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Magic Lessons by Justine Larbalestier
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it was ok
bookshelves: 2008-reads, fantasy, ya

** spoiler alert ** I didn't like this book as much as the first (which I thought was 4 stars!). I didn't even completely read this one. I skimmed through the last few chapters just to find out what happened. It was kind of a weird book. Some parts I had to skip over just because I thought some of it was inappropriate and wasn't quite for me... Okay, so this girl who's 15 has sex with this 18 year old which came to happen because she wanted to kiss this boy and she'd never kissed anyone before and was somewhat afraid she was going to die and never kiss someone (I think that was what happened.). So how is that teaching kids the right thing to do? I believe sex before marriage is inappropriate...even if you are dying! (I'm sure it probably wasn't a graphic detail (I skipped over this part so I can't be sure)).

Perhaps the third book of the series will close the book nicely and add some morals to it.
Also, it seemed to take forever to get to the whole point of the book. It was like I'm waiting and waiting for the big reveal...and then it's just weird at the end (although again, I didn't completely read it all...lots of skimming, so that could be why...well, no, it was weird.). I'll probably read the third book because I'm curious though. I mean, probably the only reason I didn't like this book was some improper scenes. I like the characters though. And I think Justine's take on magic is an unusual one and that makes it more interesting.

I really wanted to like this series, but this second book was not up to par. And it perhaps made me not want to recommend this book...or rather series, to anyone. Sad.

Oh, but it did kind of scare me. I was kind of scared reading the book. Haha. What a wuss.
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Reading Progress

April 2, 2008 – Shelved
Started Reading
April 4, 2008 – Shelved as: 2008-reads
April 4, 2008 – Finished Reading
April 28, 2008 – Shelved as: fantasy
September 20, 2008 – Shelved as: ya

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