Wednesday, January 25, 2012

The Song of the Quarkbeast by Jasper Fforde

I loved this sequel to The Last Dragonslayer. Jennifer Strange is still temporarily in charge of Kazam, King Snodd is still an incompetent jerk, and Fforde is still as funny and witty as ever. Because Snodd is trying to use the government to control magic, Jennifer finds she must pit Kazam's sorcerers against those of iMagic--and King Snodd and the iMagicians are not against using any means necessary to take Kazam's team out of the picture. The plot comes together nicely with plenty of wit and derring-do. I especially love seeing such an awesome teenager in charge of a bunch of wizards. Plenty to enjoy for everyone (except, perhaps, the fact that US publication lags way behind UK publication for this series).

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