Cursed

Schooled in Magic, Book 17

By: Christopher G. Nuttall

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

King Randor has been defeated. Queen Alassa has taken her throne. The Kingdom of Zangaria can look forward to a new age of peace and prosperity. But their victory came at a terrible price. A moment before his death, King Randor hit Emily with a powerful curse.

She's lost her magic. She's losing her mind. She may soon lose her life.

As rumors start to spread, as her enemies start to gather, Emily searches desperately for the key to unlock the curse before it is too late. But the only hope seems to rest with House Fellini, an enigmatic family of magicians. Crippled, powerless, helpless, Emily places her life in their hands. If they can't help her, no one can.

But House Fellini has its secrets. As the family struggles to undo the curse before it's too late, Emily is drawn into a decades-old mystery that threatens to destroy the family, shatter her life...and smash the entire world beyond all hope of repair.

©2019 Christopher G. Nuttall (P)2019 Podium Publishing

Emily, You're only worth the is in magic. shame.

This one was very hard to get through. Emily was too easily broken and whiney throughout.

not my favorite but Nuttall is still great.

I admit I dislike Emily being powerless. but it leaves an impression for the others.

It was right in line with the great stories preceeding it.

Glad to be done with the power loss installment. Never my favorite kind of story. It advances the narrative and certainly gives us some good character development but the premise is irksome in a magical series.

Whining

though I've enjoyed most of the books in this series. I felt I was listening to a whining child the entire book. I am looking forward to the next book in hopes it is as entertaining as previous books.

Good entry

The only complaints I have is that this story got a little dragged down and for my own reasons the disparity and depression and complaints about it got a little old. Emily is a very strong and capable lady but seems to forget this a lot. maybe strong women and men alike feel like her in her head I don't know, maybe hearing her thoughts makes me feel like she is less of a kick butt, and more of a petulant child. If I look inwardly I often am filled with doubt and regret so.... perhaps I am reflecting on my own failings. Save for that I have almost made a drinking game over how often she "sighs inwardly" I really wish the author would change up the speeding on occasion.... or perhaps it's just part of the character... that said I don't know if I have ever sighed in my mind, though I have groaned. anyway the books good and it was nice to see it was a problem not easily solved. I am looking forward to the next book and while I have it already I will wait for the audio release.

Perfectly engaging; excellent change of pace

I am pleased as can be with the turn of events in this book. We are away from war, with mighty problems to struggled through, but this book does a wonderful job of focusing on interpersonal relationships, very much building some new ones of great interest. I love how Emily gets involved with the House Fellini, the details of the mansion, the involvement of Freda and Caleb--well done! Every character from past books that made their way into this one--all were brought in by the author with very good reason, nothing gratuitous. One of the best installments in this excellent series.

Decent story that dragged for a while

Be prepared to hear this kind of prose many, many times:

Emily swallowed hard, and kicked herself. The silence grew louder. She was suddenly aware how little the translucent robe has left to the imagination. Emily made a face and groaned inwardly. "Charming," Lady Barb commented.

Besides that, I have enjoyed the story.

Love, Love, Love this Series

A downtrodden girls from earth winds up in a magical world. She discovered she too has magic there and that is where the story starts…

This series is so well written I can’t help but listen to it over and over again.

Ho hum

I’m really enjoying this series, the story is great and the narrator is talented.
After 17 books I have lost patience with the narrators seeming inability to check the pronunciation of words and names. There is no such thing as a princess re ger nt and I’m sure her name isn’t ele phone, it’s Regent re-gent and el ef oney like Persephone.
It’s really difficult to enjoy a story when you can’t stop thinking about the pronunciation and wondering how many other names are not what they seem.
The only advantage is that I now want to buy the books, just to make sure the characters have the names I think they do.
It’s a really shame as with a little bit of homework this narrator would easily make my top ten.
The author is trying Hard, so hard, by an order of magnitude. He even swapped out “so” with “very” lol
Of them all so far this is my least favourite, it seemed to drag a little, but I would still recommend the series, I feel like this book is the build up to something great.

I love this Series

Love this series, the narration is great, and the story is always good. I just wish they'd come on Audible quicker.