The Magician's Apprentice by Trudi Canavan

Tessia was the main POV, and she started off as a really likable character who was helping her father the local healer, until she comes to realize she's a naturally gifted magician through an assault from our main villain. There were three different points-of-view in this story, and none of them really appealed to me. It started out really slowly, and stayed that way through most of the book.

For a storm is approaching that threatens to tear her world apart.

However, Tessia is about to discover that her magical gifts bring with them a great deal of responsibility. There are fine clothes and servants - and, she is delighted to learn - regular trips to the great city of Imardin. She now finds herself facing an entirely different future as Lord Dakon's apprentice.Īlthough there are long hours of study and self-discipline, Tessia's new life also offers more opportunities than she had ever hoped for, and an exciting new world opens up to her. When treating a patient at the residence of the local magician, Lord Dakon, Tessia is forced to fight off the advances of a visiting Sachakan mage - and instinctively uses magic. But her life is about to take a very unexpected turn. Despite knowing that women aren't readily accepted by the Guild of Healers, Tessia is determined to follow in her father’s footsteps. In the remote village of Mandryn, Tessia serves as assistant to her father, the village Healer - much to the frustration of her mother, who would rather she found a husband.

The Magician's Apprentice by Trudi Canavan