Wundersmith by Jessica Townsend
on November 13, 2018
Genres: Young Adult, Action & Adventure, General, Fantasy & Magic, Mysteries & Detective Stories, Social Themes, Emigration & Immigration, Emotions & Feelings, Friendship, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
Pages: 544
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The captivating and heart-pounding sequel to the New York Times bestselling and #1 Kids' Indie Next Pick Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow, as heroine Morrigan battles a new evil.
Morrigan Crow and her best friend Hawthorne Swift are now proud scholars in the elite Wundrous Society, but life is far from perfect. Does Morrigan have what it takes to prove that she belongs in the Society?
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow was an instant New York Times bestseller, an IndieBound bestseller and a #1 Indies Introduce Pick, with movie rights sold to Fox.

Hello!
I’m back again with yet another book review, I’m very glad to be out of my reading slump and to be reading a bit faster for me although a bit slower than the library would like me to. Technically the checkout time in Hawaii is only 2 weeks, but it has been taking me 2.5 weeks if I’m reading pretty consistently. I’ve finally finished another book and that’s why we are here.
I finished the second book in the Nevermoor series called Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow. If you haven’t read my first review on Nevermoor, you can read that here. This book is the continuing story of Morrigan Crow and her life inside Nevermoor. Morrigan Crow has begun her first year with the Wunderous Society with the rest of her class. In this book, we find Jupiter North distracted by disappearances that are happening throughout Nevermoor. He also continues to worry that Morrigan isn’t getting the education she deserves, but isn’t sure how to help her. Morrigan on the other hand worries that she is the reason, her unit is being plagued with threats and wonders if all the urban myths are true.

While, I liked this book and how it drove the story forward in the world of Morrigan Crow. I however didn’t appreciate that in this book that we find that there might be a bigger villain, which we haven’t met yet. I did read somewhere that the author was inspired by Harry Potter and hopes to have that many books for this series as well. I’m interested to see how the story continues and how soon the books come out, since it appears that I will soon be caught up in real time. I would still definitely recommend that you read the series if you haven’t already because this world is just as fanciful as the first book and we find the world slowly expanding in the second book.

I hope that you enjoyed this review and that you will stick around for more reviews coming in the future.

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
on October 31, 2017
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy & Magic, Action & Adventure, General, Mysteries & Detective Stories, Social Themes, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Emigration & Immigration, Friendship, Emotions & Feelings
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback
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A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical world--but is then tested beyond her wildest imagination.
Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she's blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks--and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday.
But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears. Chased by black-smoke hounds and shadowy hunters on horseback, he whisks her away into the safety of a secret, magical city called Nevermoor.
It's then that Morrigan discovers Jupiter has chosen her to contend for a place in the city's most prestigious organization: the Wundrous Society. In order to join, she must compete in four difficult and dangerous trials against hundreds of other children, each with an extraordinary talent that sets them apart--an extraordinary talent that Morrigan insists she does not have. To stay in the safety of Nevermoor for good, Morrigan will need to find a way to pass the tests--or she'll have to leave the city to confront her deadly fate.
This fast-paced plot and imaginative world has a fresh new take on magic that will appeal to a new generation of readers.
 

Hello Everyone!
I’m glad that I feel the love of reading back coming back into my life and I’m definitely feeling refreshed. Hopefully other good news throughout the world is right around the corner regarding this pandemic. Let’s back to the real reason why you’re here the book review.

If I’m being perfectly honest I picked up this book from the used bookstore because I thought the cover was fanciful and lovely then I discovered that I had heard about this book from several booktubers that I enjoy watching as well as other bookstagramers that I love.

I loved the fanciful world that Jessica Townsend created and all the skills that each of the Wunder Society candidates have. I loved the idea of the Wundersmith and the character of Jupiter North. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series to hear more about the life of Morrigan Crow. I am bummed a bit that it is an ongoing series that I after a few books I will have to wait for books to come out.

I’m excited to be back here and sharing more book reviews with you, so hopefully more coming soon. Let me know if you have read this book or any of the other books in the series. I hope to see you here again soon.