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The Legacy of Androva #2
Capturing Magic
It's your average new school nightmare. Classes you've never taken, teachers you've never met before. Having to pass a really difficult entrance exam. Oh, and upsetting the most popular girl in the school before you've even arrived.
Except this school is the Seminary of Magic on Androva. A world Shannon only discovered a few weeks ago. She's a brand new magician, with a brand new boyfriend, and unfortunately she's about to discover a brand new enemy, who will stop at nothing to get their hands on some magic.
But how does she know whom she can trust? If she gets it wrong, she might end up paying with her life...
Jax and Shannon are back, and things are getting complicated!
The Legacy of Androva is a series of contemporary fantasy books for a lower young adult / upper middle grade audience. The stories are self-contained, with no cliffhangers between books.
Book 1: Stealing Magic
Book 2: Capturing Magic
Book 3: Seeking Magic
Book 4: Controlling Magic
Book 5: Breaking Magic
Except this school is the Seminary of Magic on Androva. A world Shannon only discovered a few weeks ago. She's a brand new magician, with a brand new boyfriend, and unfortunately she's about to discover a brand new enemy, who will stop at nothing to get their hands on some magic.
But how does she know whom she can trust? If she gets it wrong, she might end up paying with her life...
Jax and Shannon are back, and things are getting complicated!
The Legacy of Androva is a series of contemporary fantasy books for a lower young adult / upper middle grade audience. The stories are self-contained, with no cliffhangers between books.
Book 1: Stealing Magic
Book 2: Capturing Magic
Book 3: Seeking Magic
Book 4: Controlling Magic
Book 5: Breaking Magic
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Published September 28, 2017
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June 4, 2022
✯✧ ☾ 𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕸𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖈☽✧✯
Shannon is on her next journey: to School in Androva. Hesta, the most popular girl in the school, despises Shannon. Shannon struggles with mastering basic spells, and being the only Terran in the Seminary of Magic means that she will gain quite a lot of enemies. With a mysterious person who she thought she could trust: actually planning to harm her life is getting complicated.
*disclaimer: My book reviews are not meant in any way to stop people from reading this book or determining the value of this book. It is solely just to write about my opinion on this book. I make sure to always try to include criticism/praise!
If you like petty fights over a boy. Random mean girl hating another girl because of a boy. Woman obsessed with makeup who kidnaps people. Boy embarrassed because he doesn't want to wear pink. Random person falls in love with random person. This book is for you.
If you could tell I didn't really enjoy this book. I thought it was okay. Although I read it very quickly, I found myself getting annoyed at Shannon and Jax several times. This book didn't really tie into book one. It had a completely different antagonist who I totally didn't expect... not in a good way. On a random...why are you doing this?
This book is probably the most dramatic in the series so far. The romantic drama felt like a slapstick comedy where they got mad over little things. The "stakes" here fell a bit weak. It was mostly school, random girl hating on someone. The first half was about Jax almost attacking a teacher because he didn't want to wear pink. The first half was about Shannon trying out different makeup and doing school while texting Penny. The first half was about Penny starting to like Darius. The first half was about Darius not doing much.
The second half was about . Although I thought that the world-building could use some work, because certain aspects where wonderful while others weren't. What I liked about this was that I liked Androva. NOT the characters. For most of the time the characters are okay. Then they have those dramatic moments.
🆗PLOT
🆗CHARACTER
⛔PLOT TWIST
Shannon is on her next journey: to School in Androva. Hesta, the most popular girl in the school, despises Shannon. Shannon struggles with mastering basic spells, and being the only Terran in the Seminary of Magic means that she will gain quite a lot of enemies. With a mysterious person who she thought she could trust: actually planning to harm her life is getting complicated.
*disclaimer: My book reviews are not meant in any way to stop people from reading this book or determining the value of this book. It is solely just to write about my opinion on this book. I make sure to always try to include criticism/praise!
If you like petty fights over a boy. Random mean girl hating another girl because of a boy. Woman obsessed with makeup who kidnaps people. Boy embarrassed because he doesn't want to wear pink. Random person falls in love with random person. This book is for you.
If you could tell I didn't really enjoy this book. I thought it was okay. Although I read it very quickly, I found myself getting annoyed at Shannon and Jax several times. This book didn't really tie into book one. It had a completely different antagonist who I totally didn't expect... not in a good way. On a random...why are you doing this?
