BOOK REVIEW FOR SEPTIMUS HEAP-BOOK 1 MAGYK

Reviewer’s Name: Ian Andrew Naccarella Age: 10

Title: Septimus Heap – Book 1 Magyk Author: Angie Sage

Quality Rank Popularity Rank
5Q (couldn’t be better) 5P (everyone will read this)

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In the “magyk” world the number “7” is magical. Septimus Heap is the 7th son of the 7th son, which makes him most “magykcal.” The story starts with the Matron Midwife screaming about the death of Septimus Heap and Silas, Septimus’ father, finding a baby girl, Jenna, who is the princess and whose mother, the Queen, was just murdered by the Assassin. Silas took Jenna in and raised her as one of his own children, but Jenna was also watched over and protected by the powerful Extraordinary Wizard Marcia Overstrand. Her enemy DomDaniel, the ex-ExtraOrdinary Wizard turned Necromancer, installed the Supreme Custodian to search and destroy Jenna so he could come back to the Castle and rule the country. Magyk takes the reader through the escapes by the Heap family from DomDaniel’s assassins. What will happen? Will DomDaniel rule? Will Jenna and friends defeat DomDaniel? To find out more read Magyk.
I like Angie Sage’s writing, because she introduces a lot of interesting characters and gives them a good reason to be in the story. For example, she added a real dragon to be used as a boat to rescue Marcia from DomDaniel. She added it by having the children hiding in a tunnel and accidentally opening the door to a dragon inhabited temple. Boy 412, a young army guard, tells its history that he once had read in a book. She also added a message rat, a guy called Mad Jack, Shield Bugs (vicious bugs that defend whoever freed them from the jar that they were formed in), and Magogs (slimy and poisonous things that serve DomDaniel). All these new characters added more to the story and made it more interesting. Another thing I liked about the book is that it gave you magic spells that you can try for yourself. One of the spells is an Unseen spell, but when I tried it I could not make myself unseen.
I recommend this book; it had a lot of twists and turns and is very exciting. Magyk makes you want to continue reading more to find out what happens next. The ending of the book tied everything together for you. As you read the book you can see the story happening in your head because Angie Sage is very descriptive in her story telling. I can’t wait till the next book comes out. My rating is: ***** out of five.