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Millennial Mage #7
Eskau
The iron-clad reality of the world relentlessly comes for all. Arcanes, the enemies of humanity, thrive upon power harvested from broken human souls. The City Lords and Major Houses rule with unquestioned power.
Tala has been seized, torn away from all that she has ever known. A false history and personality was implanted within her, and only her revolutionary defenses and self-restoration magic have given her a fighting chance at all.
She is behind enemy lines with an unexpected chance to seize power, learn from ancient experts, delve into the secrets of humanity's mortal foe, and achieve her own freedom once more.
In order to return home, Tala must claim some measure of authority within the very same Major House that stole her freedom and tried to steal her very self.
The seventh installment of the hit GameLit series—with more than 2,500,000 views on Royal Road—now available on Kindle, KU, and Audible!
Tala has been seized, torn away from all that she has ever known. A false history and personality was implanted within her, and only her revolutionary defenses and self-restoration magic have given her a fighting chance at all.
She is behind enemy lines with an unexpected chance to seize power, learn from ancient experts, delve into the secrets of humanity's mortal foe, and achieve her own freedom once more.
In order to return home, Tala must claim some measure of authority within the very same Major House that stole her freedom and tried to steal her very self.
The seventh installment of the hit GameLit series—with more than 2,500,000 views on Royal Road—now available on Kindle, KU, and Audible!
793 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 1, 2024
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J.L. Mullins
14 books92 followersJ.L.Mullins has been writing since he was five years old. Blessedly, he has improved through the years, and while 'The Case of the Missing Stapler' will likely never see widespread publication, Mullins enjoys little more than sharing his newer stories—his worlds—with others.
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October 1, 2025
This is seventh in a series that you'll want to read in order.
This picks up from the cliffhanger of the previous and represents a hard-shift in tone. Tala has been wandering around building her magical career as a protector and dimensional specialist. She has made friends, reconnected with her family, and has some stability and a chance for real growth. That all stops here. Spoilers for the cliffhanger.
Having been kidnapped by an "Arcane" (non-human sapients who view humans as broken and good only as menial slaves for their broken magic) and her memory has been wiped. Her personality has been replaced with one deeply devoted to her kidnapper. She is a slave fanatically committed to her slavery and that first chapter or two is deeply disturbing, frankly.
Fortunately, we pick up right about the time Tala gets hit in the head and the overwatch personality she had installed last book kicks in with a reboot. So now Tala has three people in her head. Tala, obviously, but also Tali the slave and Alat her overwatch mind/personality. Tali doesn't get to drive and is totally dormant and selectively aware except when Tala pulls her foreward to do something the last months have been training for under her new master.
This entire book is Tala in the land of the Arcanes, being used to bolster the House of Blood as one of their super-deadly tools they call Eskau (the title, yes). Tala is her master's Eskau and earns her keep by killing things he wants killed. There's lots of action and Tala meets people she can never trust even though they aren't completely evil as we eventually learn. She even makes at least one friend. Well, probably friend. The thing is, the House of Blood isn't a completely corrupt house and has some interesting ideals that Tala isn't really against supporting. If only she weren't their slave.
So there are interesting conflicts both internal and external. The whole book is Tala looking for a way back to human lands and figuring out how to do so without a pyrrhic waste in her backtrail. Not that she wouldn't burn the place down, but getting caught in the blast herself isn't useful.
And developments with Kit in this book are frankly fantastic. Turning her (I don't know why Kit is a her as it's a devourling being used as a dimensional storage) into an Arcane-style sanctum. So the Arcanes give Kit an entirely self-sustaining environment, including false sun and a farm to produce food uniquely nutritious for Tala's magical makeup. And they let Kit eat a couple rival house "Holds" to expand Kit's space enormously. So Tala now carries a home that is designed to turn into a self-sustaining homestead for her support. I love this so much.
