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Legacy of Magic #5
Wrenched
Matti Puletasi finally has the name of one of the people responsible for her parents’ kidnapping. He’s a powerful billionaire with magical security strong enough to keep out dragons, but she’s determined to get in to question him. Make that interrogate him.
Sarrlevi, the elf assassin she’s fallen in love with, would usually help her, but he’s fighting a battle of his own. The wounds he received in their last skirmish aren’t healing, and something in his blood is affecting his mind. And it’s getting worse.
If Matti can’t reach the billionaire and find a way to heal Sarrlevi, she could lose everyone she loves.
Sarrlevi, the elf assassin she’s fallen in love with, would usually help her, but he’s fighting a battle of his own. The wounds he received in their last skirmish aren’t healing, and something in his blood is affecting his mind. And it’s getting worse.
If Matti can’t reach the billionaire and find a way to heal Sarrlevi, she could lose everyone she loves.
303 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 2, 2023
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Lindsay Buroker
199 books6,262 followersI'm a full-time indie fantasy and science fiction author. When I'm not writing, I'm ferrying my dogs to hiking trails for adventures.
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August 19, 2024
I thought I'd taken some notes about this one. Spoiler alert: I didn't.
Let me check my highlights real quick and see what I find there. BRB and stuff.
Okay, we've got topiaries with fire-retardant leaves, something about Earth-spawned humor and all fingers not being thumbs but all thumbs being fingers, sneering vegetations, feckless hippie dragons, beauteous females and classy ladies who may or may not feel like vomiting, wise plumbers, roommates who shoot kitchen appliances from their homemade gun, unstable heinous bitches who also happen to be attention heterotrophs and exothermic reactions waiting to happen, voluptuously veined comrades, cackling dragons on docks, and odious, arrogant toadstools.
Does that help not at all? Oh, good.
(This review may be crappy as fish but in my defense, I've been working my pincers off this summer and am barely 10% alive at this point, so please don't expect me to remember any book I read. Okay, so I might vaguely remember something about the book right after finishing it but wait about 5 minutes after that, and Acute Oblivionitis kicks in.)
Anyhoo and stuff, I might not rememberanything much about this book, but I rated it 4 stars, which seems to indicate that I slightly liked it. Wait, I do seem to recall that the characters and their interactions are as scrumptious as ever. And also that there were lots of HAHAHAHAHA moments. And that the romantic crap is getting a bit too EWWWW for my taste book was just plain fun and stuff. And that is all.
👋 Until next time and stuff.
· Book 1: Hammered ★★★★
· Book 2: Betrayed ★★★★
· Book 3: Trolled ★★★★
· Book 4: Tested ★★★★
· Book 6: Fused ★★★★
Let me check my highlights real quick and see what I find there. BRB and stuff.
Okay, we've got topiaries with fire-retardant leaves, something about Earth-spawned humor and all fingers not being thumbs but all thumbs being fingers, sneering vegetations, feckless hippie dragons, beauteous females and classy ladies who may or may not feel like vomiting, wise plumbers, roommates who shoot kitchen appliances from their homemade gun, unstable heinous bitches who also happen to be attention heterotrophs and exothermic reactions waiting to happen, voluptuously veined comrades, cackling dragons on docks, and odious, arrogant toadstools.
Does that help not at all? Oh, good.
(This review may be crappy as fish but in my defense, I've been working my pincers off this summer and am barely 10% alive at this point, so please don't expect me to remember any book I read. Okay, so I might vaguely remember something about the book right after finishing it but wait about 5 minutes after that, and Acute Oblivionitis kicks in.)
Anyhoo and stuff, I might not remember
👋 Until next time and stuff.
· Book 1: Hammered ★★★★
· Book 2: Betrayed ★★★★
· Book 3: Trolled ★★★★
· Book 4: Tested ★★★★
· Book 6: Fused ★★★★
February 28, 2024
Compromised
A great continuation of the story. I did not think things could get more tense and exciting after the battle in the last book with the Assassins Guild, but I should have had more faith. Yes, there were a couple less fights in this book, but the story, revelations, and character development more than made up for that.
Since the last book, Sarrlevi has been comprimised, though at first it seems this might be in Matti's favour, an out of control elf elite assassin is not good for anyone, even themselves.
There are some gains on the "organisation" front as well as old enemies, some unexpected allies, and twists.
This book has everything I love about fantasy series. I can even see a bond of respect and friendly competition sorting between a couple of the characters, and big things happen for later in the series.
A great continuation of the story. I did not think things could get more tense and exciting after the battle in the last book with the Assassins Guild, but I should have had more faith. Yes, there were a couple less fights in this book, but the story, revelations, and character development more than made up for that.
Since the last book, Sarrlevi has been comprimised, though at first it seems this might be in Matti's favour, an out of control elf elite assassin is not good for anyone, even themselves.
There are some gains on the "organisation" front as well as old enemies, some unexpected allies, and twists.
This book has everything I love about fantasy series. I can even see a bond of respect and friendly competition sorting between a couple of the characters, and big things happen for later in the series.
May 6, 2023
Entertaining paranormal listening 🎶🔰
Matti and Sarrlevi are both searching for parents while seeing lots of action and violence. It seem to seek them out around every corner. Dragons 🐉 play a large part in the story. I would recommend this series and author to 👍 readers of paranormal fantasy adventure mystery novels 👍🔰. 2023 👒😀😡😮
Matti and Sarrlevi are both searching for parents while seeing lots of action and violence. It seem to seek them out around every corner. Dragons 🐉 play a large part in the story. I would recommend this series and author to 👍 readers of paranormal fantasy adventure mystery novels 👍🔰. 2023 👒😀😡😮
April 2, 2023
At this point, I think I have found my go-to author whenever I want to enjoy a great, action-filled escape that won’t tax me, depress me or make me ponder too deeply. Just great fun with a side of romance every time!
In this installment of the Legacy of Magic series, we find Matti and Sarrlevi’s relationship deepening considerably (and wonderfully) as she races to find a cure for the brain eating pathogen that Barothla as infected him with. All while trying to keep him away from the growing number of supernaturals who want to kill them both... AND, while she is tasked to infiltrate a billlionaire’s mansion on her quest to find her mother. See? Can’t put down reading that is just plain addicting. :)
In this installment of the Legacy of Magic series, we find Matti and Sarrlevi’s relationship deepening considerably (and wonderfully) as she races to find a cure for the brain eating pathogen that Barothla as infected him with. All while trying to keep him away from the growing number of supernaturals who want to kill them both... AND, while she is tasked to infiltrate a billlionaire’s mansion on her quest to find her mother. See? Can’t put down reading that is just plain addicting. :)
June 13, 2023
Legacy of Magic is an easy to read urban fantasy series chock full of charming characters, wild new realms, and lots of snark. Formulaic, yes but also enjoyable and entertaining.
March 3, 2023
Oh man
That was excellent. Really exciting and heartwarming. Reading a Buroker book is so rewarding. Matti and Sarlevvi are a great pairing. I won't be able to stand waiting til April 29th. Luckily she never makes us wait too long for our next edition. Something that all of her fans appreciate.
That was excellent. Really exciting and heartwarming. Reading a Buroker book is so rewarding. Matti and Sarlevvi are a great pairing. I won't be able to stand waiting til April 29th. Luckily she never makes us wait too long for our next edition. Something that all of her fans appreciate.
