Astrid's Description: As Ceony prepares to take her final exam, she is shocked to find that her Magician Thane would not be the one to give it. To keep people from saying that Ceony did not rightfully earn her Master Magician status, Magician Thane asked another to give her the test. Not just anyone one was asked. A man who hates Magician Thane and would love to see him fail, was requested to give Ceony her test. 
 Ceony must spend the rest of her apprenticeship with this man. All the while another threat to her life comes for her. 
 Again, the reviews are totally mixed, and I am with the people that loved this book. That being said there was one thing that bothered me. This is supposed to be two years later, and I do not feel like Ceony has matured. 
 She seems just as childish in this book as she did in the others. With the other two it made sense; there were only three months that passed between the two books. It does not work for her to be exactly the same two years later. She is a young girl, that is technically just out of college, so why is there no maturing? I am not the same person I was a year ago, and I can say the same for the majority of people I know. 
 I know that is a little thing, but it bothered me. That is really it though. I still love Charlie's writing style and I still enjoy her books. 
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