Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica TownsendMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
What a great debut, this was such a fun book! This book had a little bit of everything, magic, fantastical characters, curses, and great friends.
Morrigan Crow expects to die on her 11th birthday because she is supposedly cursed. Bad things happen everywhere she goes, and if she is anywhere near anything remotely unfortunate she gets blamed and her father pays the damages to save his reputation. Morrigan's luck changes when Jupiter North, a strange man from a strange place called Nevermoor, offers to take Morrigan away from her fated death to compete for a place in the Wondrous Society. Jupiter is a member of the society as he has a talent kind of see the future, that isn't exactly his talent, but it is the best way to describe it. He is convinced Morrigan can pass the trials to get into the Society even though she doesn't know what her talent is yet. He assures her that he's seen it all and he'll take care of everything. Morrigan knows that the Society is her only hope because she can't go back home. While preparing for her trials, Morrigan moves into Jupiter's hotel where she meets and befriends all sorts of people and creatures.
While this is most definitely not Harry Potter, it gives you the same vibe. It is creative, fun, action packed, has great friendships, and has those same types of elements you expect from a magical middle grade fantasy. I highly recommend it. I can't wait to read the next one.
I also recommend the audio book. I mostly read the ebook, but the audiobook was excellent as well.
I read this to fulfil my popsugar challenge prompt to read a debut novel, and I really loved it. Can't wait for the next installment.
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