H0nestly, I planned to dock this a star for the tone shift. The series bills itself as slice of life in some of its marketing and for the most part that has held true. Humanity is under tremendous pressure and cooperation and trust is a cornerstone of Mage society. Being in Arcane lands where cooperation and trust are commodities to be traded and discarded when convenient is a huge shift. But frankly, I enjoyed this story and was engaged throughout. Tala has a lot of latitude for a slave because she is frankly an enormously valuable asset. So it isn't all grim abuse and thrash.
So I'll go with four stars with only mild discontent with the disconnect between this book and, frankly, the entire rest of the series that is set in human lands and where Tala is surrounded by her friends and companions.
A note about Chaste: Sex with humans isn't a thing Arcanes are interested in. So this is very chaste.
This picks up from the cliffhanger of the previous and represents a hard-shift in tone. Tala has been wandering around building her magical career as a protector and dimensional specialist. She has made friends, reconnected with her family, and has some stability and a chance for real growth. That all stops here. Spoilers for the cliffhanger.
Having been kidnapped by an "Arcane" (non-human sapients who view humans as broken and good only as menial slaves for their broken magic) and her memory has been wiped. Her personality has been replaced with one deeply devoted to her kidnapper. She is a slave fanatically committed to her slavery and that first chapter or two is deeply disturbing, frankly.
Fortunately, we pick up right about the time Tala gets hit in the head and the overwatch personality she had installed last book kicks in with a reboot. So now Tala has three people in her head. Tala, obviously, but also Tali the slave and Alat her overwatch mind/personality. Tali doesn't get to drive and is totally dormant and selectively aware except when Tala pulls her foreward to do something the last months have been training for under her new master.
This entire book is Tala in the land of the Arcanes, being used to bolster the House of Blood as one of their super-deadly tools they call Eskau (the title, yes). Tala is her master's Eskau and earns her keep by killing things he wants killed. There's lots of action and Tala meets people she can never trust even though they aren't completely evil as we eventually learn. She even makes at least one friend. Well, probably friend. The thing is, the House of Blood isn't a completely corrupt house and has some interesting ideals that Tala isn't really against supporting. If only she weren't their slave.
So there are interesting conflicts both internal and external. The whole book is Tala looking for a way back to human lands and figuring out how to do so without a pyrrhic waste in her backtrail. Not that she wouldn't burn the place down, but getting caught in the blast herself isn't useful.
And developments with Kit in this book are frankly fantastic. Turning her (I don't know why Kit is a her as it's a devourling being used as a dimensional storage) into an Arcane-style sanctum. So the Arcanes give Kit an entirely self-sustaining environment, including false sun and a farm to produce food uniquely nutritious for Tala's magical makeup. And they let Kit eat a couple rival house "Holds" to expand Kit's space enormously. So Tala now carries a home that is designed to turn into a self-sustaining homestead for her support. I love this so much.
H0nestly, I planned to dock this a star for the tone shift. The series bills itself as slice of life in some of its marketing and for the most part that has held true. Humanity is under tremendous pressure and cooperation and trust is a cornerstone of Mage society. Being in Arcane lands where cooperation and trust are commodities to be traded and discarded when convenient is a huge shift. But frankly, I enjoyed this story and was engaged throughout. Tala has a lot of latitude for a slave because she is frankly an enormously valuable asset. So it isn't all grim abuse and thrash.
So I'll go with four stars with only mild discontent with the disconnect between this book and, frankly, the entire rest of the series that is set in human lands and where Tala is surrounded by her friends and companions.
A note about Chaste: Sex with humans isn't a thing Arcanes are interested in. So this is very chaste.
May 12, 2024
**DON'T LET THE FIRST CHAPTER TURN YOU AWAY**
Millennial mage is of the slice of life genre, meaning it focuses more on the minutiae of day to day activities with only a hint of a major plot from the start.
Eksau is the culminative result of six books worth of inactivity, if you read through the first six books, you'd know that it's nothing but a training montage compared to this book.
