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Most entertaining read in a long timeMy current job doesn’t allow me much time for leisure reading, so when I took some time off I was looking forward to reading something for fun. Both books 1&2 were great, the build up is masterful—the climax was exciting, and the endings were clever. Perfect!
Overall: +7A light and fun adventure read that'll definitely leave you with a smile. Writing/Plot/Pace: +7Book 1 was a bit straight forward book which faithfully sticks to all the tropes of the genre. Yes, the writing style and underlying vein of humours still makes this a fun read. Book 2 takes you to a different city and we see the more of the wonderful worldbuilding author has achieved. The setting feel special and unlike similar places in other books. Plot is also straightforward yet still e...
Really solid piece of progressive FantasyIt starts out a little slow with the first book being very short but it hits its stride and just keeps going. I really enjoy the characters although I have found the issue with writing teenagers is that they tend to be too extreme in their emotions. Hugh is too much of an anti social recluse and Talia is too much of a teenager who wears her heart on her sleeve and reacts more physically than she needs to. The underlying magic system is really fun and inte...
I’ve found a new favorite author – John Bierce.Choosing a new audiobook is always stressful. Many things run through my mind.What if I don’t like it? It sounds good…but it probably won’t be as good as _______ (insert title of last favorite listen). How long do I need to ‘give it a try’ before I can quit listening? ……. etc.You know. All those sorts of “normal” questions any avid listener/reader asks themselves when desperately searching for their next great escape.Well, I took the leap and tried
I have mixed feelings about these two books and I would give them a 3.8 rating. In the first book I was intrigued by the new magic system and by the many categories and magic affinities. This however was countered by my frustration with the MC’s socially inept character. When reading I love putting my self in the characters’ shoes and getting lost in the story, but this MC really made that hard to do in this book series. I had hope that in the second book it would be better; and indeed there was...
Wow! This was better than a young adult novel has any right to be. Fleshed out three dimensional characters, an interesting world and magic system, strong indications of future plot developments and threads... really good stuff.Some may be put off by the pacing and world building. We've seen seemingly little of the world John Bierce has envisioned as of yet in the series, and there is much time spent on studies, characters reading and training, and so on. However, I enjoy that aspect, and once t...
What a cool magic system! The tale of a bunch of misfits at a magic school who come together to stop great evil is a common trope, but the things that make this fun for me are 1) the larger suite of characters, so it's not 100% about the main characters and 2) the really fun system of magic where people can be magical in so many ways. I find myself wondering what new magical ideas the author can come up with in each book. The plot twist in the latest book has me longing for resolution, dear auth...
Misfit school fantasy. Some of the characters were slightly one dimensional. I was surprised by the role one of the secondary characters played at the end and thought he should have played a bigger part at the end of the story. The world was well planned. The first book's story arc was a little flat, but the second was excellent. It had a satisfying conclusion with enough loose ends to make you want to read the next book.
Bullied, misunderstood kid becomes an amazing mage with the help of other misfit kids who are also going to mage school. The first book shows a lot of promise. The second book bogs down quite a bit a loses a little bit of the initial interest.
Fun rompSomething in the vein of Harry Potter, though not as well written. The world is interesting and deserves praise, but as usually in these kind of books, the characters are even more important.The characters are likable, and different from each other and unique enough. Their interaction is quite well written with the humor being the one glaring issue. It is very rare I appreciated the the jokes exchanged by the characters, so it made for somewhat awkward reading moments.There is a magical
Fun readingFrom the moment I started reading, I could not stop. It's a fun book with likeable characters and enough spins to keep you wanting more. I reccomend for lovers of magic, dragons and adventure novels.
