Syl's first semester at the Aurian Magical Institute has been more eventful than he hoped for. With hundreds of Cascadian magicians dead in his wake, he realizes that peace is no longer an option. He and Bianca have had enough of war, but their names are still feared across the seas for a reason. They will not go gently.
As neighboring nations descend upon the kingdom and Auria starts to splinter apart on the inside, Syl realizes that this feud goes far deeper than a simple land grab. Something deeper is afoot, and the oncoming storm may plunge the entire world back into a war it can't afford.
The Seventh Sinner, book two of the Silent Archmage series, is an ebook I borrowed through Kindle Unlimited (KU). I'm happy to see this book come up after I read book one. We learned more of Syl's background (and what shaped his character) in this second installment of the series. There's something very appealing about his confidence in his magic. He may be the embodiment of Pride, but it doesn't feel like he has an over-inflated sense of self. A great series with unexpected plot lines. Looking forward to book three.
The world building is far more coherent in this book. The pacing is solid, and the writing overall is not bad at all. The magic system suffers a bit since every spell is way super more awesomely powerful than anything that comes before. This makes it irritating to understand. Having a soft system certainly makes the writing easier, but having a hard system would make the “rule breaking” things the MC does stand out more and be far more meaningful.
Answers the question posed in the first novel “why do some savant kids go to college when they are miles above their peers”.
In the middle of anime-style battles of spells that take pages to describe (kind of like a tabletop game where combat of a few seconds takes hours to resolve), what motivates a magical demigod are curiosity and a need for human connection (even if you’re post-human).
I enjoyed the first book and this one didm't disappoint me. The outbreak of the war, and the hints that this only part of the greater wars starting elsewhere in the world leads me to believe thatthe next book will show us more of nthis world and the different schools of magic. I enjoyed seeing some of the characters in the first book go through changes as things rush past their somewhat limited outlook on the consequences of their rebellion and the realisation that the battles they had gone through were only preliminaries to a real war.
As with the first book, I love the world and magic system a lot. Very interesting post apocalyptic and political dynamic. Syl is a complex MC with crazy amounts of power, but the story challenges him by making sure that he still has weaknesses that enemies can use so it's not without some stakes and tension. As the story is progressing I do look forward to seeing how some threats and issues are handled.
Enjoyable enough, a vary flushed out story with multiple faceted characters. I read a review giving it a bad review because of the similarities of this and a anime. I have seen that anime this is like taking the frame of that show and making something completely different . in terms of characters motivation’s world building scope this is its own thing , in my humble opinion at least.
This book was an excellent continuation of the first in the series. Just about everything that was hinted at was raised to a greater degree than I expected. I'm not really sure this even qualifies as LitRPG, but it was still a lot of fun to read. I'm looking forward to the next in the series!
I finished reading the book and i can’t but give it 5 stars and a thumbs up to the writer. The way that the book is written, the characters, the plot’s development and the way that the new information is revealed were exemplary. I cannot recommend enough the series for anyone interested in the genre.
I raced through the first book at speed, enjoying every bit. I raced through the second even faster. The depth of imagination brought to life by the author is as astounding as the characters and concepts in the books themselves. Can't wait for the next book. Who is ghost flower is the real question.
Not only is this a great story with well developed and interesting characters, it refuses to fit into a single genre, but combines several - and more importantly, combines them well!! I look forward with anticipation to the next installment!!!
The story pulls itself together in the end, but I found myself skipping a lot of the technical explanations on how the magic worked. In a scene that takes an instant, the reader has to wade through 4-8 pages of why this spell does what it does.
This is definitely becoming a favorite series of mine. It will be interesting to see how Syl and Bianca will operate now that they have no reason to hide who and what they are.
Storyline is exciting and engaging without being complicated. Really loving this series- it’s similar to action movies that are light on plot development and heavy on fighting snd explosions.
I thought the first book was good but this one is so much better.the writing and story are amazing, but the characters and dialogue even better. Can’t wait for the third!
I started trying to read this twice, but found that absoultely nothing about book 1 stuck with me. Nothing wrong with the writing particularly, I just couldn't get into it, I'm cutting my losses and moving on.
This was even better than the first book, both in the timing of the plot unfolding and the growth of the characters. It also has a huge and awesome ending. Very much looking forward to the final book in the trilogy.
This book is a bit like watching a train wreck. The world keeps getting more and more messed up, but our hero with questionable values does what he can to stop that. It’s a very interesting take on a world post magic and I can’t wait to see what happens next.