There were just too many things going on, and yes I have the faintest comprehension that they somehow tie together (because of course it's all correlated, what kind of a series would it be if it's not?), but that connection was not evident even until the last page of the book. Not because I'm afraid of spoiling it, but because I honestly don't know what it was. I'm going to list out what made me give this book two stars, starting from Having never read any of Snyder's other books, I keep finding myself wondering who the blazes is this Yelena woman and why the heck are you telling me all this crap about her? If I wanted to read about Yelena, I would've read the Study series.īut back to Storm Glass. Though it might as well be Yelena's by the way she's mentioned incessantly all throughout the book. Unlike most other magicians, she only has one talent, and that is to trap magic within glass. Opal Cowen is a glassmaker and magician-in-training.

Unfortunately, it was nowhere near as awesome as Wesley Sneijder. So I picked up this book because reading the author's name made me think of something I couldn't quite put my finger on.

Readers are welcome to check out her website for book excerpts, free short stories, maps, blog, and her schedule at. Where else can you take fencing lessons, learn how to ride a horse, study marital arts, learn how to pick a lock, take glass blowing classes and attend Astronomy Camp and call it research? Maria will be the first one to tell you it's not working as a meteorologist. When she's not writing she's either playing volleyball, traveling, or taking pictures. Note: She mentions her cat before her family. Maria also has a husband and two children who are an inspiration for her writing when they aren't being a distraction. She loves dogs, but is allergic, instead she has a big black tom cat named…Kitty (apparently naming cats isn’t in her skill set either). She’s been on the New York Times bestseller list, won a dozen awards, and has earned her Masters of Arts degree in Writing from Seton Hill University, where she is now a faculty member. Over twenty novels and numerous short stories later, Maria’s learned a thing or three about writing. Bored at work and needing a creative outlet, she started writing fantasy and science fiction stories. Much to her chagrin, forecasting the weather wasn’t in her skill set so she spent a number of years as an environmental meteorologist, which is not exciting.at all.

Snyder was younger, she aspired to be a storm chaser in the American Midwest so she attended Pennsylvania State University and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology.

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