![]() ![]() Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Maximum suspense, unusual magic-a whole new, thrilling approach to fantasy " From August Staff Picks to Conclude Your Summer It is, as always, up to the reader to decide. This book has gone through some controversy due to its racial and religious content, but in the end I think the author expressed the topics with understanding. There, she is exposed to many different races of magical folk, and her one-sided view of the world begins to change in the charged political atmosphere of the University. ![]() Her aunt is determined to see her Wandfasted, the Gardnerian equivalent of marriage, but Elloren is headstrong enough to convince her aunt to let her attend University first. Raised by her uncle in the countryside, Elloren is both excited and nervous when her aunt decides to whisk her away to the city for her debut into society. Elloren is nearly her exact replica, minus one detail: she has almost no magic, which makes it confusing when certain people begin to suspect she will be the next Black Witch. ![]() ![]() Elloren Gardner is a young woman who comes from an impressive lineage - her grandmother was The Black Witch, a fearsome magic-wielder who waged bloody war to make the Gardnerian people the dominant ruling power in the land. ![]()
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