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The Incandescent was a story about a year(-ish) in Saffy Walden's life as a teacher in a magical boarding school, which mostly involved a lot of 14-hour busy workdays, but there were also a couple of serious magical disasters. I very much liked how academia-oriented the story was: the school was not just a backdrop; it was Saffy's life and blood. How she taught and her relationship with her students was one of the high points of this story (they were very lovely students). I really liked the wor
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DNF. There was a lot of telling and not showing, paired with a huge info dump that could not keep me invested.
Aug 29, 2024
Amanda
marked it as not-yet-published
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review of another edition
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2025-05-may
Aug 29, 2024
Mogsy
marked it as for-review
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review of another edition
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arcs-and-galleys,
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Sep 06, 2024
Lauren
marked it as did-not-finish
Mar 17, 2025
Allison
marked it as to-read
Mar 19, 2025
Kylara Jensen
marked it as to-read
Mar 24, 2025
Eric
marked it as to-read
Mar 28, 2025
Stephen
marked it as to-read
Apr 20, 2025
Sarah Anderle
marked it as to-read
May 01, 2025
Yang
marked it as to-read
May 04, 2025
Ithlilian
marked it as did-not-finish
May 13, 2025
Charity M.
marked it as cozy
May 27, 2025
Juliet Brown
marked it as to-read
May 29, 2025
Brodie
marked it as to-read
Jun 01, 2025
Sarah
marked it as to-read
Jun 10, 2025
Amanda
is currently reading it
