Magic or Madness Bk. 3:
Magic's Child
by Justine Larbalestier

    MAGIC'S CHILD by Justine Larbalestier
    Category:  Paranormal
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 9+
    Release Date:  3/22/07
    Publisher:  Razorbill
    Reviewed by:  Jocelyn Pearce
    Rating:  5 Stars


    At the start of this wonderful conclusion to a great fantasy trilogy, Reason Cansino is a lot of things most fifteen year
    olds aren't. She's magic. She's pregnant. And she may or may not be entirely human.

    In this continuation of Reason's story, she is falling more and more deeply into the strange, ancient, and inhuman
    power given to her by Raul Cansino. She is becoming more and more scarily powerful--but she's giving up her
    humanity (and maybe that of her unborn child) for that power. She won't die young like so many magic-wielders
    who use their powers unwisely, and neither will she go crazy and end up in the loony-bin with her mother.

    But is giving up her humanity worth it?

    MAGIC'S CHILD is strictly a continuation of an already begun story. It is not a story within itself, really, and, as
    such, should only be picked up by those who have read the first two parts of the trilogy (MAGIC OR MADNESS
    and MAGIC LESSONS). If you haven't read those, well, they're highly recommended, as well!

    Justine Larbalestier's third installment in the MAGIC OR MADNESS trilogy is a good conclusion to the story, one
    that will have readers racing through it as fast as possible. It was a little bit open-ended for my taste, but not in a
    terrible cliffhanger way. It was either a less than fabulous last chapter or a fabulous way to leave the door open for
    another book set in this universe; who knows? Either way, the characters, dialogue, and style of MAGIC'S CHILD
    are all great, it's well worth reading, and I'm looking forward to reading more from Justine Larbalestier.