--- product_id: 271671342 title: "Spellbreaker: Spellbreaker, Book 1" price: "₩3855" currency: KRW in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.kr/products/271671342-spellbreaker-spellbreaker-book-1 store_origin: KR region: South Korea --- # Spellbreaker: Spellbreaker, Book 1 **Price:** ₩3855 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Spellbreaker: Spellbreaker, Book 1 - **How much does it cost?** ₩3855 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.kr](https://www.desertcart.kr/products/271671342-spellbreaker-spellbreaker-book-1) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description A world of enchanted injustice needs a disenchanting woman in the newest fantasy series by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paper Magician . The orphaned Elsie Camden learned as a girl that there were two kinds of wizards in the world: those who pay for the power to cast spells and those, like her, born with the ability to break them. But as an unlicensed magic user, her gift is a crime. Commissioned by an underground group known as the Cowls, Elsie uses her spellbreaking to push back against the aristocrats and help the common man. She always did love the tale of Robin Hood. Elite magic user Bacchus Kelsey is one elusive spell away from his mastership when he catches Elsie breaking an enchantment. To protect her secret, Elsie strikes a bargain. She’ll help Bacchus fix unruly spells around his estate if he doesn’t turn her in. Working together, Elsie’s trust in - and fondness for - the handsome stranger grows. So does her trepidation about the rise in the murders of wizards and the theft of the spellbooks their bodies leave behind. For a rogue spellbreaker like Elsie, there’s so much to learn about her powers, her family, the intriguing Bacchus, and the untold dangers shadowing every step of a journey she’s destined to complete. But will she uncover the mystery before it’s too late to save everything she loves? Review: Historical fantasy where magic is commonplace but separates the classes of society - I love Charlie Holmberg stories, so I've been looking forward to this duology for a while. I'm happy to say that I wasn't disappointed after the wait! Spellbreaker had all the classic elements of a unique magic system, hate-to-love relationship, and realistic period setting of a historical fantasy that she excels at, but somehow they're never the same story and always exciting and wonderful. I enjoyed the magic in this world, but I want to know so much more! We get a good idea of how spellbreaking works from Elsie's point of view as an untrained and unregistered spellbreaker. (Fascinating that spells are like different knots to her that she loosens and unravels!) But what about how the different types of spellmaking work? I hope I get to learn more about that in the second book to satisfy my curiosity! It's also interesting that they can use more than one type of spellmaking, though they can only master one and don't usually have spells from anything other than that one focus. Imagine an Avatar-like character who could use all the spellmaking spells! And maybe we'll see that Elsie can do more than just spellbreak in book 2?? The magic in this series is often used as a way to separate the classes of society, since it requires a good deal of money to attend an academy and purchase the materials necessary to learn new spells. Even if poor people showed the potential for it, they rarely have the opportunity to receive training unless a wealthy person deems them talented and powerful enough to sponsor them. Even when becoming a Master Spellmaker, the academy leaders are extremely prejudiced and hoard the best spells. This social inequality plays a huge role in the story and in Elsie's justification for her unregistered spellbreaking assignments from the rebel group she calls The Cowls. Elsie sees them as rebellious heroes of the underprivileged, and herself as a modern Robin Hood, but the entire time they seemed to me to be shady at best... I really liked Bacchus, how respectful, honorable, and gentlemanly he was, despite not being treated the same way because of his ancestry. That made me appreciate his behavior even more, taking the higher ground and not succumbing to the prejudices of others. I also liked the way he treated Elsie. Despite them being from different social statuses and the suspicious way they met, he still treated her like a respectable lady. Bacchus is a classy guy. I liked Elsie, though she was a bit annoying at first with her self-righteous behavior and secret defiance of the upper class just because they were upper class. I think this was part of her character progression though, to change her views as she learns more about her benefactors, her spellbreaking abilities, and the targets she is assigned to. When she gets off her high horse to actually get to know others and consider their circumstances, she gets better. Love the twist at the end! Whoa! Don't worry, no spoilers - just read it! Thank goodness there's a second book to track down the whole story, fill in the details of what's really going on, who the bad