Jinx: The Wizard’s Apprentice by Sage Blackwood, Jinx #1 It's not every day that your evil stepdad abandons you in the deep, dark forest of Urwald. And it's not every day that a wizard rescues you from the clutches of gnarly trolls. But for Jinx, this isn't turning out to be a very normal sort of day... The bubbling cauldrons and coloured potions of the wizard's house are a world away from the life Jinx has left behind. Even the walls are soaked in magic, and it's not long before Jinx begins to unlock his own rare powers. But Simon Magus is no ordinary wizard. He seems to need something from Jinx - something dark. And Jinx begins to wonder: can he trust Simon... at all? Jinx: The Wizard’s Apprentice is the first book in the Jinx series that tells the story of Jinx a young boy, thrown into a world of magic by happenstance, or is it? Jinx is also the debut series by Sage Blackwood. I always try to alternating book genres, reading fanta...