I love books about magic, but I've never figured out why. I'm sure there's some deep dark psychological meaning that I'm deeply flawed. Oh well, too late now.
In some ways this story line has been used many times: Young girl finds she has a special talent, family and friends are uncomfortable with this talent, girl is brought to a "school" for special training, teachers and training are too confining, schoolmates are jealous of her talent, girl breaks out on her own.
And yet, and yet, it was a very good read and I had no idea where it was going. The story is told from two different narratives, now (events being related by another) and then (the girl telling her story to the other). The Now narrative is much darker and the reader knows from the first that something has gone terribly wrong in her life. There are castles and dragons and monsters, kings and princes and knights, there is magic, both good and bad. There is flirtation and love, life and death and something in between. Don't be surprised if it's optioned for a movie.
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