I liked the plot/story of this book and the characters and think it could’ve been fine as a stand alone. My review is a bit lower because of how the narrators read; I thought Max was significantly older because of how Esther did his voice and didn't like how she read him.

This made it awkward when the romance started cause I thought they would have a strict master apprentice relationship and had to look up his age lol./spoiler> I also didn’t love Max’s narrator and how he spoke like he was always kinda out of breath but at least he sounded his age. Anyway, the story is good so far and I am gonna continue reading despite this. I think the magic system and different human magic users are a fun concept.