This one didn't do much for me, alas. The conflict and resolution both felt pretty contrived, and nothing really brought me into the characters' mindset. There was a pretty obvious villain from the first mention of Heinrich, and the chase through the woods seemed more like an Idiot Ball moment than a comprehensible decision by the villagers. Then, the resolution is basically, "And then he actually bothered to look at what he was doing and realized that the problem was blatant and easily repaired." It would be like if Star Wars ended with the Rebel Alliance checking the Galactic Internet and noticing that the Galactic Anonymous had leaked another copy of the Death Star plans a couple of weeks earlier. I dunno. It felt pretty unsatisfying, and I found my attention wandering off several times.
The magic system was pretty nice, though, and I admit I also thought immediately of the Wiz series.
(And how dare you not quote my five-thousand-word essays on Why You're All Terrible People in feedback, Dave! The world needs to know!) </hamburger>