The Awakened Mage

Awesome book. I really enjoyed the characters. Characterization is an important part of staying engaged with a book for me, and is ultimately what provides the immersive experience I crave when I enter a book. Reading is an escape for me more compete than a television or video game for sure. If the......more

My review of Book 1 admired the story-telling and the page turning nature of its narrative, though was slightly disappointed by the (admittedly comforting) safeness of its tale. The (erm) cliffhanging ending, however, left me interested in the tale’s outcome, so I was not too upset at taking on the......more

I finished this a couple of days ago and am just now sitting down to review it. I was greatly taken with and even somewhat surprised by the first book in this duology. From the synopsis I thought it would not be the "type" book I generally like. In some ways it wasn't/isn't but it's written (in my o......more

A good ending to the duology, this book had similar strength and weakness as in book 1. The pros are clearly Asher and Gar and the general writing of the book. Plot pacing is a little uneven with action too back-ended for it to be particularly exciting. Plus, the villain continued to be particularly......more

I really liked 'The Innocent Mage' a lot and the way it ended abruptly on a cliffhanger made me picked this second book kind of right away! It was a mix of good and bad things for me and quite average as compared to the first part! My biggest problem with this was the pacing, unlike the first one! In......more