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August 30, 2023Rating:: minus 3
I do not like to write reviews on this site but I need this personal reference guide. Goodreads are an Amazon shell and no more than a department of Kindle. To settle my stomach, I watched YouTube's The Little Platoon analysis of Rings of Power. He is sometimes (almost always) a wonderfully detestable English ass. He opens his essay with a horrible, racist assault on all things Welsh but he then balances that with an insightful, brutal description of a certain Bezos. 🙂 That not being enough, I also watched Lily Simpson, Shannon Makes, Biz Barclay, Alt Shift X, Mia Mulder, Alysotherlife, Acollierastro, Alizee, Crow Caller, May Moon Narrowboat, The Bands of HM Royal Marines, Sarah Millican, JohnTheDuncan, Acollierastro, Bernadette Banner, Wizards and Warriors, NerdForge, Morgan Donner, Stewart Hicks, Munecat, May, Kayama - Carmina Slovenica, TheClosetHistorian, Crecganford, Overly Sarcastic Productions, Kazachka.
I like the character cast of the series. The weaknesses of the magical world characters came to the fore at least two books ago. They are consistent but their political structure and culture have created stupid characters. This is a great example of the failure of feudalism. Using this world as a lens, European histories between ninth and sixteenth centuries are less romantic but make more sense. That is a simplistic assertion but I think that it works for an initial revaluation of the period.
By book three the romance had become a major plot thread and by book four it had become the main concern of the major characters and that continues. The banter, the constant fantasizing and body image issues are irritating. The banter moves the story towards RomCom at times during dramatic action scenes. It breaks the immersion in what should be tense moments with adolescent back and forth between two or more adults. The urgency is undercut, the adults seem idiots and the stakes are reduced to seeming inconveniences. For the romance reader, that is a minor tradeoff. For the urban fantasy reader, the story arc is sidetracked. 😐
The US military have been and continue to be the only representative of government at any level. There is no reaction from characters that magical and human beings are imprisoned with no trial and certainly no civilian oversight. Magical or human beings are held for decades but it is acceptable because they are criminals, even when they have done nothing criminal. The logic runs that the military only imprisons criminals. The detainees are criminal because they are imprisoned. That mirrors the American justice system but while limited, there are sometimes avenues available for challenging nasty civilian practices. That magical creatures accept that their freedom is at the whim of soldiers, is frightening. Ultrasecret prisons on US territories are even illegal, I think. All minorities and women lacking means in America must live in constant dread.
A journalist embarrassed the US government through exposing not only their allowing military to murder on foreign deployments but their coverup. Instead of prosecuting offenders and creating a culture of accountability, they let these people loose into broader American society. That might be a fact worth thinking about or I suppose it can be ignored and one can purchase another American flag. Julian Assange is in the Belmarsh prison (UK) for no credible charges, which was admitted by the US government. An Australian citizen persecuted for years by successive US governments, in a British prison. Added to the Guatanamo Bay prison's continued use and its worldwide infamy, this part of the book does not make a pleasant background. 😐 Watching the latest Belmarsh Conference on YouTube is very disturbing but enlightening.
The last background issue is the nature of the magical worlds. Are these spread across multiple universes or do they share the Earth's universe? The answer leads to other questions about distance and how interaction was originally initiated, since portals can only be opened to a place visited before. The use of "smirk" instead of other types of facial expressions or smiles, was totally overused. A smirk can denote several emotional states but as used it reduces reactions to the level of teen reactions.
The series delivered a fun adventure despite holes in the world building and plot. By this book, I had continued to read because the story was interesting and I had few options. For a romance reader, it may be perfect. If there were more urban fantasies on film, I might not have read past book two. 😐 Unfortunately, I have not seen very many urban fantasies on the streaming services and their other fantasies tend to the awful. The science fiction are somewhat better written than their low end print cousins and are definitely more entertaining.
I began using YouTube a little more than two years ago searching for better science fiction. I really liked the shorts on the DUST and Omeleto channels, which made my dislike of low end print greater. I was swamped by the educational and lifestyle channels but did finally stumble upon the book channels. 😍 These are friendly communities of curious, thoughtful readers who love all of the bookish experience. They are sure to appeal to any reader and I have listed some below. I also found sponsor spots on educational, essayist and documentary channels for dedicated educational video sites. I was surprised finding some of my favourite essayists and entire lecture series, in addition to documentary series on some of these sites. Nebula, Wondrium and Epic History TV are a few and I feel that all are worth a look.
I need a break before finishing the review, which means another YouTube visit. This next was brought to you by SandRhoman History, Jill Bearup, Bernadette Banner, Abbie Emmons, Merphy Napier, Dark Seas, Science of Science Fiction, The Stitchery, DUST, History Calling, The British Museum, Hazariel Costumes, Survive the Jive, Sound of Music Flashmob - Antwerp, Bella Ciao - Nikolay Kutuzov, Ro Ramdin, MANDY.
I had become accustomed to my science fiction reviews attracting a loose network of American nutcases, though they seem to have crawled back under their rocks over the last year. These self-described libertarians 😆, NeoNazis and white nationalist snowflakes are allergic to strong pushback. Urban fantasy is also probably too complex for them. On the off chance one ventures out from low end US science fiction, Claes Rees Jr/cgr710 declared that They have "won" (?).
I think that suggests that They realize that They needn't continue their flood of vile sexual and racist comments to the young boater and her mother, the Oxford Astrophysicist, the Swedish essayist or any of the many other female creators of channels which I mention. Using my name for some of them was disturbed but increasing the world's store of unpleasantness was truly disgusting. They at least have presented to the wider world, the perfect portrait of the aggrieved American man-child, blissfully unaware that "Facts don't care about your feelings"). 🤔
For details about Amazon/Goodreads policies, see my review of "Dark Horse", a good novel by Diener or Powers of the Earth, a badly written salute to the January 6, 2021 hero by Travis Corcoran (US veteran, Employee of an unnamed US agency, a decidedly committed proponent of the return of chattel slavery and with some connection to Putin's fascistic Russia).
To Claes Rees Jr/cgr710, Travis Corcoran/UP and company.
Slava Ukraini !!! --ta-- Slava Geroyam !!!
My YouTube picks of the moment.
The Life Guide, Verilybitchie, Ben and Emily, Travelling K, Wizards and Warriors, Mandy, Part Time Hobbit, The Chloe Connection, Jabzy, Dutchy, Silicon Curtain, Mia Mulder, Books and Lala, Chris and Shel, Truth to Power, Lily Simpson, James Somerton.
About Goodreads, please consider treating this site as potentially hostile. 😐
Ominous music begins. 🙂 The above member experiences were bad but after my review of Powers, Amazon employees joined the fray in support of a pro-slavery tirade. Given the Amazon treatment of their employees, it is a logical intervention. They actually seem to have managed to involve Australian Intelligence services at Pine Gap Centre in investigating a customer, myself. Bizarre. Read the reviews that I mentioned above and decide the danger.
If you do not write a negative review of popular bad science fiction titles, you may not be targeted. Still it might be prudent to remove lurkers (those friends on your list, who never post), minimize profile information, use Goodreads messaging sparingly and screenshot the odd and/or ugly. A scan of negative science fiction reviews, especially from female readers should be both frightening and enlightening. While both employees and certain members suffer from neither social nor moral restraint, it may be more important to not forget that they are American. Ominous music ends. 🙂
May we all find Good Reading! 😊
I am not overly familiar with YouTube but these are some of the channels that are favourites.
