmberg

A captivating world of monsters and magic from the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paper Magician Series.As a human vessel for an ancient spirit, Sandis lives no ordinary life At the command of her master, she can be transformed against her will into his weapon a raging monster summoned to do his bidding Unlike other vessels, Sandis can host extremely powerful spirits, but hosting such creatures can be fatal To stay alive, she must run And in a city fueled by smoke and corruption, she finds a surprising ally.A cunning thief for hire, Rone owns a rare device that grants him immortality for one minute every day a unique advantage that will come in handy in Sandis s fight for freedom But Sandis s master knows how powerful she is He s determined to get her back, and he has the manpower to find her, wherever she runs.Now, to outwit her pursuers, Sandis must put all her trust in Rone and his immortal device For her master has summoned than mere men to hunt her down Download Smoke & Summons (Numina Trilogy, #1) – kino-fada.fr This book was freaking awesome I got this book as my Kindle First pick for January You know, it sounded good and all but I had no idea This world of magic and demons and people in a world together Sandis and Rone are the main characters and I loved them I even love...1.99 Kindle sale, May 5, 2019 Pretty good YA fantasy, the start of a new series the second book has just been published 3.25 stars Final review, first posted on Fantasy Literature Smoke Summons is the start of a new YA fantasy trilogy by Charlie N Holmberg, with an interesting, rather dark occult concept underlying it Demons and spirits, called numina, from the ethereal plane are able to be summoned and controlled by those who know the necessary rituals, which include painfully br 1.99 Kindle sale, May 5, 2019 Pretty good YA fantasy, the start of a new series the second book has just been published 3.25 stars Final review, first posted on Fantasy Literature Smoke Summons is the start of a new YA fantasy trilogy by Charlie N Holmberg, with an interesting, rather dark oc...I received this book well before it s release date in the hopes that I would give it a blurb for the cover It s wonderful it s action packed and the characters are empathetic The unique world of dark wizards and creatures from ...I found the idea of summons and vessels very interesting, but that s all I found interesting It very quickly went from Smoke Summons to Worry Running That s about all that happens in this book.The author tells us everything, instead of showing us anything The characters are shallow and bland The plot is...No one s going to read this, why do I write book reviews None of my friends are on this site, and I doubt people who are on the site look for other people s reviews Oh well.I think Charlie builds a decent fantasy world, but this one is a lot weaker than her Paper Magician series I think this is an attempt to make a darker series but keep her super wholesome religious characters It s not that this is a hopepunk or whatever people are calling it, but you can definitely tell that th...Release day and I just received an eARC Fun Really looking forward to this one being a bit odd and very magical.None of the magical features of Charlie N Holmberg s Smoke and Summons overwhelm you, and that s a good thing We become aware of the illegal magic practiced and are also informed that there are rare magical artifacts We are not allowed to seethan that, at least not at this time.Which is okay, because it allows the story to revolve around Sandis, who is a vessel capable of becoming a temporary home of a demon Her life is about to abruptly change, which is where the story begins Her a None of the magical features of Charlie N Holmberg s Smoke and Summons overwhelm you, and that s a good thing We become aware of the illegal magic practiced and are also informed that there are rare magical artifacts We are not allowed to seethan that, at least not at this time.Which is okay, because it allows the story to revolve around Sandis, who is a vessel capable of becoming a temporary home of a demon Her life is about to abruptly change, which is where the story begins Her attempts to escape from her former captor ensnares Rone, who has enough problems without adding Sandis to the list Both are seeking answers to their troubles while evading the ruthless people looking for them Ms Holmberg slowly builds his world, allowing us only to see whatever Sandis and Rone are ...3 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum Summons by Charlie N Holmberg first caught my attention with its synopsis, but I became evenintrigued once I realized what I was looking at on the cover was the head of a fiery demon like horse The reason for this striking motif was soon revealed, as the story introduces readers to Sandis, who is no ordinary young woman For one, she is a vessel, whose body is trained and primed to hold demon like spiri 3 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum Summons by Charlie N Holmberg first caught my attention with its synopsis, but I became evenintrigued once I realized what I was looking at on the cover was the head of a fiery demon like horse The reason for this striking motif was soon revealed, as the story introduces readers to Sandis, who is no ordinary young woman For one, she is a vessel, whose body is trained and primed to hold demon like spirits called forth from the netherworld She is also a slave of sorts, kept under lock and key by a cruel summoner named Kazen, who has captured a number of kids like Sandis for his nefarious purpose...This book bothered me for many reasons but here are the main ones This book is a classic example of weak plot syndrome Where the plot isn t really good so you fill the pages with chase scene after chase scene And then, in the calmer spots, you get the woes of young love and the weakness of the main characters Sandis is a super weak woman and a horrible role model for women especially young women , IMO She is the classic damsel in distress and never grows out of it The only time she sho This book bothered me for many reasons but here are the main ones This book is a classic example of weak plot syndrome Where the plot isn t really good so you fill the pages with chase scene after chase scene And then, in the calmer spots, you get the woes of young love and the weakness of the main characters Sandis is a super weak woman and a horrible role model for women especially young women , IMO She is the classic damsel in distress and never grows out of it The only time she shows backbone is when she insists on running in a certain directionbut she is still runningeven though she has immense power inside her Maybe this is on purpose maybe Charlie is setting it up so she can have a big moment where she finds her power But honestly, this book could have used that scene All the characters felt woode...OoooOOOOOH I got the chance to read this in advance, and wow This is a seriously intense adventure with lots of twists and turns and high energy escapes And creeeeeeepy magic I would not normally pick up a book like this, and I feel like I should warn squeamish readers that there is, at o...

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16 January 2018

Charlie N. Holmberg