It starts with a death of Septimus Heap, seventh son of the seventh son, at the same day Silas Heap found a baby girl in the snow, who they named Jenna. Ten years after that fateful day, they found out that Jenna is actually the Princess of their kingdom, not only that but she is also in danger. Jenna has to be hidden from evil characters such as the Assassin, The Supreme Custodian and Wizard-turned-Necromancer, Dom Daniel, who needs her dead to be able to get to her crown. So Silas, Nicko (his son), Jenna and the extra Ordinary Wizard Marcia fled towards the Marshes with a sentry from the Young Army named Boy 412, to seek refuge at Aunt Zelda's place and the adventure began..Took me a while to read this book. The first five chapters were not as engaging as the following one, so patience is needed. Sage over did her descriptions a little bit which is a benefit in a way but unnecessary. The story was complex and I needed time to adjust in Septimus' world. I got really into it when Chapter 27 hits. I found myself asking a one question over and over, until I found the answer. What is the deal with Boy 412? A good start of a new series. Magyk is filled with advernture, quirky enthralling characters, funny scenes, mysterious events, clever spells, charms and potions. It also leads into a fantastic journey with thing like Boggarts, Brownies, a cat but a duck named Bert, a Message Rat, etc. Recommended to fans of magic theme fantasy genre if you think that this is a Harry Potter wanna be I am telling you now this is nothing like the story of The Boy who lives and his world. Septimus Heap's have his own magical system and adventure. ( )

A very cute pre-teen book about wizards and family. The Heap family was told by the midwife that their newest child, Septimus (the seventh son of the seventh son), died. On the same night, Silas Heap (the Heap father) finds a baby girl lying in the snow and takes her home.

Ten years later. Jenna Heap, the baby girl found in the snow, is being hunted so the Heaps go into hiding. During their struggle keep free from the Hunter, they discover that Septimus is NOT dead. But he can't really be this slimmy un-magyked weasle of a boy can he??
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this book was a good book but it was not my favorite ( )

Reviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.com

If you've been looking for a series that combines the magic of Harry Potter with the imaginative characters of Artemis Fowl, then Septimus Heap and his first book, MAGYK, is definitely the story for you. A quick, delightful read that can stand on its own, MAGYK is, without a doubt, an intriguing page-turner.

Septimus Heap, the seventh son of a seventh son, died shortly after birth. Born to a family of Wizards, there's no telling what he might have become, as his lineage as a seventh son would have made him unbelievably magical. But on that winter night when Septimus died, his father, Silas, found another newborn child in the forest. They named her Jenna, and she grew up thinking that she was the daughter of Silas and Sarah Heap, and the sister of six older brothers--Simon, Sam, Edd, Erik, Nicko, and Jo-Jo. Early on, though, Sarah had her own ideas of who Jenna really was, especially when she heard the news that the Queen had been murdered. Jenna Heap was, undoubtedly, the Princess.

Over the next ten years, darkness came to the Castle and the Ramblings, where the Heaps lived. With no Queen, evil came in the form of the Supreme Custodian, who along with his cohorts banned magic and ended the happiness the Queen's people had once known. As the Heap family attempt to ride out this time of darkness, the ExtraOrdinary Wizard, Marcia Overstrand, learns of the plot to kill the Princess, which will allow evil to truly take over the Palace. It seems that the only thing keeping DomDaniel, the Dark Wizard, from returning to the Castle is the presence of the Princess, and he plans to remedy that.

What follows is the flight of Jenna, Nicko, the ExtraOrdinary Wizard, and a Young Army recruit known only as Boy 412 to the Marram Marshes, where Aunt Zelda Heap, a White Witch, will be able to keep them from harm. As events unfold and DomDaniel does everything within his power to track down the girl standing between him and a ruling darkness, the Heap family will have to do everything within their means to stop him--and at the same time stay alive.

MAGYK is a delightful, entertaining story filled with action-adventure and fantasy. With a very large cast of characters who are as diverse as they come, this is one story not to be missed. If you like Harry Potter, you will definitely enjoy Septimus Heap. Filled with twists and turns, this is a story you'll stay up reading long into the night. And although at times predictable, you'll quickly be drawn into the life and times of the Heap family and their magical world. ( )

This book had a lot of twists and it wasn't predictable. ( )