This book is probably the most dramatic in the series so far. The romantic drama felt like a slapstick comedy where they got mad over little things. The "stakes" here fell a bit weak. It was mostly school, random girl hating on someone. The first half was about Jax almost attacking a teacher because he didn't want to wear pink. The first half was about Shannon trying out different makeup and doing school while texting Penny. The first half was about Penny starting to like Darius. The first half was about Darius not doing much.
The second half was about . Although I thought that the world-building could use some work, because certain aspects where wonderful while others weren't. What I liked about this was that I liked Androva. NOT the characters. For most of the time the characters are okay. Then they have those dramatic moments.
🆗PLOT
🆗CHARACTER
⛔PLOT TWIST
October 27, 2018
I need to preface this review by stating that I am about 25 years past the target demographic for this book, and I feel like it would be right up my alley if I weren't.
Echoing my review for Book 1, the omnipotent narrator, a great deal of exposition and kind of cardboard villains dragged this one down a bit for me, although I want to go back and say I read a lot of RL Stine as a kid and feel like a lot of those novels ended with a bit of mustache twirling, too. While I feel it's unfair for me to grade this book as an adult, I also know that some young adult fiction has resonated more strongly for me, although for younger adults there are some great lessons in this one about encountering bullies.
I'd love to see unnecessary characters eliminated (we didn't need to hang out with five or six kids and have to learn who they all were if they wouldn't have lines) and have one character at a time narrate the scene. I'll keep this spoiler free, but I felt like one particular reference to fake license plates was just silly, as was the prospect of a school exchange program being set up by police.
It felt like someone was reading me Shannon's story, glossing over bits, as opposed to immersing me in it first hand, just like a fairy tale. I'm still intrigued enough to keep reading.
Beautiful covers!
Echoing my review for Book 1, the omnipotent narrator, a great deal of exposition and kind of cardboard villains dragged this one down a bit for me, although I want to go back and say I read a lot of RL Stine as a kid and feel like a lot of those novels ended with a bit of mustache twirling, too. While I feel it's unfair for me to grade this book as an adult, I also know that some young adult fiction has resonated more strongly for me, although for younger adults there are some great lessons in this one about encountering bullies.
I'd love to see unnecessary characters eliminated (we didn't need to hang out with five or six kids and have to learn who they all were if they wouldn't have lines) and have one character at a time narrate the scene. I'll keep this spoiler free, but I felt like one particular reference to fake license plates was just silly, as was the prospect of a school exchange program being set up by police.
It felt like someone was reading me Shannon's story, glossing over bits, as opposed to immersing me in it first hand, just like a fairy tale. I'm still intrigued enough to keep reading.
Beautiful covers!
January 28, 2018
This one had the drama of something most kids can relate to with bullying, but Shannon ignoring it until a rumor that was started shook her and Jax’s relationship. Then being put in a life or death situation they escaped and realized that they really cared for each other a lot! It was definitely a little more fast paced than the first one. Still age appropriate for middle schoolers. But I’m gonna read the whole series I have to find out what happens lol
December 21, 2022
The strength is in the plot and the general idea
The idea of two planets with magic and one with magicians, the other without, is powerful.
However, the second book in the series still has a lot of thoughts and emotions explained in words instead with actions.
But it's getting better, so I have high hopes for the next sequels.
The climax is definitely better than in the first book.
The idea of two planets with magic and one with magicians, the other without, is powerful.
However, the second book in the series still has a lot of thoughts and emotions explained in words instead with actions.
But it's getting better, so I have high hopes for the next sequels.
The climax is definitely better than in the first book.
June 7, 2017
Started off slow but ended great
This second book was great. My granddaughter will love it. Great for middle school students. This one had a little more excitement to it then the first one.
This second book was great. My granddaughter will love it. Great for middle school students. This one had a little more excitement to it then the first one.
June 28, 2017
An interesting and entertaining read. Although it is aimed at a younger audience, (i would guess pre-teen) it's still entertaining to an adult.
October 11, 2023
Definitely not has good had the first one, but still an OK read. The falling action is very short. I like lots of action in books, but it's always nice to slow for a bit. :)
February 15, 2017
A wonderful sequel to an intriguing series, I could hardly put it down! Continue to follow Jax and Shannon in their rule-breaking adventures.
April 22, 2023
3.5
Entertaining but the main characters were shallow throughout the story.
Entertaining but the main characters were shallow throughout the story.
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