Charlie is a vibrant writer with an excellent voice and great world building. I thoroughly enjoyed the Paper Magician. Brandon Sanderson, author of Mistborn and The Way of Kings
Ceony Twill arrives at the cottage of Magician Emery Thane with a broken heart. Having graduated at the top of her class from the Tagis Praff School for the Magically Inclined, Ceony is assigned an apprenticeship in paper magic despite her dreams of bespelling metal. And once shes bonded to paper, that will be her only magicforever.
Yet the spells Ceony learns under the strange yet kind Thane turn out to be more marvelous than she could have ever imaginedanimating paper creatures, bringing stories to life via ghostly images, even reading fortunes. But as she discovers these wonders, Ceony also learns of the extraordinary dangers of forbidden magic.
An Excisionera practitioner of dark, flesh magicinvades the cottage and rips Thanes heart from his chest. To save her teachers life, Ceony must face the evil magician and embark on an unbelievable adventure that will take her into the chambers of Thanes still-beating heartand reveal the very soul of the man.
From the imaginative mind of debut author Charlie N. Holmberg, The Paper Magician is an extraordinary adventure both dark and whimsical that will delight readers of all ages.
Short-Listed for the 2015 ALA Fantasy Reading List
