Series ✦ Penny’s Take
New Magics
Patrick Nielsen Hayden · 2004
73/100
👍 Worth It
A World Fantasy Award-winning anthology curated by a Tor insider, pulling together Le Guin, Gaiman, Card, McKinley, and others for teen readers — that curation alone is worth the price of entry. Nothing here is original work, and the tonal range is uneven, but as a gateway into the breadth of contemporary fantasy it earns its reputation.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety80
Substance / usefulness72
Craft & writing75
Originality40
Evidence & accuracy82
Hype vs delivers80
Age-fit82
👁 Human-eye gut-check77
Penny’s verdict73
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