Review: Interesting take on magic
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2013
Apprentice (A Wizard's Life) by Eric Guindon is a semi-coming of age story where a young lad of seven is taken by a great and powerful wizard to serve as apprentice.  The story is quite fast paced, but at the expense of depth of characters and backgrounds.What I find most interesting in this work is the author's unique approach to magic.  The book cover shows constellations, and sure enough the magic system utilizes constellations and stars to cast spells.  Astrology in itself is not a new concept, as there are plenty of palm readers in my city who will be happy to foretell your life based on the constellations.  However, Eric Guindon merges astrology with magic in A Wizard's Life series.  It is quite fascinating, and the author devotes a substantial portion of his time explaining this unique system of magic.The author also does a nice job exploring the menial day-to-day life of a lowly apprentice, to a certain degree.  Clearly, due to the youth of the protagonist, his ability to understand his teacher and others are limited to a certain extent.  I hope the author will take this opportunity to have his protagonist learn more about "life" in the next installment of this series, and also fill in more background information about the young apprentice's master.