First Year

This is the first book by Rachel E. Carter that I have read and I enjoyed it. It reminded me in some ways of the Triwizard Tournament in Harry Potter. Three factions of students at the Academy all trying to become the best they could be to win a spot and be able to continue in one of the three fields of either Combat, Restoration or Alchemy.

The novel had lots of action, a little romance and the characters were interesting and complex enough to keep me interested. The story ended in a satisfactory way so that if you never read book #2 you would still be ok with the ending. I did just purchase the second one though, as I was interested in seeing what happened next.