Spell Bound

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Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Rook has a plan. Even though he has no magic in a world full of it, he wants to be able to at least map out the ley lines in hopes of staying in the magic community after his grandmother's death. Antonia Hex sizes the teenager up and says it's against the rules but I don't like the rules so let's do it. She takes him on as an illegal apprentice.

Sun, a young enby works for their magical master, another non-binary, Fable, who is a sometimes work partner with Antonia. This brings them into contact with Rook who is everything Sun isn't, outgoing, extroverted people person. Sun prefers their own company but also they're very strong with magic. They're also easily overwhelmed by Rook's enthusiasm.

As the two young people get to know each other slowly, their bosses get caught up in Antonia's trouble with rocking the boat as far as the magical community is concerned. They have to work together not only to save their mentors but also their own lives.

I really liked Sun, Rook and Antonia (Fable doesn't have enough independent page-time to make an impact). I do feel like the actual threat took a little long to arrive so we have way more build up than we have actual threat but overall it was an enjoyable read.



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