Apprentice

The Black Mage

By: Rachel E. Carter

Narrated by: Melissa Moran

She survived a trial year at the Academy, but that was just the easy part....

Now 16-year-old Ryiah is an apprentice of Combat, her school's most notorious faction of magic. When she finishes she will be a mage, but in order to do so she has to survive four years with a training master she hates and her old nemesis, Priscilla. To make matters worse the unwanted attraction Ry feels for her sometimes-friend-sometimes-rival Prince Darren is at an all-time high - even though he is betrothed to the very girl she can't stand.

Really, the only bright spot to Ryiah's new life is the time she spends with her friends, including an older apprentice named Ian, who she finds herself thinking about quite often.

Just when things start to get comfortable they take a turn for the worse. An apprentice is killed in a rebel attack and several mages end up dead. Unwittingly, the apprentices find themselves in the midst of a budding unrest between Jerar and its northern neighbor, Caltoth. For Ryiah the impending conflict means many things, but as her apprenticeship draws to a close she finds her biggest problem at home.

Unfortunately for her, Darren's not going anywhere.

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Terrible cover. Great book.

Terrible terrible cover, but awesome book! One of the best mage books I’ve read in a while.

like but

I like the books a lot. yet this one had a good amount of crying and pining, i think it is a set up to the next book. so give it a chance

Just Okay

While I enjoyed the first book very much and plan to continue the series, this one seemed like a whole lot of filler. The timeline was a little confusing, until I realized that the author was trying to cram the next four years of Riyah's Mage training into a single book. As a result, it felt rushed and awkward to me. On top of that, the love triangle was infuriating. It seemed out of character to me that Riyah would be so immature, indecisive, and obliviously hurtful to a friend. I would recommend the read solely for the purpose of keeping yourself abreast of events if you plan on continuing the series.

I dont say this ofent bit amazing.

I read a lot of books and I dont find many that keep my interest for long ut this series has done it in spades. love all the banter and great story building.

Great Storyline

It was a good story that I really liked. I want to continue this series.