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I like it. A solid mike of earthly limitations and characters and magik

I could continue with this series.

"Food, in my experience, is one of the few things that can cement a good friendship between strangers."

Fuuuh dat plot twist

The quality of the writing just went up a level.

plot: 3 stars
writing: 4 stars
world building: 4 stars
personal enjoyment: 4 stars

Did I tell you how much I love Vlora? and Styke? Mad Ben Styke!

I love you, Vlora

Mr McClellan writes in a smooth comforting style.

I KNEW IT I feel so vindicated right now haha

After just a couple of chapters this book showed me what a wonderfl gnre fantasy can be and I'm excited. Well written and I can even smell the environments.

I'm on Chapter 9 of 38 and so far it's kinda disappointing.

I really loved the first Powder Mage Trilogy where Taniel Two-Shot and Kar-Poel quickly became my favorites because they were the most interesting characters I'd run across in quite some time. Unfortunately this series is focused on Vlora Flint, one of the least interesting characters from the original trilogy.

I'm on Chapter 9 of 38 and so far it's kinda disappointing.

I really loved the first Powder Mage Trilogy where Taniel Two-Shot and Kar-Poel quickly became my favorites because they were the most interesting characters I'd run across in quite some time. Unfortunately this series is focused on Vlora Flint, one of the least interesting and cliched characters from the original trilogy.

Back underway and back to reading. So far, i have to say, i couldnt come back to a better book. Im absolutely loving it!

I never read the Powder Mage trilogy, but I decided to try this one anyway. So far I'm digging the hell out of it, and now I want to go back and read the original trilogy.

This is an awesome book. The set up is fast paced and easy to follow. I am digging the insurrection tone to the story. Can't wait to find out what happens.

Love this one even more than the OT. Read if you liked Mistborn Era 2.

THIS IS SO GOOD!

Love the build up. Vlora's really grown on me but I feel she's still misguided at times. Practical, but misguided.

I am now intrigued

i would die for Vlora

McClellan's got a preferred structure (half secret investigation, half soldiery), but when the characters are this well rounded, who cares?

Nice that he's waited until a third of the way in to unleash one of his Powder Mages too - and then for only two pages. Keeping his (excuse the pun) powder dry.

This book is sooooo good.

Enjoying it!

Loving it; but much going on to interfere with reading it. Slowly digesting and LOVING it!

♫
Plain writing (plain writing)
Take us so far (take us so far)
Plain writing (plain writing)
Has ruined this book for now
(ruined this book for now)

Lift me up, lift me up
Higher from my slump
Lift me up, lift me up
Ohla la la la! ♫

Always nice revisiting a familiar setting.

Man this is so good.

Hooked.

Much better. One of my biggest gripes with McClellan in the Powder Mage Trilogy was his characterisation. They were one dimensional as a cardboard cut-out and carbon copied. In this we have three well thought out protagonists who are as different from each other as could be, and one of them has a split personality! Excellent.