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The Zero Blessing

The Zero Enigma, Book 1

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The Zero Blessing

By: Christopher G. Nuttall
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
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Caitlyn Aguirre should have been a magician. Her family certainly expected her to be a magician. But by the time she reached her 12th birthday, Caitlyn hadn't even managed to cast a single spell! In desperation, her parents send her - and her magical sisters - to Jude's Sorcerous Academy, her last best chance to discover her powers.

But as she struggles to survive her classes without a single spell to her name, Caitlyn starts to uncover an ancient mystery that may prove the key to her true powers.... If she lives long enough to find it.

©2017 Christopher G. Nuttall (P)2017 Podium Publishing Science Fiction & Fantasy Fiction Fantasy Magic Users Teen Fantasy
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Fantastic story line and a great story highly recommend can not wait for book 2

Love this book

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Great story for primary school children. I really liked the story line and the setting. It lacked descriptions in some areas. I felt that Christopher could have allowed me touch the ancient walls and feel the dust or smell a rancid potion. Instead I was always faraway from my characters. Still I will continue to read the series, which may end up being a part our reading list in the classroom.
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kid safe HP

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An absorbing, enjoyable read. It would especially appeal to young adults. I found it fascinating as an adult.

An original view of magic and it's machinations

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Starting with what I liked, the narrator was please t to listen to and did a great job distinguishing voices between characters.

The magic system Nuttal used was very well thought out and I really enjoyed a lot of the in depth explanations for the way magic worked in different circumstances. I found the core idea of why objects of power didn't work (I won't spoil it here) a very clever and unique way of thinking about artificing.

The main characters were well defined and distinguishable from each other, and their goals were clearly set out enough that I could follow their evolution towards those goals throughout the story.

However, the prose needed some work and there was a lot of very repetitive terminology, with key descriptive words often being repeated several times over the span of a couple of sentences.

There was a painful abundance of the main character "groaning inwardly" and a lot of other people "glaring angrily," "running hastily" and many other instances of "verbing verbily" to the point where one might fatally wound oneself to make a drinking game of taking a shot at every instance.

Not a terrible read, but not one I'll recommend to anyone any time soon.

Great magic theory and plot, but lacking in style.

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