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    Queste: Septimus Heap Book 4

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    Enter the world of Septimus Heap, Wizard Apprentice. Magyk is his destiny.

    Septimus faces a perilous quest to find Nicko and Snorri, who have been trapped back in time.

    Everyone at the Castle is realising that Nicko and Snorri's chances of coming back are slim. Septimus, aided by Alchemist Marcellus Pye, learns of a place where all time meets: the House of Foryx. But how does he get there? Jenna and Septimus find Nicko's notes from the past and discover that he knows of the House of Foryx as well and has been creating a map to plot the house's hidden location. With the help of the Questing Stone and Nicko's faded maps, will Septimus be able to save Nicko and Snorri?

    Meanwhile, Simon Heap has taken on Merrin Meredith, former apprentice to DomDaniel, as his own apprentice, giving Merrin an opportunity he has been waiting years for. With the help of a frightening creature called a Thing, Merrin plans to reclaim the identity he used to have . . . that of Septimus Heap.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateFeb 2, 2012
    ISBN9781408830888
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    Queste: Septimus Heap Book 4
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    Angie Sage

    ANGIE SAGE was born in London and grew up in the Thames Valley, London, and Kent. She loves the sea, spooky old houses, and time traveling (the easy way, by reading history books). Angie has created many books for children, including the New York Times bestselling series Septimus Heap and Araminta Spookie. She lives in England. Visit her online at www.angiesage.com and on Twitter @AngieSageAuthor.

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    • 4/5
      A fun fantasy novel that kids will really get into. Longer review to come.
    • 4/5
      To be honest, when I began this book I wasn't sure I'd like it. I am not at all a fan of spelling magic as "magyk" and I thought that sort of thing would drive me nuts. But then a wonderful thing happened: I fell into the world of this book and didn't come out until I'd finished it, hours later. The feeling of reading it reminded me of how I felt when I was a young adult (or even younger) and discovering fantasy books for the first time. I'm looking forward to curling up with a cup of hot chocolate and book two as soon as I can.
    • 4/5
      I really liked this book: as you know I had read Book 3 for our tag, and I liked the story so much, that I have decided to read the entire series.

      As "Ordinary Wizard" Silas Heap is on his way home, he finds an infant hidden under a bush in the snow. Upon crossing the gate "Extra Ordinary Wizard" Marsha orders Silas to "tell no one" of his find. When Silas returns home to his wife Sarah he finds the midwife rushing out the door with his seventh son, Sepitums, saying that the baby is dead.... So begins the story of Sepitmus Heap, the seventh son of the seventh son, Queenling Jenna, the found infant, and the battle to save castle from the Evil Dom Daniel....

      The story has a myriad of colorful and magykal characters: Boy 412, The Hunter, Extra Ordinary Wizard ghost Alther Mella, the Heap family, the Keeper AuntZelda, the Boggart, and the now awakened Dragon Boat. Adventure, suspense, even humor all together for a very good read.
    • 4/5
      I had really high hopes for this book since it was recommended by a friend. I was not disappointed. I did feel it was slightly difficult to follow in the beginning 10 or so chapter's but after that it was smooth sailing. As the mother of 4 I have a feeling these books are going to get alot of use.
    • 5/5
      Magyk takes place during medieval times and is about one baby, a boy named Septimus Heap, who disappears at night and another, Jenna, that is abandoned in the woods and found by Septimus' father the same night. During the story, it is discovered that Jenna is a Princess and that assassins are trying to kill her. Septimus' family protects her by moving to Marram Marsh, a land filled with magical creatures, to live with Aunt Zelda, a wizard. I thought this book was extremely creative. The author created a magical world filled with so many details, and clever touches such as rhyming names for all of the characters, that the story truly came alive in my mind. My favorite part was when they found the dragon boat under Aunt Zelda's house and rescued the extraordinary wizard.
    • 4/5
      Enjoyable easy read. I predicted early on what I thought would happen and it did. Silas and Sarah have 6 boys. Her seventh son seems to have died at birth and the same day as they experience this loss, they find an abandoned baby girl that the Extraordinary Wizard advises they must not tell anyone they found her. The story picks up 10 years later when DomDaniel is attempting to retake the Extraordinary Wizard position. He previously held this position but due to his practice of dark magic, his apprentice manages to extricate him from the position. You learn who the baby girl belongs to and the story unfolds from there.
    • 4/5
      Slow starting, but good after about a quarter through. Must read the next one now...
    • 4/5
      if you like Harry potter you'll love this book.
    • 4/5
      Wonderful characters, predictable plot
    • 4/5
      I love Sage's voice in this. I wish she'd turn the snark up half a degree, but as-is, I'll take what I can get. I wish they hadn't made the parentage issue so obvious, but it's for kids, they probably wouldn't have seen it coming.
    • 4/5
      There's something about the seventh son of a seventh son that grabs my attention, which is just what this book did, lying in a huddle (or would that be a chapter) of books set out for others to pick up at a recent fantasy con I attended. Apparently this is the start of a series, and had the misfortune to come out during the craze involving another boy wizard, thus got kind of buried. But it's got charm of its own, and some lovely characters. (I admit to being thrown a couple of times when locations/descriptions distinctly our own world slipped in there (Roman, Sargasso Sea, etc) I'd assumed another world, or an alternate one, so it knocked the flow back a peg for me.) I also liked that this was not necessarily a story about a boy, or about a girl, but about several different young folk finding their truths and their paths.Will pass this on to a friend who has kids in the target age range.
    • 3/5
      Sage is a great storyteller. At first I was not fond of her writing and found myself annoyed at similarities that seemed to be taken from other such novels. Still, her story is original and good. I might even try #2.
    • 5/5
      I enjoyed this middle grade fantasy story. The cast of characters were varied and enjoyable (down to the messenger rat). The story had a humor that kept me reading. The ending was a little predictable, but the humor and characters made it enjoyable, nonetheless. I will definitely continue the series.
    • 5/5
      My grandson loved this series.
    • 4/5
      A promising beginning to a fun series. The Heap family are loving and practical and hopeful. The wizards and interesting. The adventure is exciting. And this book explores the idea of identity and figuring out who you are.
    • 2/5
      Children's fiction; magic/adventure. This might have been better when read vs. heard on audio, I thought the pacing wasn't fast enough (couldn't they figure out the true identity of Boy 412 already?!!?) but it wasn't a bad story, and there were lots of funny moments. Would recommend to HP fans (if they haven't already read it).
    • 4/5
      Fun children's book. Fun characters.
    • 1/5
      Terrible. Relying on virtually every fantasy trope available, this is the most pointlessly formulaic book I've ever read. The phrase, "Don't waste your time," seems tailor-made for this tome.
    • 4/5
      Sure, it's derivative and you'll recognize a lot of parallels to the Harry Potter books. However, it's different enough to be thoroughly enjoyable for the young reader in it's own right. The characters are engaging and easy for a youngster to identify with, the situations pile fantasy upon fantasy in a combination of adventure and pure fun that make it a very worthwhile read. Recommended.
    • 4/5
      3.5 stars. Very satisfying magical adventure. The only bothersome flaws are that some of the writing is terribly clunky, and the epilogue of what happened to various super-minor characters totally undermines the story's end.