Now to the work itself, I wouldn't begrudge an author his freedom to choose whatever theme he wishes to explore in his book, but i strongly believe an author should know what his readers would be able to stomach.
TALA had been written as an inexperienced mage and we the readers had followed her journey through six books, by the ending of the sixth book everything seemed to be going quite well for her, she had made peace with her family, she was steadily progressing and was on the right path, so of course it was time for the other shoe to drop. This happened abruptly and Tala was instantly captured without her being able to even put up a fight despite all her training, then she was enslaved and had her memory wiped.
Enslavement and memory alterations are two themes that when used alone in any book can be quite discomforting, when used together and at once it becomes quite unbearable.
I sat through the first chapter of this book reading about a character I had followed for so long be subservient and alien, calling her enslaver *master* like it was the most normal thing in the world. I was honestly disgusted and appalled, This came out of nowhere because millennial mage was supposed to be a cozy slice of life book and despite the blurb ( book discription) hinting on this eventuality I still found myself unprepared for what I had to read. Don't get me wrong though, exploring more serious matters is a nice change of pace in an otherwise mellow series of books.
I had always known that at some point Tala had to get into the Archons city, it was inevitable, what I didn't like however was how it was done, but still it was nice to see how the archons lived through Talas perspective.
Now the story as a whole followed the same pattern as the prior books. Tala kept advancing while conveniently getting everything she wanted either by luck or action. There were more training sessions and we get to see her explore more unconventional part to power, in summary I would say the book followed more of the same pattern as prior books the only difference been the plot progression and the big reveals.
Millennial mage is of the slice of life genre, meaning it focuses more on the minutiae of day to day activities with only a hint of a major plot from the start.
Eksau is the culminative result of six books worth of inactivity, if you read through the first six books, you'd know that it's nothing but a training montage compared to this book.
Now to the work itself, I wouldn't begrudge an author his freedom to choose whatever theme he wishes to explore in his book, but i strongly believe an author should know what his readers would be able to stomach.
TALA had been written as an inexperienced mage and we the readers had followed her journey through six books, by the ending of the sixth book everything seemed to be going quite well for her, she had made peace with her family, she was steadily progressing and was on the right path, so of course it was time for the other shoe to drop. This happened abruptly and Tala was instantly captured without her being able to even put up a fight despite all her training, then she was enslaved and had her memory wiped.
Enslavement and memory alterations are two themes that when used alone in any book can be quite discomforting, when used together and at once it becomes quite unbearable.
I sat through the first chapter of this book reading about a character I had followed for so long be subservient and alien, calling her enslaver *master* like it was the most normal thing in the world. I was honestly disgusted and appalled, This came out of nowhere because millennial mage was supposed to be a cozy slice of life book and despite the blurb ( book discription) hinting on this eventuality I still found myself unprepared for what I had to read. Don't get me wrong though, exploring more serious matters is a nice change of pace in an otherwise mellow series of books.
I had always known that at some point Tala had to get into the Archons city, it was inevitable, what I didn't like however was how it was done, but still it was nice to see how the archons lived through Talas perspective.
Now the story as a whole followed the same pattern as the prior books. Tala kept advancing while conveniently getting everything she wanted either by luck or action. There were more training sessions and we get to see her explore more unconventional part to power, in summary I would say the book followed more of the same pattern as prior books the only difference been the plot progression and the big reveals.
September 15, 2024
The start of this book was really rage inducing
I really enjoyed this. It was longer than previous books, but wrapped up the issue the book started with. No stretching this problem for multiple books.
I'm really excited to see how the protag moves forward with all that they learned, and the development and enhancement of self they achieved.
We will see in the next book.
Lol.
3/5 Stars
I really enjoyed this. It was longer than previous books, but wrapped up the issue the book started with. No stretching this problem for multiple books.
I'm really excited to see how the protag moves forward with all that they learned, and the development and enhancement of self they achieved.
We will see in the next book.
