Search - Street Magic (The Circle Opens, Book 2)

This magical fantasy is all mixed up. The people's names, place names, etc are all based on Chinese but the forms of address are all Indian in nature. Makes for really strange reading. I liked Briar in the previous books and here he is again causing trouble. As a former street rat (homeless thief), he really feels for Evumeimei Dingzai (Evvy). She's an unknown stone mage whom he sees unintentionally working magic. By the rules of The Winding Circles Initiate Council, the mage who finds an uninitiated mage must therefore become the teacher or find a teacher for that person. The last thing 14 year old Briar wants to do is teach a 10 year old magic. Besides he's a plant mage not a stone mage, what could he possibly teach Evvy? So he sets out to find a local stone mage without much luck. And as if this wasn't enough stress considering he is in this town to help their people with medicine and healing, he now has to deal with dueling gangs who both want Evvy and her power.

This is entertaining and very enjoyable. Not really humerous and actually a little to serious but enjoyable nonetheless. This is the second book in the second series featuring Daja, Sandry, Briar and Tris.