Minor Mage
Oliver was a very minor mage. His familiar reminded him of this several times a day.
He only knew three spells, and one of them was to control his allergy to armadillo dander. His attempts to summon elementals resulted in nosebleeds, and there is nothing more embarrassing than having your elemental leave the circle to get you a tissue, pat you comfortingly, and then disappear in a puff of magic. The armadillo had about wet himself laughing.
He was a very minor mage. Unfortunately, he was all they had.
- Pages
- 182
- First published
- 2019
- Language
- English
- Edition
- Ebook
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- adventurousfunnylightheartedtenseFast-paced
Started January 2, 2026 · Finished January 11, 2026
So I throughly enjoyed this book even though it took me a good minute to get to the end even though it was only twelve chapters. Its not that the story was bad I just kept getting distracted and life got in the way. Lets start with the setting/worldbuilding. (Spoilers ahead Ill just mark everything out so if someone wants to actually read this book youve been warned.) If you want the short version: I really loved how open-world it seemed even though it was basically a straight shot from the village. <spoiler>We start at the edge of the village where our main character, Oliver is being sent out to go get rain because of a drought. Now my first thoughts of this, mainly because his familiar is an armadillo, was are they in some sort of desert? but as it turns out no just regular farmland with some woods off to the west side of town where "no one's ventured before". Within a couple days of walking the two come across a farm where all Oliver can think of is being able to sleep underneath a roof and have a decent meal. Which honestly is a mood. Anyway, the people living there just so happen to be Ghuls (basically Zombies) and they want to eat Oliver and Armadillo (the familiar has an actual name but I feel more comfortable calling him Armadillo ngl) so some hijinks insew involving pigs and a stow(?) Not sure what a stow is but Im guessing its a female pig? Im not gonna spoil the whole book but overall the setting was awesome for the story it wanted to tell.</spoiler> Now the characters: Oliver - The MC: At first I wasnt sure if I was going to like him given the fact Kingfisher drove home the fact he only knew three spells within the first two pages in. He eventually grew on me once he grew a pair and protected himself from an enemy that I wont say here. Did he act like a usual twelve year old boy? Kind of? Mainly being insecure about his magic or lack thereof. Armadillo - The Familiar (companion): God I love him so friggin much. Maybe its because of his sarcastic remarks and him telling Oliver to stop trying to learn a spell not even his mentor could do. Plus he was the main one to guide the group in the right direction. Trebastion - Supporting Character(?): We dont meet him til closer to the middle of the book and like with Oliver I was skeptical that I would like him. Would I in real life? No because I feel like he would be too loud and clumsy for my liking. Now his power? That was pretty interesting to say the least.