The Magician’s Doll

Rating: 10
The Magician’s Doll

This story was fantastic. It’s very “female Harry Potter” in that Natalie is 12 years-old, she has special abilities that not everyone is able to understand and she is the only one who seems capable of destroying the villain of the story. She also has a sorted past and her life is not black and white. I was completely taken in by the story and even missed a few blog deadlines because I couldn’t put it down long enough to write about something else.

My one critique, the prologue. I still don’t get it. I really didn’t understand what was going on in the very beginning when I first started reading. But now I really don’t understand what it was about. Are the magician and his son Martin and Sebastian? Is the one they let go Natalie or Serena? Maybe book two will explain better as there is no way Roble will get away with ending things where she did.

I highly recommend this to girls from ages 8 – 13 and their mothers as well. I think that boys will also enjoy the story as it is not necessarily gender-specific on the issues being dealt with. I also recommend this to adults who haven’t quite shed the kid in them yet. 5 stars for sure.

This book is linked with the post “Book Review: The Magician’s Doll – There’s no hiding from who you are”.