guys really are, and how Elsie is involved. With that, let's start book 2 in the duology, Spellmaker... Review: Spellbreaker - I got this book through desertcart's first read's program for Kindle; having saw the author's (and promptly added them to the queue) books with their fascinating covers, I figured they'd be a nice fantasy to settle into for the winter. And I was right! This was a delightful little story and kept me up past my bedtime. Spellbreaker's undo spells. As opposed to Spellmakers who develop and apply them. Elsie has been a spellbreaker for a very long time. Every since she accidentally undid a spell and caused a lot of trouble. But a benevolent caretaker took her out of that situation (and the workhouse she was in) and placed her somewhere else, on condition that she help when asked. Since then, she's done the tasks for that person/organization in the hopes of making her world a little bit better. But new situations and people are making her question everything she knows. Elsie was a decent character. I think she had some switches in personality and confidence at times, but she also had a lot of stress and personal issues that contributed, so it's almost believable. Bacchus is the read standout character. Although we don't know quite as much about him, I did like how his character was developed and look forward to seeing more of him. The other characters were really sidenotes, and I think that her boss especially was given a bit of a disfavor by rapidly giving his character more at the end and not hinting at it more throughout the novel. It felt too rushed. And that rushed ending was really the only flaw of the book. I would have liked it to slow down a bit more and appreciate what was happening with the characters and the mystery. That being said, there is a second book, so it will probably wrap up and add some detail there. The rest of the pace of the book was good and as said before, I read this in one sitting and stayed up way too late. I look forward to the next! Review by M. Reynard 2020 ## Images ![Spellbreaker: Spellbreaker, Book 1 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91ii-pCCgpL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Historical fantasy where magic is commonplace but separates the classes of society *by M***. on August 11, 2021* I love Charlie Holmberg stories, so I've been looking forward to this duology for a while. I'm happy to say that I wasn't disappointed after the wait! Spellbreaker had all the classic elements of a unique magic system, hate-to-love relationship, and realistic period setting of a historical fantasy that she excels at, but somehow they're never the same story and always exciting and wonderful. I enjoyed the magic in this world, but I want to know so much more! We get a good idea of how spellbreaking works from Elsie's point of view as an untrained and unregistered spellbreaker. (Fascinating that spells are like different knots to her that she loosens and unravels!) But what about how the different types of spellmaking work? I hope I get to learn more about that in the second book to satisfy my curiosity! It's also interesting that they can use more than one type of spellmaking, though they can only master one and don't usually have spells from anything other than that one focus. Imagine an Avatar-like character who could use all the spellmaking spells! And maybe we'll see that Elsie can do more than just spellbreak in book 2?? The magic in this series is often used as a way to separate the classes of society, since it requires a good deal of money to attend an academy and purchase the materials necessary to learn new spells. Even if poor people showed the potential for it, they rarely have the opportunity to receive training unless a wealthy person deems them talented and powerful enough to sponsor them. Even when becoming a Master Spellmaker, the academy leaders are extremely prejudiced and hoard the best spells. This social inequality plays a huge role in the story and in Elsie's justification for her unregistered spellbreaking assignments from the rebel group she calls The Cowls. Elsie sees them as rebellious heroes of the underprivileged, and herself as a modern Robin Hood, but the entire time they seemed to me to be shady at best... I really liked Bacchus, how respectful, honorable, and gentlemanly he was, despite not being treated the same way because of his ancestry. That made me appreciate his behavior even more, taking the higher ground and not succumbing to the prejudices of others. I also liked the way he treated Elsie. Despite them being from different social statuses and the suspicious way they met, he still treated her like a respectable lady. Bacchus is a classy guy. I liked Elsie, though she was a bit annoying at first with her self-righteous behavior and secret defiance of the upper class just because they were upper class. I think this was part of her character progression though, to change her views as she learns more about her benefactors, her spellbreaking abilities, and the targets she is assigned to. When she gets off her high horse to actually get to know others and consider their circumstances, she gets better. Love the twist at the end! Whoa! Don't worry, no spoilers - just read it! Thank goodness there's a second book to track down the whole story, fill in the details of what's really going on, who the bad guys really are, and how Elsie is involved. With that, let's start book 2 in the duology, Spellmaker... ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Spellbreaker *by M***A on December 21, 2020* I got this book through Amazon's first read's program for Kindle; having saw the author's (and promptly added them to the queue) books with their fascinating covers, I figured they'd be a nice fantasy to settle into for the winter. And I was right! This was a delightful little story and kept me up past my bedtime. Spellbreaker's undo spells. As opposed to Spellmakers who develop and apply them. Elsie has been a spellbreaker for a very long time. Every since she accidentally undid a spell and caused a lot of trouble. But a benevolent caretaker took her out of that situation (and the workhouse she was in) and placed her somewhere else, on condition that she help when asked. Since then, she's done the tasks for that person/organization in the hopes of making her world a little bit better. But new situations and people are making her question everything she knows. Elsie was a decent character. I think she had some switches in personality and confidence at times, but she also had a lot of stress and personal issues that contributed, so it's almost believable. Bacchus is the read standout character. Although we don't know quite as much about him, I did like how his character was developed and look forward to seeing more of him. The other characters were really sidenotes, and I think that her boss especially was given a bit of a disfavor by rapidly giving his character more at the end and not hinting at it more throughout the novel. It felt too rushed. And that rushed ending was really the only flaw of the book. I would have liked it to slow down a bit more and appreciate what was happening with the characters and the mystery. That being said, there is a second book, so it will probably wrap up and add some detail there. The rest of the pace of the book was good and as said before, I read this in one sitting and stayed up way too late. I look forward to the next! Review by M. Reynard 2020 ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review - Spellbreaker *by M***N on November 1, 2020* Initial Thoughts I’ve been seeing this book all over Instagram lately and was super bummed when I didn’t get an ARC for it. But, thanks to Amazon’s First Reads program, I was able to read it a month before it came out. I love the premise and I love historical fantasy. This book sounded right up my alley so I’m so glad I had the chance to read it early. Some Things I Liked Victorian England. I loved the setting. Despite being set before Downton Abbey, the wit, humor, and language felt very Downton and I loved that so much. I loved the way Elsie mentally chastised herself for daring to think about Bacchus or the way everyone was so excited about dining with a Duke. This is one of my favorite time periods to read about. Slow burn romance. It felt so right for the time period. I really enjoyed the friendship / mutual respect that blossomed between Elsie and Bacchus as the story progressed. Naturally, I want them to fall in love and live happily ever after but, I enjoyed the way their story developed. Magic system. I thought the idea of Spellmaking and Spellbreaking was very interesting here and I enjoyed the visual description Elsie gives of seeing spells as knots or puzzles of a sort. Plot twist. I honestly did not see the plot twist coming here. I loved that. It’s very hard to surprise me and I loved that this did. Series Value I can’t wait to read the next book. While I wait, I will definitely be working my way through Charlie’s other works. I’ve already read The Will and the Wilds and The Paper Magician. Final Thoughts I really enjoyed this book. It was a quick read, is one of my new favorite genres, and had so much fun banter. I can’t wait to keep reading this series and I can totally see why this was one of Amazon First Read’s picks of the month. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Recommendations for Further Reading The Vine Witch by Luanne G. Smith – if you enjoy historical fantasy, wit, and magic, look no further than this series. It’s a perfect fall read to cozy up with. The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg – if you enjoyed the idea of unique magic, historical fantasy, and you liked the writing style of Spellbreaker, try Charlie’s other series. Spellmaker by Charlie N. Holmberg – I haven’t read this one yet but you can bet I will be reading it when it comes out (or sooner if someone wants to send me an ARC, wink wink.) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.kr/products/271671342-spellbreaker-spellbreaker-book-1](https://www.desertcart.kr/products/271671342-spellbreaker-spellbreaker-book-1) --- *Product available on Desertcart South Korea* *Store origin: KR* *Last updated: 2026-07-27*