The Wizard Heir (The Heir Chronicles, 2) Paperback – June 10, 2008

I read this book and finished it this morning. First of all, I am an 11 year old boy who is using my Mom's account with permission, so bear with me. I literally stayed up till 10 for 4 nights in a row reading this :D !! It took about a day for it to start getting really awesome, but once it did, I couldn't put it down.I loved it. I have read The Warrior Heir also, and I reccomend that you read that first, it makes the book better. I am on the Dragon Heir now! I loved it and it has all the characters from the first book about halfway in. There is a VERY unexpected twist about Linda Downey and Lee Hastings at the end. Seph is the main character, and his parents are apparently dead. He has been told the same lie over and over: Your dad was a software engineer, died in a fire. He looked at his birth records and they were FAKE. He can't find his parents, and he is an untrained wizard, but those become the least of his troubles when he is kicked out of Toronto for causing a fire. Then, he find out he is being sent to a boys only school. He is very angry, because having no girls in a school can be really tough! Then, he finds out that this weird headmaster guy is a wizard who will train Seph for a big cost. There are lots of twists, and I absolutely loved it!

Came in perfect condition, absolutely thrilled.

"The Wizard Heir" is the sequel to "The Warrior Heir" a fairly good book that I read some time back, and the second in a trilogy.Chima's stories can be rather predictable, as I believe I already covered in my review of the first book. Before even picking up this book, I read the excerpt included at the end of "The Warrior Heir" and the description on the cover of this book. Before I even opened this book, I figured out the mystery of the parentage of Seph, the new protagonist replacing Jack for this book. After finishing it, I can say that my first instinct was 100% correct. Does that say something about it?However, I'm not the kind of reader who has a book ruined for me just because I know the twist that's coming. If anything, it strengthened my interest, because this new wizard heir fellow suddenly had a connection, in my mind, to two characters I was familiar with from the first book, not just some random new guy tossed up who I had no connection with, butting out the characters I actually did like. I'm glad I did, because after reading through this book, I came to like Seph a lot. In truth, I think it was an improvement to shift to his POV, now. Jack was still a bit too much of a Standard Teenaged Male Protagonist, and I think I like him better when he's put into the role of a secondary character who still has an important role to play but is no longer the protagonist. We see his POV here still, along with several others, but Seph's is the main one. I approve of the way Chima handles her POV characters, and it is a much needed relief after "The Wheel of Time" which despite its quality suffered from the problem of too many POV characters who simply weren't interesting. Chima enriches the story with her careful selection of these characters rather than bogging it down with them.This book was enjoyable throughout, a definite improvement in characterization and story over "The Warrior Heir," thanks in no small part to the characters having already established themselves in the first book, and the unimportant ones having reduced or nonexistent roles. (Goodbye, Fitch. Sure won't miss you.) Seph had the bulk of the character development, though not all of it, but that wasn't a problem, since with a few exceptions, this was more about seeing the characters I already knew in action than watching them make serious changes. I think Chima is quite a bit better about writing about established characters than developing new ones, as I didn't think much highly of the character development in the first book. However, Seph's is definitely an improvement.I enjoyed the ending as well, particularly as the penultimate chapter carried a revelation regarding the identity of the Dragon that I hadn't seen coming. I'd thought I had the obvious suspect nailed early on, only to have that expectation brilliantly dashed in what was perhaps the one twist that wasn't predictable. I was impressed.All in all, "The Wizard Heir" is an improvement over the first book and well written for what it is. Will I get the third book, "The Dragon Heir"? Probably, and if not immediately, eventually. In terms of story and such, this series is not really extraordinary, which is why it doesn't rate five stars from me. It's good, but not particularly great, and I don't really feel any rush to go get the last book. However, I do plan to finish it eventually, as Chima is obviously improving as an author."The Wizard Heir" gets a solid four stars, with hopes here that the third book will improve even farther.

If you enjoyed the first book, there's no way you won't enjoy The Wizard Heir. As I was reading the first parts of the book, I wondered if this was a true sequel at all. Eventually, however, everything comes together quite perfectly and in no way was I disappointed. Even though I'm a little old to fall into the 'young adult' category to which this book is assigned, I still found the book a great read. I recommend it and it's prequel and sequel to anyone looking for good books of the fantasy genre.

I was skeptical at first about this book because I enjoyed the first one so much and knew that this one didn't focus as much on the same characters. I was pleasantly surprised though and found the characters that were newly introduced were as compelling and well-crafted as those from The Warrior Heir. On top of that, the old characters join the story about halfway through and we see a lot from them as well.

Book book of the original etiology, later extended to five - the last two featuring different players, and some of the original make cameo appearances. I love the first three as a set, and have re-read them numerous times.The author seems like a genuinely nice lady too: bonus!Check them out if you like magic, and fantasy - you will not be sorry.

A great follow-up to the Warrior Heir. This book was filled with brilliant characters and an extremely captivating story line. I have read it more than once, and will likely read it again. I recommend this series very highly to anyone with an interest in magic, adventure, and fascinating people. The story was beautiful, but what I really fell I love with more than anything, were the characters.

Loved this whole series... and sorry that i've finished it..For me, the end of book 4 was more of a pause but flowed into book 5 well.cant wait for the next book from this author.

Loved it. Next one please

I bought this book because I had seen it in a bookstore in New York on hols and haven't regretted it, the book is fantastic, would recommend it for anyone looking for a good fantasy read.

this series gets better in this 2nd book.The plot thickens. It shows that the writer is getting better and better until she will finally come to write later an amazing series (The Seven Realms)

The wizard heir is a great story as it has got fantasy adventure and its more real.As I read it makes me feel like I'm actually there.I would recommend this book to anyone as it is so good.