The Wizard Heir (Heir, Bk 2)
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Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
Book Type: Paperback
Author:
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
Book Type: Paperback
Helpful Score: 2
I expected to enjoy The Wizard Heir after devouring its prequel, The Warrior Heir, earlier this year. Once again, Cinda Williams Chima did not disappoint.
In the second installment of her Heir trilogy, the characters I fell in love with in The Warrior Heir are still present, but this story focuses on Seph McCauley, an untrained young wizard with incredible untapped power.
Seph knows he's a wizard, but as an orphan, knows nothing about his parents, his Weir lineage or how to develop his magic skills. Until age 16, he's made it through on his good looks, trust fund and the "persuasive" personality inherent to wizards. Unfortunately, Seph loses control after being drugged at a party one night, and causes a tragic warehouse fire. As a result, he is sent by his trustee to Havers, a small, elite school for boys isolated in the Maine wilderness.
Instead of being just another boring prep school, Seph quickly learns that the staff and alumni of Havers are wizards of the worst kind, bent on tapping into Seph's power and exploiting it for their own political gain. The story revolves around Seph coming to understand and control his own power, as well as finding his family and himself in the process.
I absolutely adored this book. Chima writes beautifully, and as a reader, it's very easy to care about her characters. One of the things I enjoyed most was the local northern Ohio flavor that permeates her stories. "Trinity" (a fictionalized composite of Port Clinton and Catawba Island, from what I can gather) is basically where I actually grew up, and the book is peppered with regional references to locations and attractions such as Lakeside, the western Lake Erie basin, well-known public beaches and "Second Sister Island" (probably West Sister island, actually). Those familiar elements made me enjoy the story more, although you don't have to be from Ohio to love Chima's stories. They stand on their own.
I can't wait to finish the trilogy with The Dragon Heir soon. The Wizard Heir laid a solid foundation and helped advance the story well, but I'm very anxious for the conclusion and to find out what happens to Jack, Ellen, Seph, Maddie and the rest of Chima's colorful characters.
In the second installment of her Heir trilogy, the characters I fell in love with in The Warrior Heir are still present, but this story focuses on Seph McCauley, an untrained young wizard with incredible untapped power.
Seph knows he's a wizard, but as an orphan, knows nothing about his parents, his Weir lineage or how to develop his magic skills. Until age 16, he's made it through on his good looks, trust fund and the "persuasive" personality inherent to wizards. Unfortunately, Seph loses control after being drugged at a party one night, and causes a tragic warehouse fire. As a result, he is sent by his trustee to Havers, a small, elite school for boys isolated in the Maine wilderness.
Instead of being just another boring prep school, Seph quickly learns that the staff and alumni of Havers are wizards of the worst kind, bent on tapping into Seph's power and exploiting it for their own political gain. The story revolves around Seph coming to understand and control his own power, as well as finding his family and himself in the process.
I absolutely adored this book. Chima writes beautifully, and as a reader, it's very easy to care about her characters. One of the things I enjoyed most was the local northern Ohio flavor that permeates her stories. "Trinity" (a fictionalized composite of Port Clinton and Catawba Island, from what I can gather) is basically where I actually grew up, and the book is peppered with regional references to locations and attractions such as Lakeside, the western Lake Erie basin, well-known public beaches and "Second Sister Island" (probably West Sister island, actually). Those familiar elements made me enjoy the story more, although you don't have to be from Ohio to love Chima's stories. They stand on their own.
I can't wait to finish the trilogy with The Dragon Heir soon. The Wizard Heir laid a solid foundation and helped advance the story well, but I'm very anxious for the conclusion and to find out what happens to Jack, Ellen, Seph, Maddie and the rest of Chima's colorful characters.
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