Sailing Melody, Some More News, Owen Jones, Nini Music, Up and Atom, Kiko10061980, Real Time History, AllShorts, Weir on the Move, Philosophy Tube, Prime of Midlife, The Operations Room, Jean's Thoughts, Mrs Betty Bowers, Sabine Hossenfelder, Michael Lambert, The Templin Institute, Lilly's Expat Life, The Amber Ruffin Show, NerdForge, Skip Intro, Up and Atom, Between the Wars, Alt Shift X, Dominic Noble, The Who Addicts, Acollierastro, Nomadic Crobot, Foster on the Spectrum, Ula and Josh, Arvin Ash, Elvis The Alien, Randy Rainbow, Claudia Boleyn, iiluminaughtii, Rebecca Watson, Kris Atom, Shaaba, A Day of Small Things, Kate Robson, Sasha Yanshin, With Olivia, Beautifully Bookish Bethany, Lily Alexandre, Daniel Greene, Abby Cox, Karolina Zebrowska, A Cup of Nicole, What Vivi did next, Climate Town, J. Draper, IL Neige, Cambrian Chronicles, Autumn's Boutique, Abbie Emmons, Robwords, History with Cy, Kurzgesagt, What Vivi did next, Cruising Alba, Ben and Emily, Eckharts Ladder, Lady of the Library, Deerstalker Films, Skip Intro, Jake Broe, Mauler, Kings and Generals, Tara Mooknee, Dr Becky, The Welsh Viking, Renegade Cut, The History Chap, Book Furnace, Knowing Better, The Piano Guys, Of Elves and Droids, Cass Ellis, Jay Exci, Kai Zammit, Sideprojects, That Stars War Girl, T. A. Summers, Overly Sarcastic Productions, The Leftist Cooks, Leeja Miller, NerdForge, Jessie Gender, The Narrowboat That James Built, Pike & Shot Channel, Malinda, Lives and Histories, J. Draper, Fantasy and World Music by the Fletchers, Amanda the Jedi, Xiran Jay Zhao.
I wish you a great morning, a fun afternoon, a pleasant evening, a splendid night and may we all continue learning.
A person loudly shouting for Freedom, while denying the same to others is not Human.
Meditations, Dark Sisters
I do not like to write reviews on this site but I need this personal reference guide. Goodreads are an Amazon shell and no more than a department of Kindle. To settle my stomach, I watched YouTube's The Little Platoon analysis of Rings of Power. He is sometimes (almost always) a wonderfully detestable English ass. He opens his essay with a horrible, racist assault on all things Welsh but he then balances that with an insightful, brutal description of a certain Bezos. 🙂 That not being enough, I also watched Lily Simpson, Shannon Makes, Biz Barclay, Alt Shift X, Mia Mulder, Alysotherlife, Acollierastro, Alizee, Crow Caller, May Moon Narrowboat, The Bands of HM Royal Marines, Sarah Millican, JohnTheDuncan, Acollierastro, Bernadette Banner, Wizards and Warriors, NerdForge, Morgan Donner, Stewart Hicks, Munecat, May, Kayama - Carmina Slovenica, TheClosetHistorian, Crecganford, Overly Sarcastic Productions, Kazachka.
I like the character cast of the series. The weaknesses of the magical world characters came to the fore at least two books ago. They are consistent but their political structure and culture have created stupid characters. This is a great example of the failure of feudalism. Using this world as a lens, European histories between ninth and sixteenth centuries are less romantic but make more sense. That is a simplistic assertion but I think that it works for an initial revaluation of the period.
By book three the romance had become a major plot thread and by book four it had become the main concern of the major characters and that continues. The banter, the constant fantasizing and body image issues are irritating. The banter moves the story towards RomCom at times during dramatic action scenes. It breaks the immersion in what should be tense moments with adolescent back and forth between two or more adults. The urgency is undercut, the adults seem idiots and the stakes are reduced to seeming inconveniences. For the romance reader, that is a minor tradeoff. For the urban fantasy reader, the story arc is sidetracked. 😐
The US military have been and continue to be the only representative of government at any level. There is no reaction from characters that magical and human beings are imprisoned with no trial and certainly no civilian oversight. Magical or human beings are held for decades but it is acceptable because they are criminals, even when they have done nothing criminal. The logic runs that the military only imprisons criminals. The detainees are criminal because they are imprisoned. That mirrors the American justice system but while limited, there are sometimes avenues available for challenging nasty civilian practices. That magical creatures accept that their freedom is at the whim of soldiers, is frightening. Ultrasecret prisons on US territories are even illegal, I think. All minorities and women lacking means in America must live in constant dread.
A journalist embarrassed the US government through exposing not only their allowing military to murder on foreign deployments but their coverup. Instead of prosecuting offenders and creating a culture of accountability, they let these people loose into broader American society. That might be a fact worth thinking about or I suppose it can be ignored and one can purchase another American flag. Julian Assange is in the Belmarsh prison (UK) for no credible charges, which was admitted by the US government. An Australian citizen persecuted for years by successive US governments, in a British prison. Added to the Guatanamo Bay prison's continued use and its worldwide infamy, this part of the book does not make a pleasant background. 😐 Watching the latest Belmarsh Conference on YouTube is very disturbing but enlightening.
The last background issue is the nature of the magical worlds. Are these spread across multiple universes or do they share the Earth's universe? The answer leads to other questions about distance and how interaction was originally initiated, since portals can only be opened to a place visited before. The use of "smirk" instead of other types of facial expressions or smiles, was totally overused. A smirk can denote several emotional states but as used it reduces reactions to the level of teen reactions.
The series delivered a fun adventure despite holes in the world building and plot. By this book, I had continued to read because the story was interesting and I had few options. For a romance reader, it may be perfect. If there were more urban fantasies on film, I might not have read past book two. 😐 Unfortunately, I have not seen very many urban fantasies on the streaming services and their other fantasies tend to the awful. The science fiction are somewhat better written than their low end print cousins and are definitely more entertaining.
I began using YouTube a little more than two years ago searching for better science fiction. I really liked the shorts on the DUST and Omeleto channels, which made my dislike of low end print greater. I was swamped by the educational and lifestyle channels but did finally stumble upon the book channels. 😍 These are friendly communities of curious, thoughtful readers who love all of the bookish experience. They are sure to appeal to any reader and I have listed some below. I also found sponsor spots on educational, essayist and documentary channels for dedicated educational video sites. I was surprised finding some of my favourite essayists and entire lecture series, in addition to documentary series on some of these sites. Nebula, Wondrium and Epic History TV are a few and I feel that all are worth a look.
I need a break before finishing the review, which means another YouTube visit. This next was brought to you by SandRhoman History, Jill Bearup, Bernadette Banner, Abbie Emmons, Merphy Napier, Dark Seas, Science of Science Fiction, The Stitchery, DUST, History Calling, The British Museum, Hazariel Costumes, Survive the Jive, Sound of Music Flashmob - Antwerp, Bella Ciao - Nikolay Kutuzov, Ro Ramdin, MANDY.
I had become accustomed to my science fiction reviews attracting a loose network of American nutcases, though they seem to have crawled back under their rocks over the last year. These self-described libertarians 😆, NeoNazis and white nationalist snowflakes are allergic to strong pushback. Urban fantasy is also probably too complex for them. On the off chance one ventures out from low end US science fiction, Claes Rees Jr/cgr710 declared that They have "won" (?).