Lol.
3/5 Stars
December 15, 2024
The author is getting better at drawing the reader forward with foreshadowing and long term goals. The addition of a third, intermediate, culture was interesting... if not impactful. I remain content to continue the series.
July 26, 2025
left turn
Completely unexpected direction, but very welcome. *A LOT* of fascinating world building. And the MC continues to grow.
On to 8
Completely unexpected direction, but very welcome. *A LOT* of fascinating world building. And the MC continues to grow.
On to 8
October 17, 2024
I really love this series
I have tried to pace myself in reading it because I could easily read all the released books in a weekend and then be sad while I wait.
There are definitely some complicated concepts in the story when it comes to the worlds, the different “races” or “species”, and the magics. We learn more and more information as the story progresses and as FMC progresses in her magic and understanding of the different concepts.
She experiences different adventures from one book to the next and they are each interesting and have plenty of action with a touch of slice of life mixed in. FMC often finds herself in challenging situations where she has to overcome someone more powerful than her or rely on her team to defeat an opponent.
I liked the way this story took place in a completely different land with mostly different players but I would’ve liked to see Terry present more. I also appreciated the way the author initially made the archanus seem other but once she lives among them she realizes they are much like humans. They may have different knowledge and understanding and maybe enemies of “gated” humans but just like humans are trying to advance and live.
FMC does have the idea of bringing the 2 factions together and I would love to see that happen in a later book.
Overall, I would recommend this series to anyone who loves fantasy, magic, with action and adventure, a little bit of humor and a touch of the slice of life.
I have tried to pace myself in reading it because I could easily read all the released books in a weekend and then be sad while I wait.
There are definitely some complicated concepts in the story when it comes to the worlds, the different “races” or “species”, and the magics. We learn more and more information as the story progresses and as FMC progresses in her magic and understanding of the different concepts.
She experiences different adventures from one book to the next and they are each interesting and have plenty of action with a touch of slice of life mixed in. FMC often finds herself in challenging situations where she has to overcome someone more powerful than her or rely on her team to defeat an opponent.
I liked the way this story took place in a completely different land with mostly different players but I would’ve liked to see Terry present more. I also appreciated the way the author initially made the archanus seem other but once she lives among them she realizes they are much like humans. They may have different knowledge and understanding and maybe enemies of “gated” humans but just like humans are trying to advance and live.
FMC does have the idea of bringing the 2 factions together and I would love to see that happen in a later book.
Overall, I would recommend this series to anyone who loves fantasy, magic, with action and adventure, a little bit of humor and a touch of the slice of life.
May 9, 2024
Getting a Little Long
Both this book and the series as a whole are starting to overstay their welcome. What was an interesting and fresh story has become seemingly unfocused and despite this book having some interesting bits of world building it was not really well enough organized to justify the number of pages. The story has lost any sense of progress and is mostly stalled out, though that’s been true for a few books so far.
Not sure if it was more frequent or just more egregious in this book but the number of real world pop culture references sprinkled in felt especially jarring this time around.
This series may have lost the thread too much to bother reading any further for me, but your mileage may vary.
Both this book and the series as a whole are starting to overstay their welcome. What was an interesting and fresh story has become seemingly unfocused and despite this book having some interesting bits of world building it was not really well enough organized to justify the number of pages. The story has lost any sense of progress and is mostly stalled out, though that’s been true for a few books so far.
Not sure if it was more frequent or just more egregious in this book but the number of real world pop culture references sprinkled in felt especially jarring this time around.
This series may have lost the thread too much to bother reading any further for me, but your mileage may vary.
May 7, 2024
As always, entertaining and filled with the unexpected
Reading these adventures one cannot help but feel as if there is always more going on then the story can explain, and ever so slowly a bigger picture starts to form from the little side actions, decisions and circumstances that appear in the most mundane of moments in the book. At least with the main charachter there is growth, and seeing her mature as a charachter and be able to live adventoursly while still taking time to make less than ideal choices work for her shows a playful nature of the writer even while dealing with darker more serious content. Well done!
