Physik

Physik
Author: Angie Sage
Series: Magyk (#3)
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
How Received: library

When Silas Heap unSeals a forgotten room in the Palace, he releases the ghost of a Queen who lived five hundred years earlier. Queen Etheldredda is as awful in death as she was in life, and she's still up to no good. Her diabolical plan to give herself everlasting life requires Jenna's compliance, Septimus's disappearance, and the talents of her son, Marcellus Pye, a famous Alchemist and Physician. And if Queen Etheldredda's plot involves Jenna and Septimus, then it will surely involve Nicko, Alther Mella, Marcia Overstrand, Beetle, Stanley, Sarah, Silas, Spit Fyre, Aunt Zelda, and all of the other wacky, wonderful characters that made magyk and flyte so memorable.

I hadn't read the other books in a while - thankfully, my memory was jogged after a while and I was able to remember the basics - but I enjoyed this quite a lot. The writing style is rather unique, as is the plot line and the type of magic - or should I say magyk - that is used. The characters are invigorating, but, occasionally, you just get bored and have to put it down. Not that there's anything wrong with it, it's just a lot (for me, at least) to handle in one sitting.

Overall Rating: 8/10
Magyk or Eragon?: As much as I love Eragon, the character that the book is named after has a tendency to get on my nerves after a while (kind of like Bella in Twilight). Magyk has better characters, but, overall, I enjoy Eragon more.

Happy reading!

~Nicole