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Harmony: Harmony Book 1
Throughout his entire life, Nate has been considered a cripple and an inconvenience, solely for being born without the precious magic for which the Great Arcane Families were both respected and feared. Being powerless as he was, he couldn’t fight back when choosing to do the right thing was rewarded with even more injustice from old men on even older thrones.
Having lost the name and support of his Great Family, Nate was forced to live as an outcast, though still unable to truly escape the shadows that the Magnus family cast over him. However, this was about to change.
As time passed and children grew up, the future brought changes and opportunities. Finally given the chance he yearned for so long, Nate found himself facing a new world—a world filled with adventures, dangers, and opportunities in equal measure. A world that would finally give Nate the chance to be whom he had always aspired to be, where he could truly be free, and where his efforts would be appropriately rewarded. A world where he could find the place where he belonged.
And perhaps, a world where old thrones could burn.
Having lost the name and support of his Great Family, Nate was forced to live as an outcast, though still unable to truly escape the shadows that the Magnus family cast over him. However, this was about to change.
As time passed and children grew up, the future brought changes and opportunities. Finally given the chance he yearned for so long, Nate found himself facing a new world—a world filled with adventures, dangers, and opportunities in equal measure. A world that would finally give Nate the chance to be whom he had always aspired to be, where he could truly be free, and where his efforts would be appropriately rewarded. A world where he could find the place where he belonged.
And perhaps, a world where old thrones could burn.
495 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 7, 2024
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April 17, 2024
Decent for half
The book was pretty good until he entered the last dungeon. I don't know if it's because it felt like too many details for meaningless conflict or the arguements and blame made less sense than I'd preffer.
Whatever it was, after the beginning of that dungeon the book was meh for me. I don't think it's because I'm stuck on the power fantasy trope in my head but in case it is take my review with a grain of salt.
The 3 stars is so that this review is classified as a critique and to reflect my reduced desire for a sequel. The first of the book was great. I can see how it could be better but still great. If I was rating just that it would be a 5.
PS- I'm upgrading to a 4 on good reads. That's closer to my true rating for the book.
The book was pretty good until he entered the last dungeon. I don't know if it's because it felt like too many details for meaningless conflict or the arguements and blame made less sense than I'd preffer.
Whatever it was, after the beginning of that dungeon the book was meh for me. I don't think it's because I'm stuck on the power fantasy trope in my head but in case it is take my review with a grain of salt.
The 3 stars is so that this review is classified as a critique and to reflect my reduced desire for a sequel. The first of the book was great. I can see how it could be better but still great. If I was rating just that it would be a 5.
PS- I'm upgrading to a 4 on good reads. That's closer to my true rating for the book.
May 19, 2024
Just got Worse and Worse
The book started decent enough, but just couldn’t keep to the same level and DNF’d for me by the end. It’s a good premise, the execution needed a lot more work and a better editor if one wasn’t used. While mistakes I found were minor the flow of the storyline entire storyline felt stilted and a weird combination of not explaining enough important plot points (I realize things were purposefully kept vague in the beginning and the reader was meant to find things out slowly, but even once explained it wasn’t well and there were still gaps and confusion), and yet over-explaining meaningless character actions like the author was spoon-feeding a toddler. Not to mention the fighting and banter between Leah and the MC for the entire final third of the book just become tedious, overdone in all senses, and even during fight scenes would cut to random odd thoughts from both characters that would completely jolt you out of the scene with long winded and meaningless details passing through the character’s head that showed a strange lack of concern that a deadly fight was occurring. Since they couldn’t take it seriously enough, I really felt like there was no serious danger to them and no tension in building to any sort of climax. By the end I felt like rather than two supposedly flirting adults fighting off a number of enemies in a life or death scenario were written like two adolescent gamer nerds pretend sword fighting and trying to be ‘cool’ in front of the other.
Also, every time the author referred to the MC as ‘the man’ I kept thinking some other random character was in the scene and I’d missed who. I’ve never heard of an author referring to their MC as ‘the man’ before. Anyway, sorry for the harsh review, I just was a bit frustrated that this had maybe a 4-star beginning and like a 1-star ending. Best of luck to the author in the future, but I don’t think I’d pickup the second book at this point.
