A Wizard Named Nell

Somewhat simplistic but a good base philosophy and really beautiful cover art (the reason I picked up the series) and a pretty quick read.......more

I actually liked this one a fair amount. It's another one of those books where there's a girl proving that she can do what boys can do, or better (it seems like there are a ton of those, nowadays). However, I think it's one of the better books of that sort. I like that there are actually a fair amoun......more

Welp. Despite the many promising aspects of A Wizard Named Nell, this proved disappointing and I do not plan to finish the trilogy, in defiance of the ostentatious semi-cliff-hanger ending. I liked the unexpected reversal of gender-roles: (view spoiler)[girls dressing as a boy is now a bit trite, but boys dressing (hide spoiler)]......more

I read the first book in this series when I was pretty young, and I dismissed it then because I felt like it was a rip off of Harry Potter (the first spell in the book was “Wizzah wazzah wings!” and was used to give a small golden ball wings. Gah). Anyway, I came back to give it a second try now tha......more

As the Imperial Wizard grows ill and darkness reaches closer to the Scepter that protects humanity, Princess Nell defies the rule that boys alone can be part of the great prophecy by sneaking away and attempting the dangerous quest, knowing that her failure could mean the dawn of an ancient evil! Ko......more