Circle of Inevitability

Lord of Mysteries 2: Circle of Inevitability #1

by Cuttlefish That Loves Diving

Volume 1 (Chapters 1-74)

Sequel to Lord of Mysteries

Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Steampunk, Mystery, Fiction, Light Novel, Magic

ebook

Published January 1, 2023

About the author

Associated Names:
* 爱潜水的乌贼 (Simplified Chinese) / 愛潛水的烏賊 (Traditional Chinese)
* Ai Qianshui de Wuzei / Cuttlefish That Loves Diving (English)
* อ้ายเชียนสุ่ยเตออูเจ๋ย (Thai)

Reviews

[Its me Topher 🫧🫧😩 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I miss my pookie Klien

[Aaiza عائزہ [Hiatus] · Rating 4 out of 5]

I still don't understand what exactly happened at the end but that was...unexpected

[NijiOfNatsu · Rating 3 out of 5]

In a way, it feels like Lumian is cheating, he just gets a lot of important information so fast!!

(I understand it would be boring for the reader to "uncover" everything from the start again, but it still feels like he has a cheat code)

[Nanjiba Noor · Rating 4 out of 5]

I miss lotm

[Maddi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sono andata a rilento ma ha ingranato dopo un po' questo primo volume. Molte ripetizioni di concetti già spiegati in lotm alle volte ma ci può stare, Lumian e Aurore sono stati un bel duo da seguire.
La fine per la miseria però, perché Cuttlefish, perché 😭

[Dominik H · Rating 5 out of 5]

peak

[Cyprian Szwarc · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easier to hook into it than Lotm's first. And the ending is almost as good

[Carina_ Home · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was surprisingly good, after all the negative things I've heard. I'm happy it was actually quite good. I do miss Klein and the Tarot club, but I love that now that we don't know the characters at the beginning u can guess and make a lot theories with the knowledge of LotM (also not all charcaters are new). And I also can not wait to see Tarot Ckub from an outsiders perspective. I must say I liked Kleins personality more since I could relate with him more, but it's also interesting to note that Lumian often seems to be the opposite of Klein. it helps a lot , that Lumians character is not as bad as he first appears and the longer u read the more he kinde grows on u, i hope he gets the same depth as Klein. At the beginning it was hard to emerge myself into Lumian because of the difference in charcaters between him and me or Klein and the way he doesn't have long internal monologs and everything. It was also very slow and i did not like how he acted at the beginning. I also think that his backstory was kind of weird and his uniqueness suddenly appeared but im sure that gets explained later on in the next Volums. Despite the slow start the moment he becomes a beyonder things start to become interesting. Although I had many theories of what was going on in the end i could not even guess the plot twist it was that surprising . I do think it's worth the read. I've heard Amon appears in Volume 2 and despite all the PTSD that guy gave me in LotM. I can't wait to meet him again in TCoI.

[bersabea giudice · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mi è piaciuto, soprattutto nella parte finale quando finalmente si scopre cosa sia in realtà il " segreto ".
Certo, Klein manca, manca come l'aria, Lumien è un personaggio molto diverso, ma si fa apprezzare comunque.
Non vedo l'ora di ritrovare tutti i personaggi del ciclo precedente, in questo libro si è solo vista Fors ogni tanto.

[lady magician ౨ৎ · Rating 5 out of 5]

guys im confused 😵‍💫

[Keevo · Rating 3 out of 5]

This first volume of Circle of Inevitability is a slow burn. The pace can be a bit challenging especially if you're used to the faster-paced plot of Lord of Mysteries. It's a chore to read. I definitely found myself missing Klein and his adventures.

The setting of the story is also a bit constrained taking place within one small, seemingly boring town. However, the narrative picks up toward the end. It's in the final chapters that we get a glimpse of what's to come and the introduction of familiar characters from the Lord of Mysteries universe is a rewarding moment for fans. It’s a great payoff that makes the slow build worth it.

[X_Northernlight_X · Rating 5 out of 5]

Holy shit

That ending was mind blowing

I still can't comprehend what the hell i just read THIS IS PEAK the best as it can get

Everyone bow to the mastermind that is Cuttlefish because holy hell this is not something a normal person can come up with.

This is everything

[salted fish Without Dreams]

My review for the last two volumes ig
COI as a whole was great honestly, it felt like a entirely different book than LOTM book while retaining the world from earlier.

Volume 8 was a good way to end things off even tho there are many open plots but we can guess the outcomes for them based on hints given in the story ig, the fights were so difficult to understand, had to sit down and reread and think wtf was even happening lmao. Plus I liked how CF directed the conclusion to the battle against MGOD, leaving it open gives more weight to MGOD and PGA imo. It indeed felt anti-climactic but I can see the vision behind it so won't complain. Can also see why we didn't get more about western continent, I thought I'd be disappointed by the lack of it but seeing how things played out, I honestly wasn't and quite liked it.

Volumes ranked best to worst : 5 > 6 > 8 > 3 = 4 > 7 > 1 > 2

Overall : LOTM was a 9.5, COI would be 9 ish for me.

Lemme list things that I didn't like :

1) VOL 7 - This volume was too short, it surely brought down the overall rating of COI by quite alot. There were so many threads left untied, like we never got to see lumian acting as an angel or how Franca and the company felt learning about Jenna's death which severely undermined the impact it should've had on the story, but it didn't. Had potential to be one of the best but ended up negatively affecting the overall experience. We don't see much of Lumian using his hunter team power sharing fights, which I was kinda excited to witness since it sounded so epic. I wish they had given more description to the descent of MGOD as well and set the environment better. Also it felt like Lumian just jumps from sequence 5 to Sequence 0 deity due to the lack to substance in between on demigod level.

