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The Iron Trial Magisterium #1 Holly Black Cassandra Clare 8601411333156 Books

Fans of Harry Potter, Simon Thorn, anything Rick Riordan and other fantasy series will love the Magisterium series. Twelve-year-old Call has been taught by his father to fear and avoid magic all of his life. He has heard alarming stories of what life at the magician's training school, the Magisterium, is like. Then he is unwillingly thrown into that world, loses his connection to his father and must face a terrifying future. Along the way, Call finds loyal friends and determined enemies but often has trouble distinguishing between the two. Readers of this genre will love this series unless they are bothered by the striking parallels between Harry Potter and the world of the Magisterium. Unlike some of Holly Black and Cassandra Clare's more mature works, this series is appropriate for grades 5 and up.


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The Iron Trial Magisterium #1 Holly Black Cassandra Clare 8601411333156 Books Reviews

I bought this one as soon as it came out but just haven’t had the time to read it. I’m glad I finally found the time though, because it was a great read. The story follows Callum Hunt as he attends his first year at a school of alchemical magic, a school his father always warned him would be the death of him. When he arrives, however, Callum falls in love with the school and the magic his father had always warned him against. He even makes friends, something he has never had before due to his crippled leg making him an object of mockery at previous schools. But the longer he stays the more he starts to uncover about just how dark this world of magic can be. Just how dark he might be.

The concept of a chosen one and magical schools is one that’s a bit overdone as of late, but Clare and Black manage to keep it interesting with plenty of new elements. I’ve always been a lover of alchemy ever since I was little, but in most stories about magic it is mentioned off-hand and never really focused on if it is mentioned at all, so it was awesome to see it take center stage here. There’s also some hints at a decent explanation of the magic and where it is drawn from, something that generally seems to be lacking in other books of this sort.

It was also refreshing not to have a love triangle of any sort hinted at, but if I know Clare there’s a decent chance something of the sort will show up in the later books of this series as the characters get a bit older. I do sort of hope it doesn’t though. It really isn’t needed. Either way though, I will certainly be eagerly devouring the rest of this series as it comes out.
I would have given this book a 3.5 Stars if that was an option but I rounded up because it was closer to 4 stars than 3. This book has a major Harry Potter-esque feel. It isn’t nearly as good as Harry Potter (what is after all?) but it was still satisfying in its own way.

The prologue was initially very confusing to me, I had a hard time getting into it because it was like jumping feet first into a confusing new world. Once the first chapter started though it got a lot more interesting and was easier to read. During times of a lot of action things seemed to get a little muddy for me and I had to go back and reread parts again to figure out what had just happened. Around the halfway point I had a hard time making myself continue to read it and it took me over a week to finish which is pretty unusual for me.

The end though. The end makes it worth the effort and I’m glad I continued to read it. The twist at the end was amazing and not at all what I expected; I definitely did not see that coming.

As an overall, I will definitely pick up the next book in the series because I am interested to see where it goes and I am a sucker for this style of book.
A lot of Holly Black's work seems to be about the freedom to choose and how those choices shape people, and this book certainly follows that pattern. Callum has a lot to deal with and his burdens only get heavier over time, but it also seems that he may turn out to be strong enough to bear those burdens well--if only he learns to trust himself and the people who truly care about him. It will be interesting to see where Holly Black takes this story. It's certainly a very interesting world, especially the oddly hidden/not hidden status of magic and mages, which mostly seem protected by a conspiracy of silence on the part of those who know about them.

The second thing I liked about it is that many of the characters are inviting, particularly Master Rufus, Aaron and Tamara, and I like the ways they've affected Callum over the course of the book. They've begun to trust and depend on one another, to hold each other up when needed, and I hope that continues.

I really like her child characters - they're real, always complex and rough-edged, and uncomfortable in their own skins, just as children actually are in growing up. They aren't innocents, but they're also not all candidates for Lord of the Flies, either, just a spectrum of people in the process of growing up, of discovering who they've been and deciding who they want to be. Very human and, in differing degrees, hopeful, angry, empathetic and frightened, all at the same time.
Fans of Harry Potter, Simon Thorn, anything Rick Riordan and other fantasy series will love the Magisterium series. Twelve-year-old Call has been taught by his father to fear and avoid magic all of his life. He has heard alarming stories of what life at the magician's training school, the Magisterium, is like. Then he is unwillingly thrown into that world, loses his connection to his father and must face a terrifying future. Along the way, Call finds loyal friends and determined enemies but often has trouble distinguishing between the two. Readers of this genre will love this series unless they are bothered by the striking parallels between Harry Potter and the world of the Magisterium. Unlike some of Holly Black and Cassandra Clare's more mature works, this series is appropriate for grades 5 and up.