Kahri
Kahri asked Jeffe Kennedy:

Should I read The Twelve Kingdoms before I start on The Pages of the Mind? Thanks!

Jeffe Kennedy So... there's debate about this among my readers. I almost feel like you should ask THEM, but I'll tell you what I see them saying. :-) Overwhelmingly I see the advice that The Pages of the Mind is a good place to jump in - that you won't be lost and the book starts the new direction just fine. That said, most of the die-hards recommend starting with The Mark of the Tala (book one in The Twelve Kingdoms) for the best payoff. I know quite a lot of readers started with The Pages of the Mind and then immediately went back to The Mark of the Tala. Not a very helpful answer, maybe!

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