Mankind finds a way to use magic, but this great power comes with a price. A transaction that can't be refunded. Nora Hayes is a simple girl whose only worry is graduating high school. That is, until she faces this new reality. How will she, her family, and her friends deal with the aftermath of such event?
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Sneak Peek:
Next to the kitchen, there was a small squared table and two wooden chairs, each made from different wood. The bookshelf behind those contained a decent amount of books.
I stood up to take a closer look at them and even opened a few out of curiosity. While I could read most of them just fine, some of the oldest-looking books were written in a language I didn't recognize.
"Hm? Was my hand always blue?"
I didn't remember. In fact, I couldn't recall anything about myself, not even my name. Inspecting the rest of my body, I found that it was the same all over. I didn't feel sick; quite the opposite. Still, my blue skin felt out of place for some reason. Trying to find an answer to my situation, I kept investigating the odd room.
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Big thanks to Alice Griffin for helping me out with the cover.
I personally really like transformation stories. The only problem with that is that it's almost impossible to find a decent protagonist in these.
There are 3 tropes I've encountered until now: 1. Ignores everything about the situation. Doesn't mind what happens to the own body.2. Is for 3 sentences concerned, then acts as if everything's just natural.3. Couldn't be happier. Is extremely elated that the stupid human body is gone.
Yet here we have the exception. Nora is a normal schoolgirl who thinks about her situation realizes that there are drawbacks and her former life is over. Her thoughts about the changes and other's reactions are described and like this, her situation is more comprehensible.
The story is mostly slice of life and like this rather slow-paced, yet the summary indicates that something big is going to happen in the future.
The characters all have their own personality and act mostly reasonable.
I couldn't find any greater grammar issues.
All in all, I am very intrigued by this story and glad to read about a transformed character with depth who is more than a proxy for a wish-fulfillment fantasy.
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