The Magicians by Lev Grossman [Paperback, Little Shop of Stories]

First book of 2016!  A friend recommended this trilogy to me, and having finished the first, I can’t thank her enough. For me, this was one of those books where real life becomes an annoying inconvenience keeping you away from the next chapter.  The Martian and Seveneves were the other books like that in 2015.

The best way I can describe it is to throw the whole Harry Potter and Narnia series into a blender, and then filter it through a screen of gritty reality.  The result is a well-written, R-rated roller coaster of a book.

I’m heading over to Little Shop of Stories as soon as I can to pick up the next one. Let’s keep this party moving!