![]() ![]() Partly, this is a matter of thwarted expectation: The first time I read it, I was disappointed to find that it was not as funny as Dark Lord of Derkholm-it really can't be, since that story has already been told, and the parody is over. ![]() The book is an enjoyable, light read, but not one of my favorites. ![]() The group quickly realizes that they are not being taught the magic they want and, soon, need, to know, so they form an informal study group to learn on their own, checking out books as needed from the magical library (and I want a library with a catalog like that). All of these people, it turns out, are attending the school without permission, and both Claudia and Lukin have powerful jinxes that keep their magic from working right. There, she meets and befriends an oddly assorted group of freshmen-Lukin, crown prince of Luteria Ruskin, a dwarven artisan Claudia, sister of the Emperor of the South Felim, brother of the Emir and Olga, who is evidently rich but who will not say where she is from. ![]() She has had better luck than Blade in persuading her father to send her to the university to study magic. This time, however, the main character is Elda, one of Derk's griffin daughters. ![]()
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