Reading these adventures one cannot help but feel as if there is always more going on then the story can explain, and ever so slowly a bigger picture starts to form from the little side actions, decisions and circumstances that appear in the most mundane of moments in the book. At least with the main charachter there is growth, and seeing her mature as a charachter and be able to live adventoursly while still taking time to make less than ideal choices work for her shows a playful nature of the writer even while dealing with darker more serious content. Well done!
May 13, 2024
Action, brains, laughter and tears
The 7th book in the Millenial Mage series takes Tala to new territory, partly for older readers to see something new, partly so newer readers won't feel so out of debth and partly cause J. L. Mullins is just too imaginative. Different paces are well timed so your attention keeps being caught. Interesting characters and character development. My reading has slowed down lately but this got me loving reading again. Highly recommended for lovers of fantasy, humour and tragedy and also characters trying not to be stupid, but sometimes failing.
The 7th book in the Millenial Mage series takes Tala to new territory, partly for older readers to see something new, partly so newer readers won't feel so out of debth and partly cause J. L. Mullins is just too imaginative. Different paces are well timed so your attention keeps being caught. Interesting characters and character development. My reading has slowed down lately but this got me loving reading again. Highly recommended for lovers of fantasy, humour and tragedy and also characters trying not to be stupid, but sometimes failing.
June 18, 2024
The 7th book...I believe the longest of the series so far, and it almost threw me off. At times, it felt more like a list of treasures, abilities and specials collected for our main protagonist, but those times were worth it as the story itself and especially the world building progressed nicely (as did the main character of course). I understand why it was necessary to do the book this way, but I did consider not finishing it a couple of times. I think this series might have been more enjoyable to me if I didn't binge it and took breaks in between the books.
March 23, 2025
The start of the book was a whiplash, like I was reading a completely different series in terms of tone and setting. I almost didn't want to continue but there was a ray of hope thrown early on and slowly, but surely I got accustomed to the change. Of course, Tala continuing to gain power at a prodigious pace helped and some of the new characters were even acceptable. Lots of lore building from the earlier books came to light in this book and opened up so much more about the world. The last few hundred pages of this rather long book was amazing and worth the trouble endured at the start.
October 30, 2025
A fun and unique entry
This book takes a serious and more plot driven approach than the previous books in the series. It handles the larger plot very well and still prioritizes character and their interactions and relationships well. World building continues at a similar pace as well. It blends the plot into everything else, adding a fun bit of forward momentum for this part of the series.
It's a very compelling read.
We'll see what the next book brings, but I wouldn't mind more of this or a return to form.
This book takes a serious and more plot driven approach than the previous books in the series. It handles the larger plot very well and still prioritizes character and their interactions and relationships well. World building continues at a similar pace as well. It blends the plot into everything else, adding a fun bit of forward momentum for this part of the series.
It's a very compelling read.
We'll see what the next book brings, but I wouldn't mind more of this or a return to form.
November 18, 2025
ALAT is the worst
ALAT sucks, like really really book ruiningly sucks as a character. The 3 chapters where ALAT was dead were such a blessed relief even though I knew they wouldn't last. They just add nothing of value and the dialogue isn't fun in any way. I've never enjoyed a series so much and then have it so ruined by a character. Not really sure how much to continue reading, maybe when Tala has more people to talk to alat won't be so ever present and horrific. Just a real bummer and imo terrible writing decision.
ALAT sucks, like really really book ruiningly sucks as a character. The 3 chapters where ALAT was dead were such a blessed relief even though I knew they wouldn't last. They just add nothing of value and the dialogue isn't fun in any way. I've never enjoyed a series so much and then have it so ruined by a character. Not really sure how much to continue reading, maybe when Tala has more people to talk to alat won't be so ever present and horrific. Just a real bummer and imo terrible writing decision.
