The Wizard Heir

The Wizard Heir

Joseph McCauley never really had a family, all he had was a foster mother, and a guardian that he had never really met. Joseph is also a wizard, untrained at that. Many bad things happen around Seph in the beginning of the book. Seph is at a party, where he meets another wizard like himself, but she gives him a drink that makes his power go wild. He burns that building down, along with it one of his close friends.
The authorities ask Seph to leave the city, so Seph so called guardian enrolls him in a private school in Maine. Seph, without trying to, revels that he is a wizard to the headmaster. The headmaster, Gregory Leicester approaches Seph, and tells him that he can help train him, but only if he absolutely committed. Leicester tries to force Seph to perform a ritual that will link them together joining their magic, and basically making Seph Leicester slave. Seph flat out refuses, and in doing so he has made many enemies at his new school.
The headmaster continually tortures Seph with horrible nightmares, day and night. When Seph is just about to crack, he meets another student very much like himself. Jason Haley. Jason like Seph refused to join with Leicester, and he and Seph become good friends. Jason teaches Seph how to control, and use his magic, but he also shows him how to in essence leave his body so that he can actually get some sleep. Leicester finds out that Jason is helping Seph, so he leaves. Leicester later tells Seph that he killed Jason. Seph finds a way to send a desperate e-mail out to people.
Linda Downey comes to get him, and charms the headmaster into letting them leave. Linda is an enchanter. She takes Seph to a place called Trinity, Ohio, which has been made a sanctuary where no black magic can be performed. Seph settles into a good life there, after all that he has been through.
Despite the sanctuary Seph is still being attacked by Leicester and his Alumni, his slaves in essence, whenever he leaves the sanctuary. On a sailboat outing with his friends, a storm over takes them and Seph, convinced its after him jumps overboard into a small raft. He floats to an island where he is again capture by Leicester.
What will happen to Seph? Will he make it out alive, or will he die in Leicester’s prison? Will he ever find out who his parents are, is it really true that they are dead? You will just have to read it to find out.

I really loved the book The Wizard Heir. It was a fantastic book, and I whipped right on through it, it’s the type of book that you can’t put down. Once you start it you have to finish it. The book, to me was really interesting because it is actually the second in a series, the first of which is The Warrior Heir. I recommend both books, but also you need to start with the first one to understand this one. I’m really into the wizardry thing, and warrior thing so that is why this book was really good for me. The book itself is kind of a action, mystery type plot, so if you are into that than you would probably like this book as well. This book, I think will appeal to many different varieties of readers as it includes many different themes, and genres that a lot of people are interested in.
There are many different characters in the book, and they all in one way or another have something in common, this could be the fact that almost all of the main characters in the book have magical powers, or it could just be that many of them have had similar experiences, tragedy, and loss, ect. You learn a lot about the characters and you feel as if you are really there experiencing what the characters are experiencing. It makes me feel like I can just jump right into the book and become one of the characters, because the author, Cinda Williams Chima, gives you such an insight into the characters life, and she makes the characters seem so much more real. So if you think that this book sounds good, I highly recommend that you read it, but I would advise you to start with the first book in to series that I mentioned earlier, because it gives you a lot of background information that you will need to know to have this book make any sense to you. I highly recommend that you read this book.
Review by: Abby