Status Updates From The Innocent Mage (Kingmake...

Some time with the royal family! Gar's parents are nice, but both he and his sister are so troubled and messed up in their own way. Seeing Gar's devotion to his father and his willingness to sacriface the future he may have had made me respect him even more.

I'm not sure yet if I like Dathne, but she is certainly interesting and so unlike a typical fantasy female character. Yes, and Asher's accent is charming.

Prince Gar? Come on, even his horse has a more royal name - Ballodair! On the other hand, I think it could be done deliberately: Gar's race all weild magic, and Gar is magicless. Maybe his parents could sense it right after his birth and gave him a commoner's name to mock him? By the way, I rather like the worldbuilding - magic walls protecting the kingdom, Olken and Doranen races, strange prophecies...