2) Lumian's character development - it seemed to have stopped after reaching a certain point at the end of vol 6, regressed even. All of a sudden he's lost his chaotic personality that he had in early to mid volumes. Ironic how he is supposed to be chaos itself. but this one wasnt too much of a problem honestly.

3) Character dynamics - the dynamics feel lost and shallow after Vol 6, anthony and ludwig are completely overshadowed, jenna and franca are important but we don't see the chemistry no more, arora never had a presence to begin with tbh. Glad atleast Mr Fool was done well.

COI could've been on par with LOTM if only the final 2 volumes weren't so short, but I don't hate it. Hope there is a prequel related to the early epochs someday. I had been reading LOTM for the last 6 months almost everyday and now that's it's gone I do feel empty, it was an integral part of my day. I'll really miss it. Next up gonna reread and catch up on Stormlight Archive so that's something to look forward to.

[Costin Manda · Rating 3 out of 5]

OK, so I started reading the second book of the Lord of Mysteries series. It feels more... experimental. In terms of plot, it's kind of the same, though. Same fish out of water (pardon the pun) starting from Sequence 9 and raising in level, same idea of trying to figure things out, same unexplained quirk that no one else has, even a Tarot Club further on. So, if you expected a continuation of book 1, maybe later?

Circle of Inevitability starts really slow. Something remotely interesting only happens 15% of this first volume in. But then a lot of mind twisting events go on, ending with an epic twist that I don't want to spoil.

For me, this is already a sort of challenge, so I will probably finish this book as I did the first, but to be honest I am a bit disappointed. I wanted to know what happened with the characters I knew, not start "a new game" with a different character hoping that maybe I will understand in a few thousand pages how the events in the first book reached any conclusion. Also, the main character doesn't work for me. An orphan saved by a "big sister", a self proclaimed prank master. And if I may pile on that, the story is ridiculous, as it happens in a small village, but with so many high level actors.

The writing ifeels more experimental: more stakes, more negative outcomes, more emotional evolution, but not that much. The main character doesn't come off as a psychopath as in the first book, but he still veers in that direction when it comes to unbearable pain or personal loss. I personally like the grand god level magic parts, things that would turn a normal person into a quivering mess without any spiritual or mystical influence, but to have characters that just shrug things off and get on with their quest feels like watching someone else playing a video game.

Bottom line: some improvements, some disappointments. I will continue to read the rest, see how it goes.

[Martin Kirov · Rating 4 out of 5]

It had more character depth and development (deeply appreciated) but again it was too short. Yeah this has a reason but again people like it didn’t get enough exploration of characters and the world. If we got more history, more exploration, different povs it could have been better than lotm. But for naught we don’t get is so it stays 4 stars. These books like lotm and coi are so big that if we had at least two POVs each it could climb the level from a half assed masterpiece to a full one. If we cuttlefish made a pov at the other end of the map and made him a main character maybe without powers and just a orator of the masses and idealistic guy that I protected by powerful beyongers and his story how he got there it could have been better.

[vin · Rating 3 out of 5]

...idk Lumian didn't really leave me with a good impression because just what is this - "At the very least, exercising is beneficial, and it’s quite a feast for the eyes…"?? isn't she your grande soeur why are you thinking about her like this!? 😭🙂 ...maybe I'm overthinking, but I wouldn't have continued reading if not for the hopes of seeing Klein and the Tarot members. Anyway in this volume, Aurore seemed to be the only interesting character and she's also 'dead' and imo the plot twist didn't really feel that much of a twist.

[Dan Xia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Unfortunately I couldn't really get into this series vs. Lord of the Mysteries. The first volume felt like it dragged on and was a bit confusing, and while everything is explained afterwards, I didn't enjoy it nearly as much. Lumian as a main character also was not nearly as interesting as Klein.

[Meeilyi · Rating 5 out of 5]

WDYM THE HOLE BUCLE THING ERA EN REALIDAD UN SUEÑO Y EL SUEÑO ERA LA FUCKING REALIDAD PERO LUMIAN ESTABA MEDIO LOCO Y CREÍA LO CONTRARIO???????

[Mark Santi · Rating 5 out of 5]

time loop, unknown and Fors

[Nix · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Uma introdução fenomenal, para a nova série no mundo de Lord of Mysteries.

[แมวดำนักอ่าน · Rating 3 out of 5]

Klien is the best…

[Kary ✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aún no logro conectar con Lumian. 😱

[Nouman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a continuation of LOTM. Although very slow and somewhat boring at start, it latter becomes very interesting. By the standards of webnovels, its a 10/10 book.

[Nick Rizzo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as Lotm book 1 :(

[Carminex3 · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5

[Tyler Morris · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting mystery and it’s nice to see the series at a lower power level again. Unfortunately I don’t really like the new pov character.

[cococrunsh · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would've rated it 4 if Lumian has to choose between Aurore or Jenna. Adam should have his own series though, he's so tuff. This rating is for the whole series, I think it's 3.8 out of 5.

[Aleja Gomez · Rating 5 out of 5]

El final me destrozó en mil pedazos 💔

[Rayanthefool · Rating 5 out of 5]

ts was fire