The Late Great Wizard

Sara Hanover

2018 • 336 pages

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Average rating2.5

"With her father vanished under suspicious circumstances and her old life destroyed, Tessa Andrews is determined to pick up the pieces and forge ahead. If only their borrowed house didn't shake and rumble as if haunted. But at least she and her mom have a roof over their heads, so her luck couldn't be all bad, could it? As if to prove her wrong, Tessa gets an urgent call for help one night from crusty old Professor Brandard. She dashes over, only to find the house in flames and the professor gone. A handsome young man steps out of the ashes to request her assistance, claiming to be the professor and a Phoenix wizard. She not only has to believe in him, but in magic, for an ancient evil is awakening and it will take the two of them, plus a few shady friends, to stand against it"--from Back Cover.

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3 primary books

#1 in Wayward Mages

Wayward Mages is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2018 with contributions by Sara Hanover.

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I wish I had quit this book halfway through when I wasn't feeling it. Instead, I persevered, and now I feel like I wasted a week reading something I didn't like. The concept of a Phoenix Wizard is interesting, but this story is not really about him, and he ends up being a forgettable character for someone that the book is named after. I really didn't find the main character, Tessa, all that interesting. The book was a combination of light urban fantasy and teen girl romance, and she didn't stand out as a character in either sense. She also displays some hacking and martial arts skills in the last 1/3rd of the book that were never even hinted at before. Very deus ex machina, and very annoying. Also, it feels horribly unfinished, like nothing at all was resolved. I finished, but I won't read the next book.

February 15, 2020