Sufficiently Advanced Magic

How it reads

Sufficiently Advanced Magic is fantasy (progression fantasy, specifically), and its dominant mood is adventurous. It's driven by momentum, discovery and getting into trouble. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.

It's set in an invented world, in the present day, told in the first person by a single narrator. Its central concerns are coming of age, identity and secrets. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.

It opens a series. It ends on a cliffhanger, so have the next book ready. It's a long book, and a real commitment. It's well known, the kind of book most keen readers have heard of.