The book started decent enough, but just couldn’t keep to the same level and DNF’d for me by the end. It’s a good premise, the execution needed a lot more work and a better editor if one wasn’t used. While mistakes I found were minor the flow of the storyline entire storyline felt stilted and a weird combination of not explaining enough important plot points (I realize things were purposefully kept vague in the beginning and the reader was meant to find things out slowly, but even once explained it wasn’t well and there were still gaps and confusion), and yet over-explaining meaningless character actions like the author was spoon-feeding a toddler. Not to mention the fighting and banter between Leah and the MC for the entire final third of the book just become tedious, overdone in all senses, and even during fight scenes would cut to random odd thoughts from both characters that would completely jolt you out of the scene with long winded and meaningless details passing through the character’s head that showed a strange lack of concern that a deadly fight was occurring. Since they couldn’t take it seriously enough, I really felt like there was no serious danger to them and no tension in building to any sort of climax. By the end I felt like rather than two supposedly flirting adults fighting off a number of enemies in a life or death scenario were written like two adolescent gamer nerds pretend sword fighting and trying to be ‘cool’ in front of the other.
Also, every time the author referred to the MC as ‘the man’ I kept thinking some other random character was in the scene and I’d missed who. I’ve never heard of an author referring to their MC as ‘the man’ before. Anyway, sorry for the harsh review, I just was a bit frustrated that this had maybe a 4-star beginning and like a 1-star ending. Best of luck to the author in the future, but I don’t think I’d pickup the second book at this point.
April 23, 2024
An awesome beginning to this new series!!!
This is an absolute joy to read!!! There is so much to enjoy in this first book!!! I haven't laughed and cheered so much in one book in quite awhile!!! My favorite books always have a non OP MC in them with a lot of growth potential and this one fits that perfectly!!! I can't wait to see what happens next!!!
This is an absolute joy to read!!! There is so much to enjoy in this first book!!! I haven't laughed and cheered so much in one book in quite awhile!!! My favorite books always have a non OP MC in them with a lot of growth potential and this one fits that perfectly!!! I can't wait to see what happens next!!!
May 14, 2024
Very flat storytelling, uninteresting characters and too many unknowns for me throughout the book. Not a book for me, and not a series I'll continue. Our protagonist is a guy without magic, releasing a fairy, and getting kicked out of the family. All of a sudden he gets kidnapped and shoved through a portal since he needs to go for others to use the portal as well. But wait, that was his plan! He made a deal years ago and has planned for the use of the portal all that time. No idea what the plan is besides "I want to get stronger". That's a pretty weak premise and start of what should be an epic tale, but ok. Another annoyance is that for some reason he knows everyone highly placed in the magical society; no background or clue how, even though he's kicked out of his family and he should (I assume) live as a mundane. And one major annoyance is that someone tried to kill him, though no clue or reason why. It seems our MC just shoved this asside and is ignoring the attempt on his life.
The story itself feels like tropes being strung together. There's a magical world, getting power, dungeondiving, raising forces and some unknown goal for which he does al this. Some idea for a longer term plan might have been nice...
The story itself feels like tropes being strung together. There's a magical world, getting power, dungeondiving, raising forces and some unknown goal for which he does al this. Some idea for a longer term plan might have been nice...
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 26, 2024
This started fairly well, but then bogged down in the second half. I found myself skipping a lot and wondering when it would end; not the signs that I was enjoying the experience. Unfortunate, as it could have been (and indeed began) better.
Seems to be more an editing problem, spcifically not cutting filler, than poor writing. I may be willing to try book 2, but it'll need to tighten up significantly to hold my attention.
Seems to be more an editing problem, spcifically not cutting filler, than poor writing. I may be willing to try book 2, but it'll need to tighten up significantly to hold my attention.
April 22, 2024
Great!
A great start to a story. I like the main character even if towards the end of the book he started to make some really questionable decisions. Hopefully the very end of the book indicates that his poor decision making won't happen as much anymore.
My only real critique is that a full like 30 or 40% of the book is straight room to room dungeon crawling, which is very hard to make interesting in literary format. I don't normally skip stuff while reading but I found myself really skipping through a lot of the last 20% of the book, as it was JUST dungeon crawling. It was just "characters go to room, banter while fighting like marvel characters, beat everything and move to the next room" repeat about ten times. The repetition was the killer there. If it had been like, start off the dungeon crawl before then cutting to the heroes being bedraggled and beat up a few hours later for the penultimate and ultimate fight, that might have been good. A lot of the last 20% of the book could have been cut, is I guess what I'm saying.
