Magic Study - Maria V. Snyder I have to admit that I really love finding new series from discount stores! This book is part of a trilogy (Study Trilogy) which I was able to pick up for £5.00 for the three of them from my local 'The Works' shop. The RRP for each book is £6.99 so that is a great saving! Magic Study is the second book in the series. Magic study continues a few months after where 'Poison Study' (book 1) left off. Yelena escaped her execution for murder by becoming the Commander of Ixia's food taster, putting her life on the line every time she tasted food for poison. She was then able to escape life as the ...  Read the complete review

Magic Study is the cracking follow-up to Snyder's debut novel, Poison Study, and sees heroine Yelena returning to the homeland of Sitia that she no longer remembers to be reunited with her family and to begin her magical training. But once there, she finds that life is every bit as complicated in Sitia as it was in Ixia with just as many plots, schemes and people trying to kill her as before! This time around, the plot revolves around the alleged only living descendant of Ixia's Royal line who plots to reclaim the throne he rightfully believes to be his; a brother who seems to resent Yelena's very presence and whom seems convinced that his sister is a spy for ...  Read the complete review