I think that suggests that They realize that They needn't continue their flood of vile sexual and racist comments to the young boater and her mother, the Oxford Astrophysicist, the Swedish essayist or any of the many other female creators of channels which I mention. Using my name for some of them was disturbed but increasing the world's store of unpleasantness was truly disgusting. They at least have presented to the wider world, the perfect portrait of the aggrieved American man-child, blissfully unaware that "Facts don't care about your feelings"). 🤔
For details about Amazon/Goodreads policies, see my review of "Dark Horse", a good novel by Diener or Powers of the Earth, a badly written salute to the January 6, 2021 hero by Travis Corcoran (US veteran, Employee of an unnamed US agency, a decidedly committed proponent of the return of chattel slavery and with some connection to Putin's fascistic Russia).
To Claes Rees Jr/cgr710, Travis Corcoran/UP and company.
Slava Ukraini !!! --ta-- Slava Geroyam !!!
My YouTube picks of the moment.
The Life Guide, Verilybitchie, Ben and Emily, Travelling K, Wizards and Warriors, Mandy, Part Time Hobbit, The Chloe Connection, Jabzy, Dutchy, Silicon Curtain, Mia Mulder, Books and Lala, Chris and Shel, Truth to Power, Lily Simpson, James Somerton.
About Goodreads, please consider treating this site as potentially hostile. 😐
Ominous music begins. 🙂 The above member experiences were bad but after my review of Powers, Amazon employees joined the fray in support of a pro-slavery tirade. Given the Amazon treatment of their employees, it is a logical intervention. They actually seem to have managed to involve Australian Intelligence services at Pine Gap Centre in investigating a customer, myself. Bizarre. Read the reviews that I mentioned above and decide the danger.
If you do not write a negative review of popular bad science fiction titles, you may not be targeted. Still it might be prudent to remove lurkers (those friends on your list, who never post), minimize profile information, use Goodreads messaging sparingly and screenshot the odd and/or ugly. A scan of negative science fiction reviews, especially from female readers should be both frightening and enlightening. While both employees and certain members suffer from neither social nor moral restraint, it may be more important to not forget that they are American. Ominous music ends. 🙂
May we all find Good Reading! 😊
I am not overly familiar with YouTube but these are some of the channels that are favourites.
Sailing Melody, Some More News, Owen Jones, Nini Music, Up and Atom, Kiko10061980, Real Time History, AllShorts, Weir on the Move, Philosophy Tube, Prime of Midlife, The Operations Room, Jean's Thoughts, Mrs Betty Bowers, Sabine Hossenfelder, Michael Lambert, The Templin Institute, Lilly's Expat Life, The Amber Ruffin Show, NerdForge, Skip Intro, Up and Atom, Between the Wars, Alt Shift X, Dominic Noble, The Who Addicts, Acollierastro, Nomadic Crobot, Foster on the Spectrum, Ula and Josh, Arvin Ash, Elvis The Alien, Randy Rainbow, Claudia Boleyn, iiluminaughtii, Rebecca Watson, Kris Atom, Shaaba, A Day of Small Things, Kate Robson, Sasha Yanshin, With Olivia, Beautifully Bookish Bethany, Lily Alexandre, Daniel Greene, Abby Cox, Karolina Zebrowska, A Cup of Nicole, What Vivi did next, Climate Town, J. Draper, IL Neige, Cambrian Chronicles, Autumn's Boutique, Abbie Emmons, Robwords, History with Cy, Kurzgesagt, What Vivi did next, Cruising Alba, Ben and Emily, Eckharts Ladder, Lady of the Library, Deerstalker Films, Skip Intro, Jake Broe, Mauler, Kings and Generals, Tara Mooknee, Dr Becky, The Welsh Viking, Renegade Cut, The History Chap, Book Furnace, Knowing Better, The Piano Guys, Of Elves and Droids, Cass Ellis, Jay Exci, Kai Zammit, Sideprojects, That Stars War Girl, T. A. Summers, Overly Sarcastic Productions, The Leftist Cooks, Leeja Miller, NerdForge, Jessie Gender, The Narrowboat That James Built, Pike & Shot Channel, Malinda, Lives and Histories, J. Draper, Fantasy and World Music by the Fletchers, Amanda the Jedi, Xiran Jay Zhao.
I wish you a great morning, a fun afternoon, a pleasant evening, a splendid night and may we all continue learning.
A person loudly shouting for Freedom, while denying the same to others is not Human.
Meditations, Dark Sisters
July 7, 2023
Audiobook. A great story, definitely want more.
January 22, 2024
Matti and Sarlevvi are a great team!
And I love that we still see so much of Val in this series. I do love to see Matti and Val work together and become friends.
And I love that we still see so much of Val in this series. I do love to see Matti and Val work together and become friends.
June 8, 2023
So messy. I'm glad Barothla is gone, but I have no confidence that this will result in desperately needed focus for the next installment. We've made such minimal progress with the main plot to find / save Matti's parents.
There were a couple of instances where Matti presumably believed Sarrlevi was dead, but she didn't act at all as though she cared. The tone and quips continued as usual, as though it was only a mildly distressing occurrence like a fender bender instead of, you know, a loved one dying. So bizarre.
The one thing I'll say about this series is that it puts me to sleep like nothing else. A few minutes and my eyes just straight up glaze over. I use it as a semi-reliable insomnia buster. So yeah, I love that for me.
There were a couple of instances where Matti presumably believed Sarrlevi was dead, but she didn't act at all as though she cared. The tone and quips continued as usual, as though it was only a mildly distressing occurrence like a fender bender instead of, you know, a loved one dying. So bizarre.
The one thing I'll say about this series is that it puts me to sleep like nothing else. A few minutes and my eyes just straight up glaze over. I use it as a semi-reliable insomnia buster. So yeah, I love that for me.
March 6, 2024
I picked up Wrenched not long after finishing book 4 as I was in the mood for more of this series. Unfortunately I didn't enjoy this book as much as the previous books in the series and felt the tone of this one was different. With the way book 4 ended and the cover I was expecting a lot of focus on Matti trying to figure out where her parents are. Instead the plot is a bit on hold as she deals with something more urgent namely Varlesh who is losing his mind after an alchemical formula Matti's aunt inflicted upon him in book 4.
To be this book felt a bit more sad and heavy, I thought having Varlesh struggle with something this severe felt quite sad. Having someone Matti loves struggle like that was hard to see and read about. The actual way he slowly loses his mind just felt particularly gruesome and horrifying. It made me sad to read about it and this book lacked it's usual charm because of it. It also missed some of their usual banter as Varlesh isn't himself, there are still some scenes, but they don't really have the usual upbeat and lighthearted vibe and felt more sad due to the things going on. I did like how Matti never wavers in her support and does what she can to help Varlesh.
The plot felt a bit slow to progress. And while I usually don't mind the slightly meandering plots of these books, here I just wanted things to get better for Varlesh and have them back on figuring things out about their parents. And every time they focus on the other plot lines it felt odd as to me it felt more urgent to focus on Varlesh first. Some side characters are actually collecting some important clues as well in this book, which felt a bit odd too. The ending was actually quite good with plenty of action and things happening. It brings a lot of things together and has a lot of progress and things happening in a short amount of time. I liked seeing then get some new clues and get a resolution to some plot lines and I look forward to the next book.
