And apparently I hate being told what to do. Because nothing says “de-stress” like reading another book. I ditch all of that and stay up after three in the morning reading The Revenge of Magic. And technically this book review wasn’t supposed to happen for a while yet, because I still have the Les Miserables and The Thief reviews squishing my brain and a lot of mercenary fiddler/academic papers/work stuff going on this week. Wouldn’t hurt to add that James Riley gets referred to around my book hoard variously as “the lunatic,” “the idiot,” or “the mad genius.” Not to be confused with Patrick Rothfuss, who holds the title of “the bearded madman.” Very different.Īfter Story Thieves, I knew I had to get my hands on this. All the books connect, so keep your eyes skinned for that subtle (or very obvious) character cameo from another series.The acknowledgements and author bio are part of the story.A friendly list of reminders then, for those of you who are new to this dimension of the library:

I’m still trying to decide if that’s too long ago or not long enough.Įither way, there are some important rules attached to reading James Riley books. I was finishing the weird, bafflingly wonderful Story Thieves series the summer before I started college. So this feels like half of forever since I read a James Riley book. 1 Genre: Middle-grade fantasy (magic school/urban fantasy) Content for the sensitive reader: Some thematic/suspenseful moments via disgusting monsters, possession/mind control, morally gray character choices, utterly useless adults. Book: The Revenge of Magic by James Riley Series: The Revenge of Magic, No. So I’ve finally dug my grubby little claws into James Riley’s latest series, The Revenge of Magic! Hold on to your dragons and grab your moral support cats because we are in for exactly one romp of fabulous magic, monsters, and mayhem, where the biggest threat of all is nerds with teenage angst and antibacterial soap.

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