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Sourcewell Academy
Magic is dying. But there is a prophecy…
15-year-old Ellie doesn’t know about any prophecy. Or magic, for that matter. Life with her scheming guardian in Brooklyn has been anything but magical.
So when a young sorcerer, Thorn, shows up intent on bringing Ellie to Sourcewell Academy, the preeminent school of magic on the East Coast, incredible new possibilities begin to take shape. Yet the freedom and belonging she seeks at Sourcewell are overshadowed when she learns of the prophecy and her connection to it.
While Thorn strives to keep the prophecy at bay, other forces work to bring it to light. Forces willing to put Ellie through tortuous tests and magical trials.
For the prophecy of the Omenborn concerns the fate of magic itself. And Ellie finds her own fate and her very survival at stake.
15-year-old Ellie doesn’t know about any prophecy. Or magic, for that matter. Life with her scheming guardian in Brooklyn has been anything but magical.
So when a young sorcerer, Thorn, shows up intent on bringing Ellie to Sourcewell Academy, the preeminent school of magic on the East Coast, incredible new possibilities begin to take shape. Yet the freedom and belonging she seeks at Sourcewell are overshadowed when she learns of the prophecy and her connection to it.
While Thorn strives to keep the prophecy at bay, other forces work to bring it to light. Forces willing to put Ellie through tortuous tests and magical trials.
For the prophecy of the Omenborn concerns the fate of magic itself. And Ellie finds her own fate and her very survival at stake.
272 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 18, 2018
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December 23, 2018
I got to beta read The Omenborn: Book 1 a few months ago and I loved it. While I started with pen in hand looking for typos, I soon found myself reading past bedtime, pen forgotten on the table beside me. If you enjoy the magical boarding school genre (Harry Potter, A Great and Terrible Beauty, The Magicians, Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, etc.), I think you'll devour this.
The best genre books understand that readers want something similar to what they already know and love but with a different spin. So while The Omenborn reminds me of many other books and series I’ve read, it is also its own distinct flavour and kept me guessing.
I can’t wait to read Book 2, which, as with many series, promises to take us deeper into the histories of its magic and its characters. I'm especially intrigued by Arabella Thrace...
The best genre books understand that readers want something similar to what they already know and love but with a different spin. So while The Omenborn reminds me of many other books and series I’ve read, it is also its own distinct flavour and kept me guessing.
I can’t wait to read Book 2, which, as with many series, promises to take us deeper into the histories of its magic and its characters. I'm especially intrigued by Arabella Thrace...
October 18, 2019
Couldn't get past the writing quality, and I've read a lot of books with bad writing.
The sentence and paragraph structure is stilted and exceptionally difficult to read.
The sentence and paragraph structure is stilted and exceptionally difficult to read.
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