Magic's Child (Magic or Madness Trilogy Series #3) Book

In the third and final installment in the Magic or Madness trilogy, only Reason can find answers within her family's magic to save everyone that matters most to her.

Magic's Child is the fantastically gripping conclusion to a trilogy that launched to multiple starred reviews, earning spots on the 2006 BBYA final list, and the Locus 2005 and 2006 Recommended Reading Lists.

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In this final installment of the Magic or Madness trilogy, fifteen-year-old Reason is pregnant as well as infused with a higher form of magic by her centuries-old ancestor. If she succumbs to its power, she will live on a higher plane, impervious to emotions, hunger, pain, and heat while possessing amazing power. Her grandfather and nemesis, Jason, still after her magic, kidnaps her mother, Sarafina. Although Sarafina hates magic, Jason convinces her that magic is good. They join forces to absorb Reason's magic, an action that will kill her. In the meantime, Reason's friends Jay-Tee and Tom connect. When Reason strips Jay-Tee of her magic to save her life, Tom and Jay-Tee must address their magical differences. In an anticlimactic ending, Reason forms her own decisions about magic, which will impact her entire family. The writing in this trilogy has progressively deteriorated. Readers are constantly reminded that using magic results in premature death, whereas not using it causes insanity. Jay-Tee's wondering how she can live without magic is a new repetitive theme. The action is lackluster. Jay-Tee and Tom's relationship is mushy. The book's short climax does not warrant the extended lead up. The integration of numerical formulas and beams of light is confusing and muddled. Although the book stands on its own, readers of the first two installments will better understand this book. Series fans might be interested in the outcome, but they most likely will be disappointed.