Format: E-Book, 280 pages
Release Date: February 4th 2020
Publisher: D.D. Chance
Source: D.D. Chance
Genre: New Adult, Paranormal, Romance
Life at the academy just got… messy.
I’ve always dreamed of getting into a top college, but after a stint in juvie, my school prospects went sideways fast. Now I work at a magic academy…as a janitor. Ironic, right?
Okay, so maybe I get a kick out of secretly solving the arcane equations the professors leave on the board for the rich, entitled student wizards. I’m broke, not stupid.
Except then I get caught by the hottest mage on campus…who ropes me into helping him and his three equally gorgeous friends win a decidedly screwed-up magic competition.
Easy enough, I think—until I start setting things on fire and getting chased by smoke-faced monsters and fighting side by side with four of the sexiest, most powerful wizards ever…and find myself—just maybe—falling in love…
With all of them.
Touch of the Mage, by author D.D. Chance, is the first installment in a brand new series called Twyst Academy. What you should know: The protagonist of the series is 23-year old Maddigan Pierce. Maddie has been working for the Academy, a sort of Elite School of Magecraft, for 6 years as a janitorial services specialist. At night, she sneaks answers to difficult mage problems. At this school, you either pass, or you are washed out. There are no second chances. For years, Maddie has been trying hard to get into Harvard, or MIT, only to be rejected over and over again.
When Maddie is caught by one of the hottest guys in the Academy, Connor Warin, solving an extremely difficult metaphysical equation, she soon finds that her world has gotten much, much bigger. She meets Connor's friends Luke Broadham, Marcus Winters, and Rafe Twyst who are equally hot. Including Connor, who she crushes on hard, she also finds out that she's attracted to the other 3 as well. I stated that this reminds me of a reverse harem novel where the female has 4 hunky men in her orbit who she falls in love with. My point remains.
Maddie is something never seen outside of something called the Mage Trials which Connor and his friends are trying to win this year. She's
told that she's a war mage which would explain previous issues she's had
with spontaneous combustion and seeing supernatural boogeyman as well as her past. Winning the trials gives the winners a boost to their abilities. With Maddie, who is incredibly powerful, on their side, there's a chance that they can actually win this year. But, danger crops up in the form of a female bully, and a revelation that could thwart Team Mage Runners in their epic quest to win.
I voluntarily choose to read this book because I have read and reviewed the authors previous series. I think this story is a really good beginning to what I hope is an exciting foray in the world of the Mage Trials as well as Maddie learning about her abilities as well as learning how to protect herself from what is surely to come next. The most action in this story comes from the Mage Trials which is fantastic. I'm not usually a fan of reverse harem stories, but was surprised that the author chose to stick to one particular relationship and not have the protagonist jump from bed to bed to bed in order to satiate her hormones.
Recommendation: Yes, read the book! The sequel to Touch of the Mage, Blood of the Mage, is up on Amazon for pre-order if you are interested.
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