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The Dragon Guard: The Magickers #3

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I picked this up at the bookstore near my home because I always buy a book and thought this one would be, at the very least, interesting. From the first line, I was hooked. Emily Drake's expert writing leads you on a marvelous adventure in which magic is very, very different than JK Rowling's world.

Another thing I love is that the characters are very well developed. Piece by piece you are offered insights into the lives of Bailey, Ting, Jason, Trent, Henry, and the rest of the delightful cast. Everyone has a story to tell, and Emily Drake expertly tells them. A marvelous series in which magick can be harnessed by using ordinary stones like amethyst, Ms. Drake leads us on a wonderful adventure into a new and unique branch of fantasy and magic.

Not prose-perfect, but neither are some of those internet-novels popping up in publication lately, and some of those are better than mainstream books. Even J.K. Rowling took her lumps from smug insiders who were coughing up sour grapes all over the place.

Some characters are very well developed in The Magickers while others are semi-neglected. Adult characters at first were a little one dimensional. Some interesting ideas regarding magic, and it's obvious time and thought was put into it. I had a good time reading this. But they need to do something about those covers. They're atrocious and don't do the contents justice - everyone has receding hairlines and are wearing the latest in yuppie sportswear. Did the artist even read the books? Almost turned me off to the books until someone told me to read them.

I have been reading the Magicker series ever since it came out. I have fallen in love with these charcaters and find that this series is just as good, if not better, than Harry Potter. Jason has gripped my heart many times and I have found my heart racing along with his during his trails of fear, heartache, and betrayal. The characters in this story makes me want to believe that they are real and that they will all survive what is happening to them. This book in the series left me baffled and my heart racing. I can't wait to read the next one and many more!