A Conjuring of Ravens

A Magepunk Progression Fantasy (A Practical Guide to Sorcery, Book 1)

By: Azalea Ellis

Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir

In a world where magic is a science, Siobhan Naught is a genius.

But even geniuses need schooling.

Siobhan has just been banned from the country's only magical university. As the unwitting accomplice to the theft of a priceless magical artifact, she has suddenly become a wanted criminal. There are fates worse than death, and if caught, she will face them. Unwilling to give up on her dream of becoming the world's most powerful sorcerer, she resolves to do whatever it takes to change her fate.

Even if it means magically disguising herself as a boy and indebting herself to a gang of criminals to pay for university tuition.

With the coppers after her, the pressure of trying to keep her spot in the devilishly competitive magic classes, and the gang calling in favors to repay her debts, Siobhan will need every drop of magic she can channel.

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A great read

This was a wonderful read. The author did a great job with the characters & there is plenty of magic. This is a new author for me & I do believe I have another series to read.

Siobhan and her father steal a magical book. Her father is caught & goes to jail. Meanwhile Siobhan has nothing with her so she has to return to their room for her things. She knows the coppers will be watching for her so she has to break in. Of course as she is preparing to leave the coppers realize she's there and she goes out a window and runs. She gets help from a stranger but still thinks she will get caught. She didn't know the capabilities of a magical medallion in the book. It turned her into a boy so she was able to hide in plain sight.

Siobhan has dreams of becoming a great Sorcerer and she won't let anything stop her/him. As she struggles to pay for school & learn she will face many obstacles a long the way. She also learns that her father does not have her best interests in mind. A great read & the narrator was fabulous. Can't wait for book 2.

Lacks a payoff but the rest is great

Prefacing by saying the writing, story premise, and plot is engaging and entertaining.

Narration does a good job as well keeping things on rails and isn’t intrusive,

Here’s the issue. This book is not paced how it likely should have been. It lacks a payoff. It takes about 1/2 the book to get to the university classes. And then the book ends with an event that feels like it should be more in the middle of the book and ends on a bit of a cliffhanger that kinda sucks the wind out.

I think it needed to be paced a little quicker.

But if you like the premise. I encourage you to keep reading into the next book. It feels like a longer novel that way and it’s still good!

Something Different!

Now I love this series its got a great magic system and lore and plot. But I will admit it might not suit everyone give a chance and I'm sure you will like it though.

incredible

I was skeptical going in to this, the opening scene was a little obscure and didn't seem to directly relate to the book until much later than I expected. That aside the characters, the storyline, the world building, just everything is INCREDIBLE. I devoured this book, the second and absolutely cannot wait for the third. I'll be off hoping for fanfic about Professor Lacer, until the next book!
I will note that stuck with this book after the intro in part because I love the narrators work, and again was not disappointed at all.

Pretty good but hard to recommend until the next one comes out

Good book but the story only sets up then the book ends.
I like the world and the way magic works. The main character is a both smart and not so smart which is a little bit annoying but not unrealistic for a teenager.

The reader is a little bit crisp and precise for my tastes, I would have preferred if she relaxed a bit.