wundersmith

As Morrigan joins the Wundrous society, she is back to being the source of scorn from her fellow members. Everyone thinks she did not deserve it, and so does she. In this book, she finds her 'talent' and has to comes to terms with it.

The day has finally come when Morrigan actually starts her training with the Wundrous society. But she is immediately ostracised because her group members don't think she belongs. All of them are bound to keep her secret, even if they were scared of her. Even at the society, she is relegated to one awful class where she learns all the atrocities committed by Wundersmiths in the past.

On top of all that, her group is blackmailed into humiliating themselves or their secret comes out. While she is struggling to keep a positive outlook, the original Wundersmith teaches her the powers of the Wunder.

But what worries everyone is Wundrous people are disappearing without any notice. And they are apparently getting sold off in the black Market. Jupiter seems to be busy looking for the kidnapped people and Morrigan does not get to tell her anything.

As Jupiter knows of her ostracisation, he talks to the Societs and they arrange one class with an awkward teacher, who teaches them Nevermoor maps. They find magical alleys in Nevermoor and learn how to cleverly dodge those. Morrigan, Hawthorne and Cadence discover that one of these dark alleys lead to the Black Market. The awkward teacher, Archan is the one who fed information to the Black Market. They manage to save their fellow member from this Market. Morrigan finds out that Wundersmith has been using her Wunder to manipulate things around Nevermoor.

At the end of their year, when the blackmailers ask Morrigan to oust herself, so she does even though she knows that she will be hated. But we find out that the leaders of WS were the blackmailers and that the secret was that their secret was not that of MORRIGAN:

Notable characters:

• Morrigan: Protagonist

• Ezra Squall: Wundersmith (evil)

• Archan Tate: Traitor

• Cadence: Mesmerist

• Francis: Baker

• Hawthorne: Dragon rider

• Lambeth Amara: Can see future

• Thaddea: Fighter

• John Korrapatti: Nephew of Jupiter, can see memories people or things hold dear.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Why I like this book?

• Mia, Tric and Ash: nicely done love triangle

• Mia and Jonnen: The blossoming of their relationship from hate to love.

• How Jonnen was kept as a nine year old? If you know, you know.

• The schemings. There is a huge plot twist I cannot reveal.

• The Story of the Day and Night.

Why I don't like this book?

• The last two battles happen so close to each other, I did not have patience. I knew Scaeva was going to die, so I skimmed th e part.

• The battle with Cleo was anticlimatic. She just died.

• Jonnen is a darkin and he reamins alive. The story was that Mia must assimilate all of the Moon to restore him. I am a bit confused. I mean if he can stay alive, then it did not make sense taht Mia had to die in the first place.

• Very convenient happy ending.