Four star review of The
Plastic Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg
In
the same world as The Paper Magician and it’s sequels, and with a
couple of the same characters. Alvie Brechenmacher from Columbus,
Ohio, a place I know well, is an apprentice studying plastic magic
with Mg. Praff in London. Her friendship with another young woman
Ethel, whose arm was amputated, leads her to want to create a plastic
prosthesis that’s more flexible. The creation of this prosthesis
with Mg. Praff and demonstration at the magicians’ gathering is
interspersed with the budding romance between Alvie and Bennet, who
appeared in the Paper Magician series and is Ethel’s brother, and
the efforts of the villain of the piece to steal and take credit for
the invention. Lighter by far than the Smoke and Shadow series, as
well as less complex than the Paper Magician novels, still I enjoyed it.
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