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Charlie N. Holmberg

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Fantasy, Romance, History

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Hayao Miyazaki, Brandon Sanderson

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Charlie N. Holmberg is a Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author of fantasy and romance fiction, including the Paper Magician series, the Spellbreaker series, and the Whimbrel House series, and writes contemporary romance under C. N. Holmberg. She is published in over twenty languages and is a Goodreads Choice Award, ALA, and RITA finalist. Born in Salt Lake City, Charlie was raised a Trekkie alongside three sisters who also have boy names. A BYU alumna, she discovered in her thirties that she’s actually a cat person. She lives with her family in Utah. Visit her at www.charlienholmberg.com.

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	The Paper Magician (The Paper Magician, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 89,989 ratings — published 2014 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Keeper of Enchanted Rooms (Whimbrel House, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 56,074 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 49,552 ratings — published 2014 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Master Magician (The Paper Magician, #3) 3.91 avg rating — 40,880 ratings — published 2015 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spellbreaker (Spellbreaker Duology, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 36,747 ratings — published 2020 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spellmaker (Spellbreaker Duology, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 21,801 ratings — published 2021 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heir of Uncertain Magic (Whimbrel House, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 20,025 ratings — published 2023 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Plastic Magician (The Paper Magician, #4) 4.07 avg rating — 18,888 ratings — published 2018 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hanging City 3.95 avg rating — 15,317 ratings — published 2023 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Smoke & Summons (Numina, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 15,058 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Paper Magician (4 books)
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Charlie Holmberg and 2 other people liked Lucie Yocom's review of Lady of Uncanny Charms (Whimbrel House, #5): "I absolutely love this series. I can't wait to get my hands on the last book. I guess I will have to start rereading until it comes out. the anticipation is killing me. I love this author and the way she makes you fall in love with the caricatures in" Read more of this review »
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“Faith is a very personal thing, really. Just because you don’t meet with a group of people once a week who believe everything exactly the way you do doesn’t mean you don’t believe in something.”
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“Everyone has a dark side! But it’s their choice whether or not they cultivate it.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Paper Magician

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“But she still had time. Surely she still had time. Stories like this one weren’t meant to end badly.”
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“Cadoc sighed. “Someday, chief, I’ll avenge your sense of humor. I don’t know who murdered it, but it died before its time.”
― Caitlyn McFarland, Shadow of Flame

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“The world still has rules, we’ve just been playing with an incomplete set.”
― Caitlyn McFarland, Soul of Smoke

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“Wake her up,” she commanded Ashem.

The dark man folded his arms across his chest. “Politeness is the sinew that holds the wing together.”

Exasperated, Kai bared her teeth. “That is especially rich, coming from you. What is it, some kind of dragon proverb?”
― Caitlyn McFarland, Soul of Smoke

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“We don’t have that kind of magic anymore. This world—your world—you could call it our post-apocalypse.”
― Caitlyn McFarland, Soul of Smoke

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“Talking to Rhys was nothing like talking to Cadoc. With Cadoc, everything was a game. He smoldered because he meant to smolder. There was nothing calculated or put on about Rhys, and that made him more mesmerizing than Cadoc could ever hope be.”
― Caitlyn McFarland, Soul of Smoke