aly36's review
4.0
Jonathan Lockwood is a child with magic. He lives in a magic society but the rest of us are "Dulls" if we don't have magic. Jonathan finds a girl in the Dulls that has magic and doesn't not know it. This book is very interesting. I enjoyed the characters and I hope the other books by this author are just as good. I will try more by Megan Crewe. "This book was given to me for free at my request from Instafreebie and I provided this voluntary review."
lenoreo's review
4.0
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4 stars — While I haven’t read the first book in this series yet, I felt like this set up the world perfectly, and gave some insight into the history. I thought the take on magic was actually kind of intriguing, with it being in the air all around us, and the mages just able to feel and “hearken” that energy…and to do so with music. Cool. I can’t help thinking occasionally impractical, but still cool.
I liked both of our characters, but they definitely felt their age. Jonathan in particular had a lot of growing up to do. He was the epitome of this young teenaged kid who felt he was old enough and knew enough, but who honestly wasn’t thinking through all of the implications. And instead of trusting his parents, he went bull-dozing ahead. Now, part of that is on his parents for not better explaining things to him, but still. Jonathan could be such a sweetheart, and I loved his shy nature with Amy. But I was less impressed with his stubbornness and inability to see what he was doing to Amy.
Even though this story was told in dual POV, I felt like Amy’s journey was really just there to show the stress of discovering magic so late in life. So it was important, but… I had a harder time connecting to her for some reason.
I enjoyed the whole Mount St. Helen’s thing, and even had to look up and remind myself of the disaster on Wikipedia. Craziness.
I SUPER DUPER enjoyed the romance, it was sweet, subtle, and totally just a side thing, but I felt their blossoming crush on one another, and their excitement over one another. Perhaps that’s why I’m so bummed.
All in all, it was a great introduction, and I can’t wait to find out what’s happening in present day!
4 stars — While I haven’t read the first book in this series yet, I felt like this set up the world perfectly, and gave some insight into the history. I thought the take on magic was actually kind of intriguing, with it being in the air all around us, and the mages just able to feel and “hearken” that energy…and to do so with music. Cool. I can’t help thinking occasionally impractical, but still cool.
I liked both of our characters, but they definitely felt their age. Jonathan in particular had a lot of growing up to do. He was the epitome of this young teenaged kid who felt he was old enough and knew enough, but who honestly wasn’t thinking through all of the implications. And instead of trusting his parents, he went bull-dozing ahead. Now, part of that is on his parents for not better explaining things to him, but still. Jonathan could be such a sweetheart, and I loved his shy nature with Amy. But I was less impressed with his stubbornness and inability to see what he was doing to Amy.
Even though this story was told in dual POV, I felt like Amy’s journey was really just there to show the stress of discovering magic so late in life. So it was important, but… I had a harder time connecting to her for some reason.
I enjoyed the whole Mount St. Helen’s thing, and even had to look up and remind myself of the disaster on Wikipedia. Craziness.
I SUPER DUPER enjoyed the romance, it was sweet, subtle, and totally just a side thing, but I felt their blossoming crush on one another, and their excitement over one another. Perhaps that’s why I’m so bummed.
All in all, it was a great introduction, and I can’t wait to find out what’s happening in present day!
xalrynne's review
4.0
I’ve been loving Megan Crewe’s Conspiracy of Magic series so far, so I decided to pick up its prequel novella, Magic Unmasked.
Taking place almost four decades before [b:Ruthless Magic|39894702|Ruthless Magic (Conspiracy of Magic, #1)|Megan Crewe|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1524155082l/39894702._SY75_.jpg|61390355] begins, this novella follows mage Jonathan as he discovers a non-magical girl named Amy actually possesses some innate magical ability she didn’t know about. As they become fast friends, he teaches her about the mage society and shows her how to use her magic.
Meanwhile, Mt. St. Helens is becoming unstable and is about to erupt, but only Jonathan and the other mages are aware of how dire the situation has become. Because the non-magical people don’t know that magical people exist, the mages can’t make any drastic moves without alerting the whole world of their presence. Jonathan is determined to help, however, in any way he can. He and Amy must figure out a way to protect the people near the volcano when it blows while also protecting the mage society that has been hidden from the world for thousands of years.
I love Megan Crewe’s writing style, and I love that her stories never go where you expect them to go. I had a theory about the ending of this novella—I thought I knew the obvious path of resolution—but I was wrong. It’s so refreshing to read a YA book that doesn’t follow the same plot and tropes as all the others.
Magic Unmasked is a fun, free (on her website) standalone story to familiarize yourself with Megan’s writing style or with the Conspiracy of Magic series if you plan to read that. I read it between books 2 and 3 and had no issues with timelines or keeping track of events. I will say that Jonathan here reminds me of Finn from the series because they have very similar personalities, but I didn’t mind too much. I’d recommend checking out this story for a good time and a unique twist on urban fantasy mages.
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Taking place almost four decades before [b:Ruthless Magic|39894702|Ruthless Magic (Conspiracy of Magic, #1)|Megan Crewe|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1524155082l/39894702._SY75_.jpg|61390355] begins, this novella follows mage Jonathan as he discovers a non-magical girl named Amy actually possesses some innate magical ability she didn’t know about. As they become fast friends, he teaches her about the mage society and shows her how to use her magic.
Meanwhile, Mt. St. Helens is becoming unstable and is about to erupt, but only Jonathan and the other mages are aware of how dire the situation has become. Because the non-magical people don’t know that magical people exist, the mages can’t make any drastic moves without alerting the whole world of their presence. Jonathan is determined to help, however, in any way he can. He and Amy must figure out a way to protect the people near the volcano when it blows while also protecting the mage society that has been hidden from the world for thousands of years.
I love Megan Crewe’s writing style, and I love that her stories never go where you expect them to go. I had a theory about the ending of this novella—I thought I knew the obvious path of resolution—but I was wrong. It’s so refreshing to read a YA book that doesn’t follow the same plot and tropes as all the others.
Magic Unmasked is a fun, free (on her website) standalone story to familiarize yourself with Megan’s writing style or with the Conspiracy of Magic series if you plan to read that. I read it between books 2 and 3 and had no issues with timelines or keeping track of events. I will say that Jonathan here reminds me of Finn from the series because they have very similar personalities, but I didn’t mind too much. I’d recommend checking out this story for a good time and a unique twist on urban fantasy mages.
My Book Blog: Storeys of Stories
rhinnyroo02's review
4.0
A great little Novella and prequel. Magic and mystery collided with enjoyable characters and plot.
Free e-book on Kindle and I may get the series as it’s peaked my interest.
Used to to complete my first O.W.L. s hosted by Book Roast who I just discovered.
Free e-book on Kindle and I may get the series as it’s peaked my interest.
Used to to complete my first O.W.L. s hosted by Book Roast who I just discovered.
saccalai's review
5.0
Jonathan is part of one of the influential families of mages and has been campaigning to come out to the 'Dulls' and let the rest of the world know that magic exists. A chance meeting with Amy, who doesn't realise she can do magic, gives him an idea and he makes a plan to train her himself and then go to his family to integrate her into the community. Of course, things don't go quite to plan.
I'm so looking forward to reading more from this world.
I'm so looking forward to reading more from this world.
ravenmoon's review
4.0
This is the prequel novella of the Conspiracy of Magic series. I will admit that this novella did start out slow for me but did it pick up. I'm looking forward to reading Ruthless Magic which is the first book in the series.
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