The Mages of Starsea

The MC and his background was unique and interesting. But, the plot was very thin, simply hardships thrown at him between laborious exposition of the magic system. For me, the denouement was more of a coin-throw instead of an exciting/satisfying resolution of dramatic tension.......more

It sucks to be a mage You'd think the power to bend reality but it's complicated. Makes are treated more like they're carrying the plague and need to be sent off the leper colonies. Is that true? It's complicated. Lucian tests positive as a mage. For a guy who always felt like an outsider, this makes......more

The magnificent first book in an exciting new series. A very different and exciting world-building background filled with a different kind of magic and fear and hatred for those that have it. Those that are afflicted with this magic must be separated from the rest of humanity and sent to a world tha......more

This novel had the feeling of being only an introduction. The author sets up the background, the basic storyline and creates a character that has the feel of a young Anakin Skywalker, then he drops us off at an isolated academy and leaves us with lots of unanswered questions. That is fine as that en......more

Update/Warning if you plan on reading this: I finished this book and had enough notes to type up a full review intended to go more in depth than the following. Summarily it is a 2-star YA read with a lot of shallow, trope-y problems (also it hasn't been proofread properly), but despite all the above......more