Fullmetal Alchemist CH 89

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The Magician's Ward by Patricia C. Wrede

Set about two years after Mairelon the Magician, The Magician’s Ward has Kim’s training as a magician well underway. Her training, however, becomes a secondary consideration when it comes time to introduce Kim to society as Mairelon’s ward. Brought in for that task is Mairelon’s very very proper aunt, Mrs. Lowe. Not about to be upstaged, however, Mairelon’s mother, Lady Wendall comes to town to try to take over. This set up (the two society ladies battling over the proper way to introduce the recalcitrant young miss) can often be irritating, but is loads of fun here.

But we can’t have a plot from just that (ok, you can, but then you just have a typical traditional Regency Romance) so suddenly, we have magic house thieves! Conspiracy to rob magicians of their powers! Foreign princes! I was told that this book is fun, but not quite as fun as MtM, and that’s about right. Both books are Regency capers with magic, but different kinds. MtM is a manor house mystery, and MW is city streets and high society adventure. I admit to being more fond of manor house mysteries.

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