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Fates Parallel #2
Fates Parallel Vol. 2: A Xianxia/Wuxia Inspired Cultivation Academy Series
The past has a way of catching up.
After an eventful introduction to the world of cultivation, Lee Jia and An Eui find their fates inextricably linked by a powerful new bond. They hardly have time to explore their new form of cultivation before the consequences of their actions come to haunt them. Now threatened by one of the Empire's most powerful sects, Jia and Eui will have to face their pasts and prepare for what the future has in store. Will they be torn apart by adversity, or brought closer together than ever before?
Jia and Eui's adventures continue in this progression fantasy about friendship, self-discovery, personal growth, and of course magical martial arts!
After an eventful introduction to the world of cultivation, Lee Jia and An Eui find their fates inextricably linked by a powerful new bond. They hardly have time to explore their new form of cultivation before the consequences of their actions come to haunt them. Now threatened by one of the Empire's most powerful sects, Jia and Eui will have to face their pasts and prepare for what the future has in store. Will they be torn apart by adversity, or brought closer together than ever before?
Jia and Eui's adventures continue in this progression fantasy about friendship, self-discovery, personal growth, and of course magical martial arts!
506 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 12, 2022
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September 5, 2023
Honestly, a large portion of the reason I loved the first book so much is that there wasn't a ton of conflict. This book makes up for that tenfold; it felt like everything that could go wrong, went wrong, which made it far too stressful for me to enjoy it nearly as much as the first one. How unfortunate.
April 11, 2024
Could be better
This continues to be quite divisive for me. On one hand there are a lot of interesting concepts... On the other hand.. The main character is really stupid. She keeps doing really dumb stuff and it's played off as her being naive or trusting or not trusting enough and it really starts to grate.
This continues to be quite divisive for me. On one hand there are a lot of interesting concepts... On the other hand.. The main character is really stupid. She keeps doing really dumb stuff and it's played off as her being naive or trusting or not trusting enough and it really starts to grate.
April 24, 2024
4.5?
Still a super addictive read, and I absolutely blazed through it.
I appreciated that the whole dual cultivation thing has caused real, negative consequences for Jia and Eui, and that looks to continue in the future. Also that Jia finally went through some self-reflection! Even if it was a bit heavy-handed.
Yan Yue was super fun, and despite her consistently doing very self-serving, mildly horrific things, I still kind of love her? Is this how Jia feels lol. Speaking of, it was nice to get more backstory on Jia (and Eui for that matter), and I felt the whole situation with her being asked to raise the kid of the teen who effectively raised her, and running away instead, was actually a really good example of something that was objectively the correct decision but would also really fuck someone up.
The book also did really well in conveying the feeling of 'I have so many things I urgently need to do, but can't do them all at once, so will triage the most urgent things and just let the other things slip until they move into that "most urgent" pile'. Like the whole rumors/potential future issues with Sun, which Jia knows is coming, and knows will get worse, and needs to get nipped in the bud, but there are too many other fire drills so it just can't be taken care of so it just keeps getting worse (slowly) in the background. Or the showing their forge teacher what they made, which kind of just faded from the story but I assume will come back in the next book. Same with the whole 'I should think about what my romantic feelings are instead of leaving Dae and Eui hanging.' Glad she's getting called out for some of these things at least.
There are quite a few balls/subplots being juggled in the book, but I think the author handled that pretty well overall. The cultivation system infodumps still appeared, but there were marginally fewer of them, which I appreciated. Also lots of 5D chess, which can be annoying, but fits well enough in the book. I look forward with interest to Elder Qin's plans (do the Qins want to cut down the Yan's influence or something) and with fear to Do Hye's plans (to bring back some sort of ultimate demon lord???). Also I'm weirdly proud of Eunae for connecting with her ancestor spirit a little and having a little growth with regards to her bewitching eyes ability! Her short POV sections made me feel really bad for her, so I hope she continues to get pages and grow.
Still a super addictive read, and I absolutely blazed through it.
I appreciated that the whole dual cultivation thing has caused real, negative consequences for Jia and Eui, and that looks to continue in the future. Also that Jia finally went through some self-reflection! Even if it was a bit heavy-handed.
Yan Yue was super fun, and despite her consistently doing very self-serving, mildly horrific things, I still kind of love her? Is this how Jia feels lol. Speaking of, it was nice to get more backstory on Jia (and Eui for that matter), and I felt the whole situation with her being asked to raise the kid of the teen who effectively raised her, and running away instead, was actually a really good example of something that was objectively the correct decision but would also really fuck someone up.