      There are some obvious references to The Hobbit, Harry Potter, Terry Pratchett's Witches & Watch books, and Susan Cooper's Dark is Rising series, but in a good way? You can't write a children's fantasy novel without hitting half a dozen classic tropes, but here they're nicely inverted and sent off in other directions.

      EDIT: I got maybe 20 pages into Book 2 and couldn't go any further. TERRIBLE. Really disappointing. But Book 1 was a good read.
    • 2/5
      Blah. I'm sorry, is that rude? I don't want to be rude. I know I promised I wouldn't keep reading book that didn't fully entertain me, but then there is the problem of that they cost a lot of money when they are audio books. And I have to wait before I can buy a new one. And, it was mildly entertaining enough to sort of want to continue. Sort of. Here's what's wrong:

      First: The point of view problems were horrendous. I never knew who was thinking what and the jumps were disconcerting to say the least. Second, The story was uninteresting. I would just start to think it was going to get interesting when... ug. Third: What was with the end? What the heck was that? A synopsis of all the characters that I didn't even care enough to know were in the book in the first place?

      There was a couple of strengths I felt the author had. There were sprinkles of really good humor. And there were brief moments of really good writing where I felt like the world was real, but for some reason, they were not sustained. I think she has potential to write really good stories as she works on her craft, but I don't want to keep reading until I find out when that happens. And I don't know if I can trust other people because so many people liked this one! I don't get it.
    • 3/5
      This is an easy and entertaining read, if somewhat predictable. I picked it up because my 10 year old daughter is reading the series. I think she is the intended audience, and she definitely enjoyed the book more than I did. My lack of complete enjoyment was simply the predictability, the writing is good and some parts are even clever. There is a mysterious infant taken in by a family whose 7th son has just died. There is a dead Queen and a hostile takeover of the government. There is, in fact, a lot going on. Some mature themes, assassination, adoption, bad people who want to kill people, icky monsters.
    • 3/5
      I often found myself thinking how much this book wanted to be Harry Potter, not that the story was derivative it just ached to be something it wasn't. I did tire of all the misspelt words: Magyk, Darke etc as there were times when the pages were littered with them. Once I learned to ignore them I could enjoy the story so much more.

      Magyk, is a pleasant book, easy going and one which would be good to read at bed time to a 10 year old. There were no surprises, for me at least, it's all a bit too obvious. Having said that it is also fun to read and you get through it quick rapidly. All in all I liked it enough to pick up the sequel and read that too.