To summarize: Due to what's happening in this book with Varlesh losing his mind, this book felt more sad and heavy than the other books in this series. Which is not something I expect from this series. Having someone Matti loves go through something to horrible and gruesome felt really sad. The banter between them isn't as frequent and to me felt more sad than lighthearted when it happens. The ending was good and progresses the plot with things happening as well as new clues and information coming to light. I look forward to the next book and hope that will be back to it's usual tone for this series.
To be this book felt a bit more sad and heavy, I thought having Varlesh struggle with something this severe felt quite sad. Having someone Matti loves struggle like that was hard to see and read about. The actual way he slowly loses his mind just felt particularly gruesome and horrifying. It made me sad to read about it and this book lacked it's usual charm because of it. It also missed some of their usual banter as Varlesh isn't himself, there are still some scenes, but they don't really have the usual upbeat and lighthearted vibe and felt more sad due to the things going on. I did like how Matti never wavers in her support and does what she can to help Varlesh.
The plot felt a bit slow to progress. And while I usually don't mind the slightly meandering plots of these books, here I just wanted things to get better for Varlesh and have them back on figuring things out about their parents. And every time they focus on the other plot lines it felt odd as to me it felt more urgent to focus on Varlesh first. Some side characters are actually collecting some important clues as well in this book, which felt a bit odd too. The ending was actually quite good with plenty of action and things happening. It brings a lot of things together and has a lot of progress and things happening in a short amount of time. I liked seeing then get some new clues and get a resolution to some plot lines and I look forward to the next book.
To summarize: Due to what's happening in this book with Varlesh losing his mind, this book felt more sad and heavy than the other books in this series. Which is not something I expect from this series. Having someone Matti loves go through something to horrible and gruesome felt really sad. The banter between them isn't as frequent and to me felt more sad than lighthearted when it happens. The ending was good and progresses the plot with things happening as well as new clues and information coming to light. I look forward to the next book and hope that will be back to it's usual tone for this series.
January 7, 2026
I don't know how Lindsay Buroker does it. But all the eight book had no cliffhanger. But even without cliffhangers I just wanted more of the series. So I read all eight books without reading a different book in-between.
I love that Val and Zev play major side characters in this series. And that Matti becomes friends with Val pretty fast. Both are happy to have found a female friend, who understands their work and helps the other.
Matti has to cope with the fact that a lot of things are not like they seem. When she was four, her mom was killed and her Dad was sent to a military prison, where nobody could visit him. Because it was a prison, where magical beings are kept. Turns out that things are different than what the four year old saw and what her Grandparents told her.
Many year later (I think it was 30 year) Matti find some hints that her mother may be alive. And she starts searching for her. The Elf Assassin who we got to know in Death before Dragons, where he took the assignment to kill Val and failed, is the one who starts all this.
And we have our love story right here between Matti and the Elf-Assassin. I love that people are redeemable in Buroker's world. We get to see the background story of the Elf-Assassin. And a very different side of him. He and Zav become frenemies.
Arwen is introduced in this book. She get's another series, which I accidentally read first.
It was a great story and I ended up with rating all books with five stars. I will reread both series, Death before Dragons and Legacy of Magic in the future.
I love that Val and Zev play major side characters in this series. And that Matti becomes friends with Val pretty fast. Both are happy to have found a female friend, who understands their work and helps the other.
Matti has to cope with the fact that a lot of things are not like they seem. When she was four, her mom was killed and her Dad was sent to a military prison, where nobody could visit him. Because it was a prison, where magical beings are kept. Turns out that things are different than what the four year old saw and what her Grandparents told her.
Many year later (I think it was 30 year) Matti find some hints that her mother may be alive. And she starts searching for her. The Elf Assassin who we got to know in Death before Dragons, where he took the assignment to kill Val and failed, is the one who starts all this.
And we have our love story right here between Matti and the Elf-Assassin. I love that people are redeemable in Buroker's world. We get to see the background story of the Elf-Assassin. And a very different side of him. He and Zav become frenemies.
Arwen is introduced in this book. She get's another series, which I accidentally read first.
It was a great story and I ended up with rating all books with five stars. I will reread both series, Death before Dragons and Legacy of Magic in the future.
did-not-finish
April 23, 2023I liked the series okay, but this is the one that lost me.
First, I'm (at best) lukewarm on romance. I don't mind seeing a couple of characters "hook up", and I'll read a book that has a minor romance side plot, but if the romance content drifts up past 10-15 percent of the book, that's usually what loses me. And ... this is the book that did that for me. There's been a gradual romance sub-plot for the entire series, but in this book it feels more central to the plot, that coupled with the fact that one of the two characters is (supposedly) suffering gradually increasing permanent brain damage was just a bit too much for me.
So, DNF at about 30%.
First, I'm (at best) lukewarm on romance. I don't mind seeing a couple of characters "hook up", and I'll read a book that has a minor romance side plot, but if the romance content drifts up past 10-15 percent of the book, that's usually what loses me. And ... this is the book that did that for me. There's been a gradual romance sub-plot for the entire series, but in this book it feels more central to the plot, that coupled with the fact that one of the two characters is (supposedly) suffering gradually increasing permanent brain damage was just a bit too much for me.
So, DNF at about 30%.
June 25, 2024
So much fun, but this one did almost make me cry at one point. Poor Sarrlevi. I honestly don't know how he will be able to not go to the Dragon Justice Court eventually. I hope everything mostly comes together soon!
March 13, 2023
This was a fairly okay book in the series. Not the best one but fairly okay. A lot of the things that I have liked and mentioned in my reviews of previous books are still there so I will not go through that again.
I was not too thrilled with this story about Sarrlevi slowly going mad. He is really the star of these books as far as I am concerned so him more less out of the game was a downer.
Also I was definitely feed up with that despicable, treacherous dwarf bitch. That part was really dragging on for too long. Fortunately we finally got to a showdown on that which lifted the book a bit.
However, it seems like the author intends to drag out this rubbish about the dragons wanting to judge an rehabilitate Sarrlevi for yet another book. I really dislike these never ending threads. I find them really annoying and if the author does not resolve that crap soon I will start to pull off stars.
I was not too thrilled with this story about Sarrlevi slowly going mad. He is really the star of these books as far as I am concerned so him more less out of the game was a downer.
Also I was definitely feed up with that despicable, treacherous dwarf bitch. That part was really dragging on for too long. Fortunately we finally got to a showdown on that which lifted the book a bit.
However, it seems like the author intends to drag out this rubbish about the dragons wanting to judge an rehabilitate Sarrlevi for yet another book. I really dislike these never ending threads. I find them really annoying and if the author does not resolve that crap soon I will start to pull off stars.
April 4, 2023
Ok, even though I’m fairly addicted to Lindsay Buroker’s Legacy of Magic series (shockingly as much as I was to the predecessor Death Before Dragons series - one of my all-time favorites) I somehow missed the releases of both Tested (Book 4) and Wrenched (Book 5). Happily I’ve now gobbled them both up. In different ways, ach develop the overall story arcs, Matteo’s need to fund and rescue her mom, her developing relationship with eleven assassin Sarrlevi, his need to help his own mom (some nice toe-ins there to the other story lines), growing plots by Matti’s pretty darn evil aunt and a mysterious organization (that we learn more about by the end of Book4), and so much more. Chock full of action, with intrigue and yes nicely done romance. Superb secondary characters (including the stars of the prior series playing supporting roles here), and quite frankly superbly written. You really cannot ask for more in an urban fantasy. Both of these books are very easy to highly recommend.