May 3, 2024
pretty good book
It definitely is leading up to a better book and it was kind of tough to get through in parts, but definitely leads that future books will be far better now that she is back in human lands even though future books will be better. I don’t imagine that they will make perfect sense. If you don’t read this book a lot happened by the end that will be tied in clearly in future books, not a standalone novel.
It definitely is leading up to a better book and it was kind of tough to get through in parts, but definitely leads that future books will be far better now that she is back in human lands even though future books will be better. I don’t imagine that they will make perfect sense. If you don’t read this book a lot happened by the end that will be tied in clearly in future books, not a standalone novel.
May 12, 2024
Great Story Development, Poor character Development
The story is still interesting and I love the the book is longer and more fleshed out. My issue is the way the author took Tala’s personality. She started out more in control. Yes she was brash but it was due to curiosity and she was still calculating in her actions. I honestly didn’t like her in this book. She was overtly emotional and childish acting. I also don’t like that she has another consciousness in her head.
The story is still interesting and I love the the book is longer and more fleshed out. My issue is the way the author took Tala’s personality. She started out more in control. Yes she was brash but it was due to curiosity and she was still calculating in her actions. I honestly didn’t like her in this book. She was overtly emotional and childish acting. I also don’t like that she has another consciousness in her head.
May 22, 2024
Our main character, impetuous and rash Tala, has built her power to a peak. And now she's kidnapped and enslaved by the more powerful Arcane Lord Be. He's stripped her mind of all her memories and rebuilt it to be totally loyal to him.
As all perfect plans go awry, a random event, a bit of luck, allows Tala to get her memories back. But now she's worse off, realizing her helplessness, solely being a weapon for an amoral Arcane. She has a slave collar which will kill her at a wish from her master--or if she tries to escape.
This is a fine fantasy pickle. How will it be resolved? Read and find out.
By the way, this was my favorite volume of this seven-book series so far.
As all perfect plans go awry, a random event, a bit of luck, allows Tala to get her memories back. But now she's worse off, realizing her helplessness, solely being a weapon for an amoral Arcane. She has a slave collar which will kill her at a wish from her master--or if she tries to escape.
This is a fine fantasy pickle. How will it be resolved? Read and find out.
By the way, this was my favorite volume of this seven-book series so far.
June 2, 2024
Oh wow... this addition to the Millenial Mage was effing awesome! Granted I was scared for Tala as she was in unknown and hostile territory after getting kidnapped, but wow... she totally kicks arse! Pretending to be her programmed self, learning new things and just being a down right badass. I was so happy to see she got herself free from her slave-like circumstances.
I need the 8th book to come out NOW!
I need the 8th book to come out NOW!
May 3, 2024
Of two minds
Okay so I'm really of two minds about this book. On one hand it's well written and had some interesting concepts... On the other, Alat breaks the fourth wall, repeatedly. She continually makes pop culture references that are clearly just for the audience because Tala never understands them and it's really bad for immersion.
Okay so I'm really of two minds about this book. On one hand it's well written and had some interesting concepts... On the other, Alat breaks the fourth wall, repeatedly. She continually makes pop culture references that are clearly just for the audience because Tala never understands them and it's really bad for immersion.
May 20, 2024
A tale spun of fantastic magic
From first book to current, this series has kept my attention in ways that make me not want to put it down, and hurry back to it when I have to.
An in depth magic world with familiar references to similar books without intruding on the genre and presentation. I look forward to continued books and the story that is unfolding.
From first book to current, this series has kept my attention in ways that make me not want to put it down, and hurry back to it when I have to.
An in depth magic world with familiar references to similar books without intruding on the genre and presentation. I look forward to continued books and the story that is unfolding.
July 2, 2024
I was so upset when she got taken out of the environment I was having so much fun reading about! But this book did end up being enjoyable.