The banter was a bit hit and miss. Some of the things said were pretty funny, but a lot of it was eye rolling.
The fairy might be my least favorite character unfortunately. I know the main character and her have had a whole life together, but as the reader all I have exposure to is her being, by any normal definition, utterly insane and nonsensical. It makes it hard to relate to a character when they're sort of not a character but instead a walking talking punchline maker.
In short, I still really enjoyed the book, everyone into this genre should check it out, but I hope the next book has more: character interactions, relationship building, power progression, and less: dungeon crawling, banter, and a fairy being a bit too one note.
A great start to a story. I like the main character even if towards the end of the book he started to make some really questionable decisions. Hopefully the very end of the book indicates that his poor decision making won't happen as much anymore.
My only real critique is that a full like 30 or 40% of the book is straight room to room dungeon crawling, which is very hard to make interesting in literary format. I don't normally skip stuff while reading but I found myself really skipping through a lot of the last 20% of the book, as it was JUST dungeon crawling. It was just "characters go to room, banter while fighting like marvel characters, beat everything and move to the next room" repeat about ten times. The repetition was the killer there. If it had been like, start off the dungeon crawl before then cutting to the heroes being bedraggled and beat up a few hours later for the penultimate and ultimate fight, that might have been good. A lot of the last 20% of the book could have been cut, is I guess what I'm saying.
The banter was a bit hit and miss. Some of the things said were pretty funny, but a lot of it was eye rolling.
The fairy might be my least favorite character unfortunately. I know the main character and her have had a whole life together, but as the reader all I have exposure to is her being, by any normal definition, utterly insane and nonsensical. It makes it hard to relate to a character when they're sort of not a character but instead a walking talking punchline maker.
In short, I still really enjoyed the book, everyone into this genre should check it out, but I hope the next book has more: character interactions, relationship building, power progression, and less: dungeon crawling, banter, and a fairy being a bit too one note.
May 11, 2024
Nate at the tender age of 10 or so was exiled by the crown which did no wrong for doing a good deed
Nate was born as a noble but didn't have any mana flowing thru his body an he was weak an powerless . The other noble families taunted him . Called him a cripple magically . He freed a female fairy an got exiled for it disowned at the age of 10 or so by the kingdom . But the older fairy sister awarded him a wish which she granted for him to become stronger to learn how to fight . recommend reading excellent book .
Nate was born as a noble but didn't have any mana flowing thru his body an he was weak an powerless . The other noble families taunted him . Called him a cripple magically . He freed a female fairy an got exiled for it disowned at the age of 10 or so by the kingdom . But the older fairy sister awarded him a wish which she granted for him to become stronger to learn how to fight . recommend reading excellent book .
May 30, 2024
I think that it was mostly good book but suffered from okay writing. There were a couple plot points I found really fun and unique that I would love to see revisited and the overall story was pretty good. The author really likes to use 'the man' 'the girl' or 'the xxx' instead of just saying he, she, or any other descriptor which I found really annoying. There were also a couple typos or wrong word choices that a better editor should have caught.
Overall, would probably read the 2nd one and would cautiously recommend this one if you can look past the prose issues.
Overall, would probably read the 2nd one and would cautiously recommend this one if you can look past the prose issues.
April 12, 2024
A great start to a new series.
While I liked the mythos Academy series, it definitely felt a bit rough and unpolished in some areas. This new series fixed a lot of that and is a solid improvement in many ways. While I'll certainly enjoy his other work, I do think this series will be even better for drawing in new readers.
I'd highly recommend this to anyone that likes a modern fantasy take with some adult situations and a bit of portal hopping.
While I liked the mythos Academy series, it definitely felt a bit rough and unpolished in some areas. This new series fixed a lot of that and is a solid improvement in many ways. While I'll certainly enjoy his other work, I do think this series will be even better for drawing in new readers.
I'd highly recommend this to anyone that likes a modern fantasy take with some adult situations and a bit of portal hopping.
April 22, 2024
Very enjoyable
I am fairly impressed. I'll have to follow this author now, as I really enjoyed this book.
The writing and story are very well done. I enjoy the MC, and I couldn't resist reading on when I should have been doing other things.
The spicy parts were good, with proper relationship build-up and frequency (few and far between, with the story and characters the main focus).
If you are on the fence, pick this up, as you will not be disappointed.
I am fairly impressed. I'll have to follow this author now, as I really enjoyed this book.