March 4, 2023
Still Gaping over this Installment
Jaw drop.
Lots of emotion in this book. If you’re waiting for the romance to heat up between Varlesh and Matti, hold onto your pants.
The action is nonstop, as we expect from Buroker, especially in this series. A few more twists than what the other books have had, which kept me breathless (when I wasn’t choking back tears—yeah, I’m THAT reader).
My biggest complaint: we still didn’t get a clear lead on Princess Rodarska.
But the last book in the series is coming, and I’m hoping all the mothers will be found and safely returned to happy, healthy lives.
And I’m glad Buroker turns out books at an incredible pace. I don’t have to wait too long to get full resolution for my favorite half-dwarven shero ever.
Jaw drop.
Lots of emotion in this book. If you’re waiting for the romance to heat up between Varlesh and Matti, hold onto your pants.
The action is nonstop, as we expect from Buroker, especially in this series. A few more twists than what the other books have had, which kept me breathless (when I wasn’t choking back tears—yeah, I’m THAT reader).
My biggest complaint: we still didn’t get a clear lead on Princess Rodarska.
But the last book in the series is coming, and I’m hoping all the mothers will be found and safely returned to happy, healthy lives.
And I’m glad Buroker turns out books at an incredible pace. I don’t have to wait too long to get full resolution for my favorite half-dwarven shero ever.
April 18, 2023
Legacy of Magic Series
I am immensely enjoying the half dwarf, half human Matti’s journey, as she strives to find her parents, who have been kidnapped and imprisoned for decades. As she searches for them, she also meets Val, the Ruin Bringer and her dragon mate Zav (from the Death Before Dragons series) and the two of them battle on many an occasion.
Death Before Dragons is one of my all time favourite series, so I have welcomed Val and many of the other characters back into my reading life. I highly recommend both series. They are well written and often make me laugh out loud.
I am immensely enjoying the half dwarf, half human Matti’s journey, as she strives to find her parents, who have been kidnapped and imprisoned for decades. As she searches for them, she also meets Val, the Ruin Bringer and her dragon mate Zav (from the Death Before Dragons series) and the two of them battle on many an occasion.
Death Before Dragons is one of my all time favourite series, so I have welcomed Val and many of the other characters back into my reading life. I highly recommend both series. They are well written and often make me laugh out loud.
April 19, 2023
stepping into other worlds
Again, lyndsey buroker has made her words come alive. I read and imagine i can see all that is happening. The inspiration she received for writing her books is amazing. If you want to be living in another world of dragons, elves and goblins, then this series is for you.. it takes you through portals from one world to another into battles with dragons and assasins. Its as if you were truly there watching the battles taking place, while love blossoms in the background.
Again, lyndsey buroker has made her words come alive. I read and imagine i can see all that is happening. The inspiration she received for writing her books is amazing. If you want to be living in another world of dragons, elves and goblins, then this series is for you.. it takes you through portals from one world to another into battles with dragons and assasins. Its as if you were truly there watching the battles taking place, while love blossoms in the background.
March 30, 2023
Good For Mom
*****Spoilers*****
Another good one in the series but some surprises as well as some inconsistent information from prior books. The book starts with Matti trying her hand at enchanting and getting a visit from a lustful Varlesh who's much more intense when greeting Matti. Turns out that red mail polish was an alchemists concoction, specifically Matti's aunt Barothla's powerful potion. It enhanced Varlesh's lust and rage and the scratches remained unhealed. Matti spends time fighting her aunt and for her life, but this time Varlesh's emotional instability means he's often a hindrance when it comes to battle because his battle rage takes over and he's unable to then recognize friend from foe. There are a few close times for Matti and at the end, the potion has eaten away so much that Varlesh was unable to recover good personality without help. Luckily Zoltan, the vampire alchemist was able to determine from a belt of potions Barothla had, which one was the cure.
We'll probably find out next book hire much damage poisoning Varlesh did to warrant his possible punishment and rehabilitation from the dragon court. While he was under the influence of the rage potion, he likely killed an elf, stabbed the dragon Zondria, and killed Barothla. Unfortunately, Barothla had kidnapped his mom and Varlesh doesn't know where she is and neither does Matti. Hopefully they'll be able to find her because Varlesh is on the run from dragons since he struck Zondria. He and Matti were able to get the cure ingredients to an elf alchemist who made the cure for his mother's disease, now it's just a matter of getting it to her.
We also find out that a billionaire put the assassins on Matti's trail. A billionaire now dead after this book but we learned that the billionaire was working with a dragon from the stormforge clan which isn't the one Zav is from. Could be why the enchanted helicopters are so sturdy and able to withstand magic if it has dragon and dwarven magic. While Matti's plan to sneak into the billionaire's party was far from sound and it falls apart, we do get some good tidbits and a hint as to where her parents are being kept but not much besides a forest scene Matti pulled from the mind of the billionaire. Turns out they've been looking for the hammer because it's the key they need for their plans. Not sure what exactly the hammer will do but we'll see.
A couple of inconsistencies in the book. At one point while trying to calm Varlesh, Matti sets her hammer down. There's no mention of her picking it back up but a little later, she has it on her. The other inconsistency is when the author kept saying if someone got too close to Matti's camouflage while the charm was activated, they'd be able to see her but ín earlier books it was only if Matti did something vigorous. It's still good but a those places gave me pause overall. I could also do without the intense, sexually charged Varlesh being relegated to the background. Perfect time in my eyes for more, wish Matti would just let it go already with her reminders and thoughtfulness.
*****Spoilers*****
Another good one in the series but some surprises as well as some inconsistent information from prior books. The book starts with Matti trying her hand at enchanting and getting a visit from a lustful Varlesh who's much more intense when greeting Matti. Turns out that red mail polish was an alchemists concoction, specifically Matti's aunt Barothla's powerful potion. It enhanced Varlesh's lust and rage and the scratches remained unhealed. Matti spends time fighting her aunt and for her life, but this time Varlesh's emotional instability means he's often a hindrance when it comes to battle because his battle rage takes over and he's unable to then recognize friend from foe. There are a few close times for Matti and at the end, the potion has eaten away so much that Varlesh was unable to recover good personality without help. Luckily Zoltan, the vampire alchemist was able to determine from a belt of potions Barothla had, which one was the cure.
We'll probably find out next book hire much damage poisoning Varlesh did to warrant his possible punishment and rehabilitation from the dragon court. While he was under the influence of the rage potion, he likely killed an elf, stabbed the dragon Zondria, and killed Barothla. Unfortunately, Barothla had kidnapped his mom and Varlesh doesn't know where she is and neither does Matti. Hopefully they'll be able to find her because Varlesh is on the run from dragons since he struck Zondria. He and Matti were able to get the cure ingredients to an elf alchemist who made the cure for his mother's disease, now it's just a matter of getting it to her.
We also find out that a billionaire put the assassins on Matti's trail. A billionaire now dead after this book but we learned that the billionaire was working with a dragon from the stormforge clan which isn't the one Zav is from. Could be why the enchanted helicopters are so sturdy and able to withstand magic if it has dragon and dwarven magic. While Matti's plan to sneak into the billionaire's party was far from sound and it falls apart, we do get some good tidbits and a hint as to where her parents are being kept but not much besides a forest scene Matti pulled from the mind of the billionaire. Turns out they've been looking for the hammer because it's the key they need for their plans. Not sure what exactly the hammer will do but we'll see.
