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Books by John Bierce

Cover of Into the Labyrinth.

Into the Labyrinth

by John Bierce · published 2018 · read 2020-10-20

★★★☆☆

Magic school fantasy, including a sentient library, actual magic with actual learning, and a misfit band of three friends, standing up to the bullies. It's post-Harry-Potter and it shows, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Cover of The Lost City of Ithos.

The Lost City of Ithos

by John Bierce · published 2020 · read 2021-01-26

★★☆☆☆

Currently the last part of the Mage Errant series, I was not all that much in love with this book. It's the set-up to drag the whole series out, in that Fantasy spiral of upping the stakes forever. Characters were still okay (though mostly

Cover of A Traitor in Skyhold.

A Traitor in Skyhold

by John Bierce · published 2019 · read 2020-10-23

★★☆☆☆

Isn't it weird how fanfics often are obsessed with presents that characters give one another? It's as if the author yells "birthday o'clock motherfuckers" and has to follow up with a list of presents, and then, of course, also fit all of th

Cover of Jewel of the Endless Erg.

Jewel of the Endless Erg

by John Bierce · published 2019 · read 2020-10-22

★★☆☆☆

More Mage Errant: Learning magic and running into catastrophes. Our plucky heroes predictably save the day at scale, and also experience personal growth and friendship and blah blah. The story isn't bad, as YA goes, and the worldbuilding is