Magic+Steps

 Magic Step                                                                                                                                                                  I have rated Magic steps 3/5. I sort of liked it but sometimes it was a bit boring. There wasn’t much excitement and I didn’t really understand what the story problem was until the end. Sometimes I wondered what the story was about and whether it was going to get into the conclusion yet. I did think it was an Okay read. I also only rated in 3/5 because I think it needed more excitement and suspense. It needed more of a storyline. The things I like about magic steps were the magic. It was really clever the way Tamora made the magic work and the fact that Pasco dances magic. It is a serious book and I like the way she tells it about Sandry. I also like all the characters and how Tamora made them all feel like people. I could understand all the characters feeling. Another thing I noticed in the book was that there were two or three different scenes going on at once. The first one was Pasco, and how he could dance. Second, were Alzena and Nurhar. They are the murderers at the end of the story these two scenes come together. What I noticed was that there was a lot of murdering in this book. It was a bit gross the way Tamora described it. I really think this book needed more purpose and more excitement.

Magic steps is about a young mage, named Sandry. A mage is a person who has magical abilities. Sandry finds Pasco, another mage. Pasco refuses to admit that he does magic, but when he accidentally hangs his cousins up in the air, he is forced to admit it. Pasco is a strange mage because he dances magic. Sandry must teach him to control his magic, because there is no dance-mage in Summersea or Winding circle to teach him. Sandry takes Pasco to a dance school to learn dance. Meanwhile, two killers Alzena and Nurhar are killing off the Rokat family. Sandry and her uncle Duke Vedris have to deal with the Rokat family. Sandry finds out that the killers are using un-magic a type of magic that turns you into nothingness. You can’t be seen. Alzena and Nurhar have a mage that puts them under un-magic. Sandry works out a way to trap the killers, she gets Pasco to dance a net with un-magic to try and pull the killers in. It works and Sandry gets rid of Alzena and Nurhar. I would suggest this book to someone who likes a laid-back, slow adventure. It comes good in the end.