A couple of inconsistencies in the book. At one point while trying to calm Varlesh, Matti sets her hammer down. There's no mention of her picking it back up but a little later, she has it on her. The other inconsistency is when the author kept saying if someone got too close to Matti's camouflage while the charm was activated, they'd be able to see her but ín earlier books it was only if Matti did something vigorous. It's still good but a those places gave me pause overall. I could also do without the intense, sexually charged Varlesh being relegated to the background. Perfect time in my eyes for more, wish Matti would just let it go already with her reminders and thoughtfulness.
May 10, 2025
This is the fifth book in the Legacy of Magic series. Characters from the Death Before Dragons series appear. I do not recommend it as a standalone, the series should be read in order. Because it is part of a series, each book has its own story and there are a few overarching themes that continue until the finale.
Matti is a half dwarf, half human woman who works as a house flipper in the Seattle area. In this book, she tries to balance the needs of finding her mother and helping Sarrlevi and his mother. They end up in another confrontation with her evil aunt.
Sarrlevi now lets his attraction to Matti show and there are some really nice moments in the book when he opens up to her and also when he gives her gentle touches. Matti begins to allow herself to be affectionate and continues to be loyal towards him.
The author continues to develop the characters and gives them their own story lines. The characters are interesting. The author writes characters that are realistic. They have flaws and a good side whether they are the hero or the villain with a few exceptions. I did get a little tired of the story line related to the goblins.
Matti works with Val, a character from the Death Before Dragons series, who is half elf. She is the daughter of the elf king (on a different world) and has an elf sister. I liked the developing friendship between them.
I was not too impressed with the plan Matti came up with to get herself into the home of a billionaire. Most of what happened there seemed like luck. It was not enough to lose a star, but I thought it was a little weak. I think Sarrlevi has a lot of experience and it might have made sense to ask for his opinion on how to proceed. Matti’s plan tends to be that she will wing it and use her hammer a lot.
The book is told solely from Matti’s point of view.
I enjoy the vocabulary used by the author. She uses interesting words in her writing. I also enjoy the richness of her stories.
Lindsay Buroker is an auto-buy for me. I have already purchased the next book in the series.
Matti is a half dwarf, half human woman who works as a house flipper in the Seattle area. In this book, she tries to balance the needs of finding her mother and helping Sarrlevi and his mother. They end up in another confrontation with her evil aunt.
Sarrlevi now lets his attraction to Matti show and there are some really nice moments in the book when he opens up to her and also when he gives her gentle touches. Matti begins to allow herself to be affectionate and continues to be loyal towards him.
The author continues to develop the characters and gives them their own story lines. The characters are interesting. The author writes characters that are realistic. They have flaws and a good side whether they are the hero or the villain with a few exceptions. I did get a little tired of the story line related to the goblins.
Matti works with Val, a character from the Death Before Dragons series, who is half elf. She is the daughter of the elf king (on a different world) and has an elf sister. I liked the developing friendship between them.
I was not too impressed with the plan Matti came up with to get herself into the home of a billionaire. Most of what happened there seemed like luck. It was not enough to lose a star, but I thought it was a little weak. I think Sarrlevi has a lot of experience and it might have made sense to ask for his opinion on how to proceed. Matti’s plan tends to be that she will wing it and use her hammer a lot.
The book is told solely from Matti’s point of view.
I enjoy the vocabulary used by the author. She uses interesting words in her writing. I also enjoy the richness of her stories.
Lindsay Buroker is an auto-buy for me. I have already purchased the next book in the series.
December 11, 2025
My general review for the series: will not reread, may continue with author. (And they’re getting worse as they go…)
The author is clearly deprived and no longer has access to a thesaurus. If you turn her odious word selection into a tedious drinking game you’ll find the same four loathsome words will vex you until you end up in a hospital room. I could’ve written that better, but she could’ve written her book better so she doesn’t deserve my best.
The dragons are so absurdly overpowered and effing stupid. They detract soooo much from all the stories but it’s out of control with this one. How she’s written all of these books and there’s no movement against the dragons, and everyone puts up with their stupidity and ALL OF THE BULLSHT it just makes me want to take a hammer and smash something. If they weren’t written like 6 year-old children running around with flamethrowers and nukes, it might not be so “odious” and “vexing”.
All of her books slightly rub me the wrong way but I’ve been holding on because there have been slight redeeming qualities and really I’m just looking for some filler books. Maybe it’s time to switch back to podcasts.
The author is clearly deprived and no longer has access to a thesaurus. If you turn her odious word selection into a tedious drinking game you’ll find the same four loathsome words will vex you until you end up in a hospital room. I could’ve written that better, but she could’ve written her book better so she doesn’t deserve my best.
The dragons are so absurdly overpowered and effing stupid. They detract soooo much from all the stories but it’s out of control with this one. How she’s written all of these books and there’s no movement against the dragons, and everyone puts up with their stupidity and ALL OF THE BULLSHT it just makes me want to take a hammer and smash something. If they weren’t written like 6 year-old children running around with flamethrowers and nukes, it might not be so “odious” and “vexing”.
All of her books slightly rub me the wrong way but I’ve been holding on because there have been slight redeeming qualities and really I’m just looking for some filler books. Maybe it’s time to switch back to podcasts.
August 16, 2023
Starting to get predictable now
Again, this was really action packed and highly enjoyable.
So why such a mediocre rating? Because everything here was a version of the same events that keep happening. We barely got any interaction with the players that are exclusive to this series! Where was Abbas and Zadie? Petunia and her musings about the state of Maati’s love future? We barely got any scenes with her fixing or making references to the home she’s currently fixing up.
Tinja finally sold her blueprints and was interacting within the goblin community and Maati doesn’t give this any real thought? No scenes of her trying to tinker or disassemble something?
There’s wasn’t even any movement to the overall plot of finding Maati’s mom. Again, approaching book six and I’m ready for this mystery to be over.
Also, how did Maati even know she had magic? Yes, she’s capable of enchanting stuff, but she’s not a mage. How can she do remote magic? Why hasn’t she created a translation charm if she can enchant flower pots, nails and countertops?
Again, this was really action packed and highly enjoyable.
So why such a mediocre rating? Because everything here was a version of the same events that keep happening. We barely got any interaction with the players that are exclusive to this series! Where was Abbas and Zadie? Petunia and her musings about the state of Maati’s love future? We barely got any scenes with her fixing or making references to the home she’s currently fixing up.
Tinja finally sold her blueprints and was interacting within the goblin community and Maati doesn’t give this any real thought? No scenes of her trying to tinker or disassemble something?
There’s wasn’t even any movement to the overall plot of finding Maati’s mom. Again, approaching book six and I’m ready for this mystery to be over.
Also, how did Maati even know she had magic? Yes, she’s capable of enchanting stuff, but she’s not a mage. How can she do remote magic? Why hasn’t she created a translation charm if she can enchant flower pots, nails and countertops?
July 7, 2023
Matti Puletasi finally has the name of one of the people responsible for her parents’ kidnapping. He’s a powerful billionaire with magical security strong enough to keep out dragons, but she’s determined to get in to question him. Make that interrogate him.
Sarrlevi, the elf assassin she’s fallen in love with, would usually help her, but he’s fighting a battle of his own. The wounds he received in their last skirmish aren’t healing, and something in his blood is affecting his mind. And it’s getting worse.
