This book was meant to be a starting point for Tim--to finally start growing up and moving into a different stage of magic in his life. The novel is good in that it introduces a new setting and new plot points, namely Tim's magical name and a school of magic to go and learn from. Ultimately I didn't feel overly in love with the book despite the fact that it didn't have anything necessarily wrong with it, but as mentioned, it's more of a staging point, a new take off for Tim, rather than anything necessarily intricate or breath-taking. In short, it's meant to be the prologue of a new journey, not a stand-alone special story like the original Neil Gaiman Graphic Novel "Books of Magic" that kicked off the series.