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Tales of Light and Life by Cavan Scott, Zoraida Cรณrdova, George Mann, Daniel Josรฉ Older, Charles Soule, Lydia Kang, Claudia Gray, Tessa Gratton, Justina Ireland
4.0

โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป'๐˜€ ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ (๐—ญ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—–รณ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ) :
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Still can't help but read Axel's name as "Alex".
I personally don't like Axel (I wanna punch him), so that may be why I didn't enjoy the story that much, but still liked the bittersweet ending.
But still, Axel fans will probably enjoy this story way more than I did. 

โ€ข ๐—” ๐—–๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜„๐˜€ (๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป) :
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I love Marda. I love her character development throughout Phase II (even tho it makes me sad), and it was awsome to see her at this point in her life.
I also loved the way this story is written, with Marda being the narrator. 

โ€ข ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ (๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป) :
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This one was nice, I loved the plot and the characters, but it took some time for the actual story to start, and for me, it didn't felt as emotional as it was intended to be (surely because I haven't read anything with this characters before). 

โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ (๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€รฉ ๐—ข๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ) :
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This story was really sweet and nice, but the ending was predictable.
Also some things about DJO's writing style still bugs me and takes me out of the story. 

โ€ข ๐—”๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น (๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜†) :
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As gut-wrenching and heartbreaking as expected. 

โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ) :
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I didn't know what to expect with this one but wow, it was amazing. The gut-wrenching moments where great, and the plot of the story was super interesting. 

โ€ข ๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐—๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต (๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ) :
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I loved both stories. It's amazing to see more Bell and Loden again. 

โ€ข ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ (๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜) :
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The beginning of the story felt kinda slow, but then it picked up. Loved it.

โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ (๐—Ÿ๐˜†๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด) :
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This is the story that most surprised me. The characters are new, but still they where so lovable. The story is only around 30 pages, and yet it managed to make me care about them. 
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- I'm still kinda disappointed that we didn't get a story with Xiri and Phan-tu after Cataclysm, or one with Avar Stellan and Elzar as Padawans or young knights. But hopefully we'll get them someday, and the stories we got where still great.

- Is Imri really dead ?!?!? Like, actually dead ?!?! For real ?!?! I hope not. I'm just gonna pretend to have imagined those lines.

- And Avon ?!?! Vernestra seems to think of her as dead, but isn't she one of the main characters in the upcoming Defy the Storm ?!?! Did I miss something ?!

- I wonder how Stellan would feel if he could know that a starship had been named after him.
Or that Vernestra became a Wayseeker.

- Am I dreaming, or did nobody died in Cavan's story ?!?! Is that possible ?!?!

- I hope we'll get more stories Amadeo and Mirro because now I'm emotionally attached. They better not die. I'll riot if they die.

- "The Call of Coruscant" had some great connections to Trail of Shadows and Eye of the Storm.