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Overall Rating: 81
Average Rating: 9 (Guests), 7.85 (Members)
Ranking: #2
Rating Count: 23 (7 Guests, 14 members)
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Synopsis
"What you learn here will be the difference between life and death."
Where do adventurers come from? This young adult fantasy novel answers that question as it follows a group of first-year students at Eastridge Academy. Whether your dream is to become a Mage, Warrior, Cleric, or even a Thief, Eastridge Academy is where the realm’s best learn how to be adventurers. Here, students take classes that teach them how to fight, how to use magic, and how to survive being an adventurer…
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Magic School, Student Protagonist
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"Nothing too original or taxing – but an enjoyable read non the less." permalink
The first few pages I found lacked sufficient plot and tension and might have prevented me from pursuing this story further. Nevertheless, I persevered and the reward was an enjoyable read. If the intended audience is the Potterites I am sure there will be those who will see too many similarities. However, there is sufficient originality to appeal and recapture the imagination of those willing…Read More
"Better then Harry Potter, this far!" permalink
On a scene-by-scene basis, I thought that this book, thus far, is better than the Harry Potter series. However, due to the authors’ time constraints, they are unable to write as much detail as most fantasy authors, so the scenes often are lacking in transitions and readers might sometimes get frustrated when characters are seemingly abandoned, as in the first book with Fell. This is not to say…Read More
Recommendations
Tales of MU
Both take place in schools with magical and other supernatural elements.
Recommended by chrisclarke - Report
School Kids SG
Both of these stories are about schools, although one is based more in 'real-life', which the other is purely fantasy. I would say that both were of similar quality.
Life says August 14th 2012 | Report
Ohh, I’ve really been dragged into this story. I should be working but I just can’t stop reading :)
a.m.harte says August 28th 2009 | Report
Story looks interesting, will give it a quick scan when I have the time, the layout however (as others have mentioned) seems annoying.
Darkthorn says July 5th 2009 | Report
I’m agreeing with the need for using proper text. I think they could afford to have both formats for convenience.
kiyara says April 11th 2009 | Report
I love it, and can’t wait for Fridays, but yeah… pity it’s not real text instead of images. At least it would load quicker.
Chris Clarke says March 19th 2009 | Report
This is pretty good. I just wish it used proper text rather then images.