The writing and story are very well done. I enjoy the MC, and I couldn't resist reading on when I should have been doing other things.
The spicy parts were good, with proper relationship build-up and frequency (few and far between, with the story and characters the main focus).
If you are on the fence, pick this up, as you will not be disappointed.
April 20, 2024
Lots of fun, meh ending
This book was a lot of fun. The characters were fun. There is lots of action and some spicy time. There is also a great deal of humor.
It's well worth the read, except for the ending is just there. It shouldn't make you avoid this book, but it might annoy you.
Highly recommended.
This book was a lot of fun. The characters were fun. There is lots of action and some spicy time. There is also a great deal of humor.
It's well worth the read, except for the ending is just there. It shouldn't make you avoid this book, but it might annoy you.
Highly recommended.
April 21, 2024
The beginning was nice, the politics interesting. Nevertheless the author seems to be lost on what kind of story he wants to tell. The little fae is just annoying and the dungeon diving at the end is just endless... endless... endless... did i mention that it never stopped and got boring? Story needs to go forward and that does not mean the MC walks for hours from room to room.
May 5, 2024
Very slow start nearly gave up on the book. Even after reading the book I can't say what the story is after. But it has some promising things that could happen in the future. The mc is interesting enough that I would read a second book.
May 9, 2024
Impressive !
This is the 1st book I've read by this author and I am impressed with the way he writes the story he lines he bring In the detail he's able to write in I eagerly await his next book
This is the 1st book I've read by this author and I am impressed with the way he writes the story he lines he bring In the detail he's able to write in I eagerly await his next book
June 2, 2024
Omg lol that ending
I loved the book, the puns are both bad and hilarious. Now if he makes more of his species that would be interesting considering he'd have to do it with humans and he'd most likely have them in his encampment/town.
I loved the book, the puns are both bad and hilarious. Now if he makes more of his species that would be interesting considering he'd have to do it with humans and he'd most likely have them in his encampment/town.
September 28, 2025
I'll give this a four as an investment. It was quite promissing in the first half, the last half had me a little shaky in places, the ending kinda tanked my hopes at first. I'll hopefully forget about the cringe ending when a sequle comes out.
April 16, 2024
Very good book
This is a fine fantasy harem adventure novel. It is well written and edited. I especially like Gwen. I anxiously await the sequel.
This is a fine fantasy harem adventure novel. It is well written and edited. I especially like Gwen. I anxiously await the sequel.
April 18, 2024
Great Read
Sophomore series by Moria and I think even better than Mythos U (which is also). No slump for this writer.
Sophomore series by Moria and I think even better than Mythos U (which is also). No slump for this writer.
April 27, 2024
WOW!
Its been YEARS since I've been this happy with a book ending! What an ending too! Seriously this is now in my top 10 series. Big W author!
Its been YEARS since I've been this happy with a book ending! What an ending too! Seriously this is now in my top 10 series. Big W author!
May 2, 2024
Boring
Well written but it dosen't pool one in to the story. Word count word count word count word count word
Well written but it dosen't pool one in to the story. Word count word count word count word count word
May 5, 2024
Good book
Damn that was a really fun book,the characters were really put together and a interesting story line . I will definitely be looking for the next one in the series.
Damn that was a really fun book,the characters were really put together and a interesting story line . I will definitely be looking for the next one in the series.
May 14, 2024
Fun
Like another reviewer I found it dragging in spots but the plot is fun!
I will read the next book.
Like another reviewer I found it dragging in spots but the plot is fun!
I will read the next book.
May 14, 2024
I enjoyed the beginning but then it became extremely generic ‘horny people in fantasy dungeon’ stuff. What happened to all your plans, dude?
June 1, 2024
Great book
Great book I can't wait to read the next book in the series I would recommend this author to anyone
Great book I can't wait to read the next book in the series I would recommend this author to anyone
July 5, 2024
love the start of the series can't wait to see what happen in the next book
July 7, 2024
a start
Get an editor and some proofreaders to go through and fix up this mishmash of a story and you’ve got something here!
In its current state, it’s all over the place.
Get an editor and some proofreaders to go through and fix up this mishmash of a story and you’ve got something here!
In its current state, it’s all over the place.
August 3, 2024
Enjoyed the story and looking forward to more
December 6, 2025
Harem fic. I don't know why the reviews aren't putting that out there. sure he's a dude who didn't inherit the mage gene and wants to be more. Just be clear on the genre- harem fic.
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