Beginning After the End: Beckoning Fates; Horizon's EdgeBy TurtleMe
Pages: 303; 290
I managed to binge read through these two books and a good chunk of the next in the series (I'm 3/4 of the way through at the moment) this last weekend and Beckoning Fates in particular blew me away. You can tell the author has really improved their writings skills as characters have extra depth to them and we are finally seeing some flaws to previously near-perfect characters. I was getting a little tired of the main character being several levels above his peers and enemies in terms of power, but that seems to be changing as we discover the main protagonists of the story arc and some secrets about the people around him. Now that he is old enough, Arthur has enrolled into the local prestigious school for mages (cue Hedwig's Theme) where he has to tread the messy politics and egos that surround him. We are also finally getting a glimpse into the history of the kingdom, how mages were born, and the emergence of the overarching series conflict that we have been given sooo many tiny hits to in the fourth installment as he travels to a mystic city to find masters capable of preparing him for the battles and enemies on the rise.
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