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The Glass Magician by Charlie Holmberg

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Brief synopsis (no spoilers)
Ceony Twill continues her apprenticeship as a Paper Magician under Magician Thane. She spends more time with her friend, who is also an apprentice, but as a Glass Magician. She is pursued by Excisioners (Blood Magicians) Grath and Saraj for her defeat of Lira in the previous book.

 Category
YA Fiction

 Why I chose this book
Next in the series

 My personal opinion (the review)
Series can be tricky. Sometimes the sequels are let-downs, and sometimes they're great. This is squarely in the latter camp (great)! The author leads us on several adventures, we get to meet new characters, but not so many that it's overwhelming to keep up with them. I do find some of the actions and thoughts of the main character to be a little anachronistic, as well as some of the descriptions of the town. But that's a very minor thing. Excellent book, excellent series!

 Warnings:
Language - none
Violence - minor
"Adult" situations - love interests, but entirely appropriate behavior
Death - some, and of major characters, but not graphic

 Movie rating equivalent
PG

 Protagonist description
Ceony is headstrong and independent. And she's also completely in love and dependent on that feeling

 Point of view of story
Third, omniscient

 Book length
Medium

 Story flow
Great!

 Grammar and spelling issues
None

 Character connection (no spoilers)
I would like to know how Grath ended up on the "dark side"

For series:
Independent or integral (stand-alone or back story dependent)
Integral

 Series review as a whole
Excellent series. Great writing, very engaging, clean fun

 If you only have time for one, read:
The Paper Magician - start at the beginning

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