The Incandescent
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Emily Tesh
Naomi Novik's Scholomance series meets Plain Bad Heroines in this sapphic dark academia fantasy by instant national and international bestselling author Emily Tesh, winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards."Look at you, eating magic like you're one of us."Doctor Walden is the Director of Magic at Chetwood School and one of the most powerful magicians in England. Her days consist of meetings, teaching A-Level Invocation to four talented, chaotic sixth formers, more meetings, and securing the school's boundaries from demonic incursions.Walden is good at her job—no, Walden is great at her job. But demons are masters of manipulation. It’s her responsibility to keep her school with its six hundred students and centuries-old legacy safe. And it’s possible the entity Walden most needs to keep her school safe from—is herself.
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More Details:
Author
Emily Tesh
Pages
432
Publisher
Tor Publishing Group
Published Date
2025-05-13
ISBN
1250835011 9781250835017
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"Having an interesting take on the magical school setting, The Incandescent follows an akward by the books school teacher Dr. Walden and the unique challenges she faces. She has to teach and try to connect with kids, learning dangerous magic, and more and more things at the school system failing her as the novel runs its course.
The novel also gets quite dark at times and takes itself pretty seriously. Throughout the novel, Walden often finds herself in difficult situations, having to make use of her quick wit. Contrasting that, the book contains other things like jokes and Walden being an out of touch millennial, bringing a touch of much needed levity. I have not quite read a book like this one, and while it was quite good, at times, things seemed a bit off, and the book is difficult to recommend to the average person."
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John Lahammer
