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Work Experience

By: Christopher G. Nuttall
Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
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In the summer between second and third year at Whitehall, Emily accompanies Lady Barb on her rounds of the Cairngorm Mountains, bringing magical help to the locals and searching for new magicians. For Emily, tired and broken after the events of Study in Slaughter, it should be a chance to relax as well as to visit a new part of the Nameless World, to put her responsibilities aside and just be herself.

But the locals aren't quite what she expects, with problems of their own, and Lady Barb is a different person away from Whitehall. As children start to go missing and evil things are abroad in the night, Emily discovers that a deadly plot is slowly bringing the mountain community to the brink of disaster and that her oldest enemies are about to make a very unwelcome return.

©2014 Christopher G. Nuttall (P)2016 Podium Publishing

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Series keeps getting better!

This is not my favorite series, but it has become enjoyable. The first and second books were somewhat annoying to me for the way-too-many references to Harry Potter and Star Trek and other similar stories. I prefer nods to other works rather than in-your-face mentions. And I found the narrator's shaky voice annoying too. Either she has toned it down or I have grown accustomed to it. This series is not as good as Harry Potter; the details do not flesh out the people or places; many things are just cut-outs rather than convincing. The main thing I question most is why, why would Emily think developing gun powder would be a good thing for this world.

But I have grown to enjoy the story and will finish the series. I keep hoping for answers to how this place fits into Nuttall's universe of Ed Stalker's Marines and the Galactic Empire. Stalker was mentioned in the first book, so the timing has to be contemporary, yet the Earth Emily comes from does not seem to be the one Stalker left, nor the one the Childe Roland is Emperor of. Emily does mention the "previous Empire" so it has led me to think that Earth actually did survive the fall much better than it seemed to be for the girls living there at the time of the fall.

Volumes 3 and 4 contain too much talk of sex and homosexuality for the youth that I deal with. That both exist is one thing; I just prefer more decorum. I would not recommend this for high school students or younger.

Again, the story has caught me, and I am curious to see who Emily becomes, and how things resolve there. I have many questions about the plot, and am anxious to see if they are answered!

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Tavia Gilbert raises the bar

Her voices are so good that you forget that a female is the narrator when a male is speaking, There's nothing that interferes. with the story. I am now a number one fan! The story is a good one and has some moments of anxiety where you have no idea how the heroine is going to get through it. Good book!

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Very addicting!

With each story we see that mixing earth concepts and magic can have mixed results. Watching Emily grow with each challenge is very addicting.
Mr Nuttall is a very creative writer. And I say keep them coming!!!

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I like this series

I've really enjoy this series. I usually don't enjoy books where the protagonist is transported from Earth to another planet, but this author ties it into the story line through out the series in a believable manner. The magic system is "somewhat" novel, but it is still believable, or at least makes sense. I like it when preforming magic has a cost, like you need extra sleep after doing a lot of it, and this one does. I also like how the protagonist learns to use the magic in class and on the road. The books can be a little slow, but it's not too bad. The Narration is excellent. I completely forgot there was just one narrator, instead of a bunch of people speaking their part. I think the charicters are believable. There's very, very little young romance in the books, really just a little talk about relationships and discussions about boyfriends in the books, which is another positive thing about the series. I recommend this series if there's nothing else you're dieing to listen to. I also expecially recommend this series to teenage and young adult woman. And it's rare for me to recommend a series targeted towards woman, since I'm a man in his fifties, though I do like books of all age ranges.

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Work Experience

If you like the series, you'll like this book 4. Emily gets a summer job working with Lady Barb as a healer. She sees more of the Nameless World and runs into another necromancer. Well worth a credit.

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Still exciting after the 4th book :-)

This story keep on giving the adventures are always fresh and the author is not just using a template where you can expect what the next chapter will tell.
Strongly recommended :-)

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Best Series Entry Yet

This series is improving with each volume. The advantages the protagonist had in the first books are feeling more earned, the characters are developing in interesting ways, and the world is being fleshed out in a believable way.

Still not at the pinnacle of fantasy writing, but quite good.

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So Good!

I just found this series and it’s amazing! I just finished book four and I’m still hooked. I like the concept of the books being a year at school and then an adventure out in the world, it keeps it fresh while she can still improve everywhere. Excited to start book five!

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Frustrating sometimes.

I mean, why is the heroin contemplating climate change and castles while fighting the necromancies, and why does she always do stupid things yet ALWAYS luck out to survive. Why can’t she just do something cool that she meant to do instead of doing great things but when it matters fumbling like a buffoon.

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Tavia! Another solid performance!

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Great YA Series

A refreshing return visit to the Conneticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court trope.

Be aware however that their are feminist anti-male themes (sick most men are abusers) laced into the plot.

This 'woke choice' by this author often threatens to derail the delightful coming of age story about a modern girl learning that giving advanced technology to a mideval alternate world does not fix all their problems.

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