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Title: Even 2nd-level Duane is better than first-rate from others
Review: Number 4 in the Nita and Kit series is perhaps the least of the group, but still a good read and just about the best young-adult fantasy stuff going.It occurs to me that Duane has written herself into a corner. The young human wizards of this world suffer from diminished powers as they grow older, so as Nita and Kit mature they become more interesting as characters but less interesting as wizards. In fact, they do very little wizarding here (as in HIGH WIZARDRY, Nita's little sister Dairine remains the champion power spellcaster).Nevertheless, Duane's picture of contemporary and legendary Ireland is fascinating, as are her incidental characters. Did anyone else figure out who Aunt Annie is?
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