Mage's Blood (Moontide Quartet)

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If all else fails, throw in school for magicians, a lost artifact of immense power and as many scenes of explicit sex as the plot can carry. I don't know if the author (the series is planned for 4 books) maybe makes a connection to our world and this is some future version of our own, where the sea has risen, but for now there are no imminent signs for this. A half-blood will have a little less, a quarter-blood a little less again and so on, right down to a sixteenth. These characters were incredibly well-fleshed out; they have distinctive voices, different struggles, and I found myself invested in their journey. Hair portrays a stark and beautiful world breaking apart, with both good and evil characters desperate to reshape it through magic, war, and treachery.

It's excellently written and there's so many intricacies and plot twists I didn't seem coming, but loved discovering all the same. In the meantime, the hardships due to the Crusade led to a revolt in a southern province of the Empire, Noros, which while defeated is still shrouded in some mystery today and now in 927, one year before the next opening of the bridge, the Empire prepares the "Crusade to end all crusades", while the Antiopians have declares holy shihad to defeat the invaders.As you can see, there are many nations, an impeding war/invasion and so you can expect intrigue and political maneuvering. Another issue I had was the unnecessary changes to modern words for no apparent reason other than this being a fantasy novel.

MAGE'S BLOOD starts a new epic fantasy series off with accessible magic, a diverse cast, intrigue, mystery, and interconnected storylines. Who knows, if the quarantine goes on for another year or two, I might even become desperate enough to pick the second volume.I do not mind if you borrow from cultures in our world, just by the gods, change some things at least! I don't need perfect characters who fall into the chosen one trope, but something about their faults really just rubbed me the wrong way and I often found them frustrating and unlikable. After stumbling across an old man who has lost his memory, Alaron and his two friends attempt to unravel the man’s mysterious past, only to find that they have set in motion events that cannot be stopped.

Since it was a release from Jo Fletcher books, I was interested in it purely based on the blurb details as well as the recent excellent and diverse releases Jo Fletcher books had so far. Cause as the third crusade seems inevitable, the nations of Antiopia believing in the god Ahm (think muslims) are about to declare shihad (you know what to think) on the heathens and Gyle tries to move Javon not to take part in this holy war. Our homes – our belongings – our art, and worse: they have purchased our sons and daughters, our Blood!But occasionally I feel the need to

Thankfully it is nearly exam time and he will soon be free from college and a true mage in his own right, provided he gets through this first of many trials.Ranging from long lived mages/witches to teenage girls to aspiring mages and many more, the POV characters come from varied cultures and backgrounds to give the reader a panoramic view into the world developed by the author.