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Halfway through Tamora Pierce's "Wild Magic." It's good. It's YA and I've read some of her YA and really enjoyed it. This one is perhaps a tad more YA than her others, which I thought crossed over to adult without a hitch. There's been a couple of overly-contrived situations and the protag is one of those chosen/gifted where everyone is a little too much in awe of her. Sometimes the protag is all brains and the adults a bit too stupid and then something simple will stump the protag (like asking what a "Magelet" is when someone refers to her as such when she already knows what a Mage is. I mean, let's face it, any 13 year old can put that together without an explanation.) All that said, it's a good, old fashioned fantasy and enjoyable.
I should also mention I'm listening to the audio, so it makes it impossible to skip over the sometimes long descriptions of what everyone is wearing and why. I guess I'm not much of a fashionista (looks down at her t-shirt and shorts. Complete with wrinkles. Nope, no fashionista here.)
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