September 27, 2024
The start of this book was rough, reliving some of the previous book, and widening the scope of the scene. Tala is put in a very difficult situation and somehow pulls through! Tala does have to confront her anger and rage to not lose herself in the New world she finds herself in. This book had me cheering for Tala in the end!!!
November 19, 2024
Riveting
More involved than previous books. The plot thickens. This book feels less like a progression piece and starts to feel more like a proper novel. The author develops Tala as a character and the world as a whole. Arcanes, the Void, Soul Leechers, reality creatures and more. Definitely had a hard time putting it down and very glad I’ve stuck to the series to this point.
More involved than previous books. The plot thickens. This book feels less like a progression piece and starts to feel more like a proper novel. The author develops Tala as a character and the world as a whole. Arcanes, the Void, Soul Leechers, reality creatures and more. Definitely had a hard time putting it down and very glad I’ve stuck to the series to this point.
March 4, 2025
simply fantastic!
I’m almost 60 years old and I’ve been reading fantasy for 55 years and I shed tears several times during this book. This book and the concepts of the entire series are amazing and I can’t even begin to share the complexities and enjoyable of this and all the books so far in the series. Do yourself a favor and start reading book one.
I’m almost 60 years old and I’ve been reading fantasy for 55 years and I shed tears several times during this book. This book and the concepts of the entire series are amazing and I can’t even begin to share the complexities and enjoyable of this and all the books so far in the series. Do yourself a favor and start reading book one.
November 10, 2025
Excellent! This was a great, fully realized story arc, with many new and interesting setups for the next book. I really enjoyed the treatment of the Arcanes and how everything was wonderfully morally ambiguous. There are no mustache-twirling villains in this series; everything is more complex and nuanced than that.
May 2, 2024
World building turned to 11
The series has always been fun but this book is where things kick into overdrive with lore and world building.
Tala makes some crazy progress and the audiences understanding of the world and magic itself just expands to a crazy degree.
The series has always been fun but this book is where things kick into overdrive with lore and world building.
Tala makes some crazy progress and the audiences understanding of the world and magic itself just expands to a crazy degree.
May 22, 2024
Big fan of this series
I finally decided to give the first book a chance long ago, and I have binged and waited for it ever since. This installment has taken the story to the next level. So good. I thank the author for writing this story.
I finally decided to give the first book a chance long ago, and I have binged and waited for it ever since. This installment has taken the story to the next level. So good. I thank the author for writing this story.
May 28, 2024
Desperately relaxed
More of our lady pointedly stepping around panic while defining and strengthing herself, protecting and growing what little she has, ridiculously and never as expected. She has a knack for making endingberry juice out of a lemon of a situation.
More of our lady pointedly stepping around panic while defining and strengthing herself, protecting and growing what little she has, ridiculously and never as expected. She has a knack for making endingberry juice out of a lemon of a situation.
June 7, 2024
Oh, what a cliffhanger
I can't believe this book ended when it did. I was so looking forward to her homecoming. I'm hoping I won't have to wait too long for the next one. So exciting.
I can't believe this book ended when it did. I was so looking forward to her homecoming. I'm hoping I won't have to wait too long for the next one. So exciting.
August 8, 2024
I could not stop reading
This book was quite different from the last 6, and took a bit to get into.
I loved the last 6 books and came to love this one also.
Tala is strong female lead. She grows in many ways. I love her curiosity and need to learn about magic.
This book was quite different from the last 6, and took a bit to get into.
I loved the last 6 books and came to love this one also.
Tala is strong female lead. She grows in many ways. I love her curiosity and need to learn about magic.
March 14, 2025
Fantastic installation of the book.
Extremely engaging plot, new fantastic setting, great new characters, complex relationships and so, so much more lore that makes the rest of it so much more compelling. I love it. What a great way to mix things up to make the series more exciting!
Extremely engaging plot, new fantastic setting, great new characters, complex relationships and so, so much more lore that makes the rest of it so much more compelling. I love it. What a great way to mix things up to make the series more exciting!
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