The book also did really well in conveying the feeling of 'I have so many things I urgently need to do, but can't do them all at once, so will triage the most urgent things and just let the other things slip until they move into that "most urgent" pile'. Like the whole rumors/potential future issues with Sun, which Jia knows is coming, and knows will get worse, and needs to get nipped in the bud, but there are too many other fire drills so it just can't be taken care of so it just keeps getting worse (slowly) in the background. Or the showing their forge teacher what they made, which kind of just faded from the story but I assume will come back in the next book. Same with the whole 'I should think about what my romantic feelings are instead of leaving Dae and Eui hanging.' Glad she's getting called out for some of these things at least.
There are quite a few balls/subplots being juggled in the book, but I think the author handled that pretty well overall. The cultivation system infodumps still appeared, but there were marginally fewer of them, which I appreciated. Also lots of 5D chess, which can be annoying, but fits well enough in the book. I look forward with interest to Elder Qin's plans (do the Qins want to cut down the Yan's influence or something) and with fear to Do Hye's plans (to bring back some sort of ultimate demon lord???). Also I'm weirdly proud of Eunae for connecting with her ancestor spirit a little and having a little growth with regards to her bewitching eyes ability! Her short POV sections made me feel really bad for her, so I hope she continues to get pages and grow.
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November 25, 2025
In some ways it's an improvement on the first book, in others it's a step down. It feels like a perfect 4* purely because of that.
There's a lot more combat than in the previous book, however, for some reason I have hard time visualizing what's happening and where everyone is. I would say that writing of the combat is definitely the biggest weakness so far. I also didn't particularly enjoy the plot line. I suspect it's a set up for what's to come in the story so it flows slower and it's more repetitive in what's going on.
Another downside is the amount of characters that are relevant to the story. There are too many as it is and this book added multiple. That unfortunately leaves many interesting characters under explored and others completely pushed to a side until their que to step into the plot. The story would greatly benefit from toning down its ambitions and focusing on a smaller scale, in both politics and character wise.
There's a lot more combat than in the previous book, however, for some reason I have hard time visualizing what's happening and where everyone is. I would say that writing of the combat is definitely the biggest weakness so far. I also didn't particularly enjoy the plot line. I suspect it's a set up for what's to come in the story so it flows slower and it's more repetitive in what's going on.
Another downside is the amount of characters that are relevant to the story. There are too many as it is and this book added multiple. That unfortunately leaves many interesting characters under explored and others completely pushed to a side until their que to step into the plot. The story would greatly benefit from toning down its ambitions and focusing on a smaller scale, in both politics and character wise.
October 1, 2023
Good Read
This was another enjoyable, read that introduced some more entertaining concepts, and hinted at the wider world yet again. I still think that I liked the first book a bit more than this one. The combined personality of the two main characters seems a bit superfluous to me, and makes their journey a bit more overly complicated I feel. I also feel like the main character, experienced one too many setbacks, and I’m very curious about her situation after the end of the story. I still think it’s a good addition, but again, I prefer the first book.
This was another enjoyable, read that introduced some more entertaining concepts, and hinted at the wider world yet again. I still think that I liked the first book a bit more than this one. The combined personality of the two main characters seems a bit superfluous to me, and makes their journey a bit more overly complicated I feel. I also feel like the main character, experienced one too many setbacks, and I’m very curious about her situation after the end of the story. I still think it’s a good addition, but again, I prefer the first book.
December 27, 2024
Lost 2 stars for NOT writing a Recap.
I think every reader needs to start doing this to force authors to write a quick Recap chapter, which readers can skip if they remember, and those who don't won't stop reading the series.
I think every reader needs to start doing this to force authors to write a quick Recap chapter, which readers can skip if they remember, and those who don't won't stop reading the series.
September 20, 2022
Very good read
I enjoyed reading this book very much and I recommend this book to anyone who like LitRPG and progression type of books with lots of action.
I enjoyed reading this book very much and I recommend this book to anyone who like LitRPG and progression type of books with lots of action.
November 23, 2023
Enjoyable. Interesting twist. A little dubious of how its going to be as it continues, but will definitely still read to find out.
January 25, 2025
Quickly becoming one of my favorite series
June 15, 2022
3.5 Stars
I was hoping the combination of power types would lead to more synergistic creations... maybe in book 3?
I was hoping the combination of power types would lead to more synergistic creations... maybe in book 3?
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