by Jodi L Milner

YA Fantasy, 2020 by Stone Orchid Press, 364 Pages

What I Didn’t Like:

This has the feeling of a first book in a series, in a way, because we spend so much time on the training aspect. While that’s not inherently a good or bad thing, it isn’t in line with what I was expecting.
Some grammatical or typographical errors. There aren’t many and they don’t impede the readability of the story.
The only romance subplot in this one is incredibly slow burn and almost unnecessary. Not a problem for some readers but if you’re looking for romance, call it a content warning.

I enjoyed the magic use in the original book. In this one, it’s even better! Where we learned about the magic in the first book, in this one we’re with someone as they’re training. So we’re getting front row seats to learning about the use of magic. That’s so fun!
Grief. It’s not a major plot point, but when it comes up it is well written. It sort of sneaks up on the characters experiencing it, which is incredibly accurate.
The dreamspace is intriguing. There’s a lot of unanswered questions to explore here in the conclusion to this trilogy. It’s fascinating but still sort of unknown at this stage, which I like.

Fantasy fans who like chosen one tropes and training scenes with good Magical systems will like this trilogy.