A review by hilma
Justice in Magic by Ky Venn

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

 

Justice in Magic by Ky Venn, of which book I received an ARC from the author, has a beautiful blue cover, which makes one curious: a sort of door which leads to a village or castle on a cliff, very mysterious. 

The story starts with Adelynn (Addie) who loves to swim and hopes when she becomes Champion, she’ll get a new start after a awful experience. When she starts hearing voices, she finds out she’s not a normal girl and gets to decides what she wants to do: being normal of going off to a magic school. She chooses (of course) to learn about the magic she apparently has. But when a fellow student tells her to explore the darker side of who she is and what she can so, things start to get out of control. 

Reading the plot of Justice in Magic makes one think of Harry Potter, but there the simularity ends. Addie is very different from Harry, and so all the other students. 

Addie is a wonderful person, you can relate to her and you get sucked into her story.  She is strong, independent, but has moodswings thanks to what happened to her, and it’s understandable that therefore she is a bit insecure and follows the bad boy in the story. She learns more about who her real family is too. 

The other characters are very well written as well. Some you love and some you hate, some you root for, but there are a few surprises to several of them as well as the story goes along. 

The writing style is fine, the story reads wonderful, although it took me some time to get into the story. The worldbuilding is very well done with lots of worlds, histories and explanation and of course magic. 

Justice in Magic by Ky Venn is a wonderful fantasy novel, the first book in a series and one I liked. Is has tension, humor, magic, drama and romance. The book ends with a cliffhanger, so you keep on wondering what will happen next until the next book to find out. I think this is a well done debut and recommendable to fantasy readers who love a good story.