Much of Novik's attention here feels severely misplaced. This globe-trotting adventure quickly turns into a slog, however, as triumphs and tribulations flatten under the weight of exposition and poor pacing. Getting back into the fallen Scholomance requires a huge supply of mana, as does killing a maw-mouth, and so El must first journey to the world's most powerful wizard enclaves in search of allies. Fearing that Orion has been eaten by a maw-mouth-a creature that hopelessly traps its victims in a painful, never-ending dying process-El sets out to end his suffering forever. Following their run through a gauntlet of monsters in a grisly graduation rite, her fake boyfriend–turned–true love, Orion, shoved her through the Scholomance's magical exit and did not follow. After graduating from her monster-infested high school, a young witch determined to overcome her inclinations toward dark magic finds that she alone can stave off wizarding society's collapse.Īfter spending the last four years of her life locked up in the Scholomance-a school carved from interstitial space where mages' children go to hone their craft-Galadriel "El" Higgins returns to the real world heartbroken.
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