122 reviews for:

The Awakened Mage

Karen Miller

3.56 AVERAGE

mysterious sad medium-paced
adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Long (maybe overly long) conclusion to the Innocent Mage book one. Mostly predictable, but still a reasonably satisfying read.

One day (~7hr)

Awesome!

Enjoyed this one too. Would like more from this world other than the prequel.
adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was pretty great. The actions of this were just as well paced as the first book, and so just as frustrating at times, but in a good way.

One thing I liked was that the magic was more obvious in this book, and the Upper Class society people were using it more freely, which I'd wanted to see in the previous book.

Overall it was pretty great. I liked how well everything flowed. The betrayals and misunderstandings were played a little too much maybe, but I think they were still pretty good given everything that happened.

I'm probably going to read the next book, the Prodigal Mage, but I have some other books to get to before that one.

So the first book went at a slow pace...but I it had potential to be a great bash of events...but the story just plotters along and nothing really happens. Then when it does happen...its over in a handful of pages. She seems to be quite good at setting writing and character detail...
This would however, I believe, make a great TV series.