      So 3 out of 5 is fair enough.
    • 4/5
      Not too derivative, reasonably gender balanced, will keep reading (the library seems to have a bunch of them.)
    • 4/5
      Magyk is fun and creative, if a little predictable to us adult readers. I enjoyed the worlds of the Castle and Draggen Island and meeting ExtraOrdinary Wizard ghosts, talking Message Rats, friendly Boggarts, and living, breathing dragon boats.And now for the inevitable comparison... is this as good as Harry Potter? I think the Harry books are smarter, in an academic sense, and therefore a little richer. But, I will gladly continue with Septimus's story and will share them with kids I know.
    • 2/5
      my rating of 2 stars is a bit misleading. it was tough for me to decide how many stars because it contains some really great elements but it falls short in many other areas. i also have to say that i did not finish this- i think i saw enough in the first third of the book. but i did not stop because it was horrible... let me 'splain.

      the world described in Magyk seems interesting and comfortable. there appear to be wizards everywhere as a part of everyday life. anyone can be one given enough devotion to study the art of Magyk. the layout of the main city -really a large castle- reminds me of King's Landing in George R.R. Martin's the Song of Ice and Fire but it's only vaguely similar rather than a rip off. the Heap family is reminiscent of he Weasley's from Harry Potter but the author does not have the knack with names that Rowling does. lots of comparisons here, i know. but that's how it seemed to me: very derivative and unabashedly cobbled together from some of the best modern mythology out there. no shame in that since Joseph Campbell taught us that there's really only one Hero and he/she wears a 1000 faces and follows only a few variations of the same journey/adventure.

      to cut to the chase: this book seems like it was written by a small child. "and then this happened and then this; and that person was there; and then a Bad Man showed up..." this is indicative of the story itself unfolds rather than the prose. the writing is fine and even somewhat melodic and fairy tale-ish but the plot and storyline leave MUCH to be desired. without giving too much away POSSIBLE SPOILERS- why would the ExtraOrdinary Wizard fear enough for the princess's life after a military coup by assassination to hide her with the Heap family only to come and find her 10 years later by walking boldly and openly down through the city to retrieve her? also: the princess was hidden with a fairly prominent ex-apprentice of the old ExtraOrdinary Wizard who was killed at the same time by the same assassin that killed the Queen. also: the Heap family experienced the death of a baby boy (Septimus) just in time for the princess to be found and replenish their numbers. now, he did NOT die... and is reintroduced within pages as a hapless tower guard known as "Boy 412." contrivance after contrivance is used to get everyone where they are to be next without thought of any real world consequences, thus i did not care for anyone at all by the time i stopped reading.

      long story short- the plot is not believable even by fairy tale standards. but it was difficult to give this a Bad Review because i think, on one hand, this book would be great to be read to very small children under age 7. much older than this, and i think they'll start to ask some real probing questions like "why didn't Marcia retrieve the princess from the Heap's secretly in some wizardly way?" "why was it so easy for the Heaps to enter the Wizard's Tower?" "why did Marcie have to run from the assassin in the heart of HER OWN TOWER?" too much and not enough. however, it's not so easy to just say "this is for wee ones" and be done because there are certain themes and passages that are pretty harsh- like the assassination of the queen. she's shot through the chest and it describes the bullet passing through her heart and lodging itself in the wall behind her. ugg.

      therefore, i settled on 2 stars instead of 3 - or even 4. some elements are worthy of 4 stars and the overall feel is that of 3 but the preponderance of plot holes cannot be overlooked, therefore, a 2. enjoy!
    • 4/5
      An enjoyable and immersive read. The variety of characters and locations really fleshed out the world nicely. The story was fun to follow and I found the good guys relatable. So little time was spent fleshing out the bad guy, he was just vaguely evil in description and actions, very one dimensional. I suppose since this is the first of a series, he was mostly a vehicle to move the story. I actually found the Hunter a better foe than domDaniel.
    • 4/5
      This was a very fun read! The characters were enjoyable, the action was fast, and the pace was perfect for a book in the YA genre.

      I read some of the other reviews and saw many negative comments about the reading level and pandering style of the author. I don't agree with that at all, and think this is the perfect book to engage the more hesitant readers in middle school grades. At a hefty 500 pages, this type of book is needed to encourage and hook young readers, making them readers for life.

      I am also loathe to read reviews where this is compared to the Harry Potter series. While it is a fantasy book, with wizards and such, this is a totally different story. It cannot be compared, and suffers from the expectation that a comparison with the best-selling series in history invites. This is its own story, with simple and straightforward characters, clear action, and an intriguing storyline.

      Buy this for your middle schooler and get ready for a love affair with Septimus Heap!

      Highly recommended.
    • 5/5
      I wish this series would never end. I am currently reading book #6 "Darke", and decided to come back to the beginning to encourage others towards these treasures.

      I am a Harry Potter fan, so was looking for something the fill the character void at the end of book seven. I found "Magyk" at a local bookstore, and almost immediately fell down the rabbit hole. This is young adult fiction...but very grown-up and magykal.

      I will not give any spoilers, but I will say that if you love being immersed in another world...pick this book up and let it rival your favorite fantasy series!
    • 4/5
      When Ordinary Wizard Silas Heap's son Septimus dies. He is very sad. Then, he finds a little girl in the snow and names her Jenna but for some reason the Supreme Custodian wants her. That sends them on a wild goose chase.