If Matti can’t reach the billionaire and find a way to heal Sarrlevi, she could lose everyone she loves.
Matti finds a cure for Sarrlevi, but as usual things go sideways as her aunt ends up dead, they learn dragons are involved with the scheme Hart and his cohorts have planned. Just once she would like something to go her way.
The story is still good and I look forward to seeing the end.
Sarrlevi, the elf assassin she’s fallen in love with, would usually help her, but he’s fighting a battle of his own. The wounds he received in their last skirmish aren’t healing, and something in his blood is affecting his mind. And it’s getting worse.
If Matti can’t reach the billionaire and find a way to heal Sarrlevi, she could lose everyone she loves.
Matti finds a cure for Sarrlevi, but as usual things go sideways as her aunt ends up dead, they learn dragons are involved with the scheme Hart and his cohorts have planned. Just once she would like something to go her way.
The story is still good and I look forward to seeing the end.
February 23, 2024
“Not wanting to refuse him outright, especially if the idea of living with me appealed to him on any level…” Ugh, Matti! She continues to feel as though Sarrlevi is doing her a favor by deigning to associate with her.
She’s half-dwarf and half-Samoan; throughout the series there’s much made of her ethnicity/heritage, criticism of her appearance by others, indirect denigration (such as the only males displaying interest in her are ORCS—not the fun kind), and a lot of negative self-talk. Meanwhile he’s described as pretty much resembling a Nordic god with his white blonde hair and tall, sculpted physique…it’s hard to ignore the whiff of some kind of elevation of Eurocentric beauty standards and racism going on. Am I looking at something that isn’t there? I don’t know. At least in this book Matti pretty much saves the day, and she does it without Sarrlevi’s help. And thankfully we don’t need to endure Barothla’s presence anymore.
She’s half-dwarf and half-Samoan; throughout the series there’s much made of her ethnicity/heritage, criticism of her appearance by others, indirect denigration (such as the only males displaying interest in her are ORCS—not the fun kind), and a lot of negative self-talk. Meanwhile he’s described as pretty much resembling a Nordic god with his white blonde hair and tall, sculpted physique…it’s hard to ignore the whiff of some kind of elevation of Eurocentric beauty standards and racism going on. Am I looking at something that isn’t there? I don’t know. At least in this book Matti pretty much saves the day, and she does it without Sarrlevi’s help. And thankfully we don’t need to endure Barothla’s presence anymore.
August 15, 2023
Matti has'ta pull out all her skills as an enchantress and her plumber's toolbox to break into an exclusive dinner party... Sarrlevi’s dealing with his own problems as the madness he's slipping into, because of Barothla's poison. A poison she infected him with at the end of Tested bk4... Yes, Matti's aunt Princess Barothla is still plotting against Matti and Sarrlevi. And currently she has the upper-hand, always she's one step ahead 'em.
So yeah grab this book and follow this paranormal romance. To see what Matti and Sarrlevi’s up to in this on going saga.
I love posting quotes at the end of my reviews:
"With my dwarven ancestry, I couldn’t imagine what that would be like. Had I not kept them plucked and shaped, my eyebrows would have taken over my forehead like kudzu creeping over a car parked too long."
So yeah grab this book and follow this paranormal romance. To see what Matti and Sarrlevi’s up to in this on going saga.
I love posting quotes at the end of my reviews:
"With my dwarven ancestry, I couldn’t imagine what that would be like. Had I not kept them plucked and shaped, my eyebrows would have taken over my forehead like kudzu creeping over a car parked too long."
February 19, 2024
This fifth book in the Legacy of Magic series is pretty intense. Matti is very concerned for Sarrlevi, who is suffering from wounds he received during the fight they had with her evil aunt. If they don’t find a cure, she might lose him. And then there’s the search for her parents, which continues to place Matti and her allies in danger. She’s still under threat from every assassin in the Cosmic Realms as well, so let’s just say it’s pretty much constant danger for Matti and everyone around her. I’m sure there will be lots more danger, fighting and adventure for Matti and friends before the series wraps up, so I’m looking forward to seeing what happens next. I really enjoy seeing Val, Zav, Freysha, Zoltan and other characters from the Death Before Dragons series, that really adds to the fun.
March 13, 2025
Talk about being in a catch 22. Way is it that in life you always have those who want to run all the races but their is someone somewhere doing something underhanded.
Ok. Here is my pet peeve about this book. How is it that the Purple dragon can believe the son of the baboons' butt Aunt that is trying to kill Mattie but not scour her mind to find the truth. Frankly, my issue with that is that all upper ranking society folks can get away with stuff without consequences. That is not just regardless of station.
He is posion, and the Mom of all dragons ought not through stone at glass house.
Once they scour Sarrlevi's mind, will they be satisfied by what they find or find him unjust.
Overall, this was a very tense book and made me want to pull out my hair on numerous occasions throughout the book.
Ok. Here is my pet peeve about this book. How is it that the Purple dragon can believe the son of the baboons' butt Aunt that is trying to kill Mattie but not scour her mind to find the truth. Frankly, my issue with that is that all upper ranking society folks can get away with stuff without consequences. That is not just regardless of station.
He is posion, and the Mom of all dragons ought not through stone at glass house.
Once they scour Sarrlevi's mind, will they be satisfied by what they find or find him unjust.
Overall, this was a very tense book and made me want to pull out my hair on numerous occasions throughout the book.
July 22, 2023
need nine stars great moving story. Mattie half dwarf, and Sarrlevi, elf and master assassin are still trying to find their parents
Mattie has admitted she loves Sarrlevi and he has admitted his love. They can’t seem to find time to do anything about it as her Aunt is still poisoning him and trying to kill her. But there are even bigger things at stake. Her parents are still under control of some high rollers from several worlds. His mother has been kidnapped by her aunt so she has an extra control on Sarrlevi. Mattie has made friends with the mate of a powerful dragon and is starting to get others to believe Sarrlevi is being poisoned and controlled by her aunt. Her friends are rallying around to help her clear his name and to save her parents.
Mattie has admitted she loves Sarrlevi and he has admitted his love. They can’t seem to find time to do anything about it as her Aunt is still poisoning him and trying to kill her. But there are even bigger things at stake. Her parents are still under control of some high rollers from several worlds. His mother has been kidnapped by her aunt so she has an extra control on Sarrlevi. Mattie has made friends with the mate of a powerful dragon and is starting to get others to believe Sarrlevi is being poisoned and controlled by her aunt. Her friends are rallying around to help her clear his name and to save her parents.
June 26, 2025
Well the proverbial cat is out of the bag!
I can’t tell you which cat or even which bag, but believe me when I say that this book contains some much needed revelation, including the unmasking of the hidden villain.
It’s a fast-paced read and well worth your time, but warning: this book may cause delays or procrastination at work.. you have been advised.
Now I’m off to the next installment despite the fact that I should have been in bed 2 hours ago. I’m telling my boss it was Lindsay’s fault and then wait for him to realize he doesn’t know who I’m talking about…. Hehe
I can’t tell you which cat or even which bag, but believe me when I say that this book contains some much needed revelation, including the unmasking of the hidden villain.
It’s a fast-paced read and well worth your time, but warning: this book may cause delays or procrastination at work.. you have been advised.
Now I’m off to the next installment despite the fact that I should have been in bed 2 hours ago. I’m telling my boss it was Lindsay’s fault and then wait for him to realize he doesn’t know who I’m talking about…. Hehe
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