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Obelisk of Blood

Through the Fire, Book 4

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Obelisk of Blood

By: Benjamin Medrano
Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
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The fire rekindled.

After two years of peace, Ruethwyn and her friends have graduated from Tyrness Academy, yet darkness looms on the horizon. Sinera has consolidated her control over the Golden Dominion, and Selwyn is threatened by Rue's former mentor.

In her search for more information regarding her art of atavism, Rue has learned of similar practices once practiced in the nation of Corval, and she sets out with her friends in the hopes of gaining an edge over Sinera. Unfortunately for her, Sinera has not forgotten Rue, and has forged an alliance with some of her old enemies.

Unfortunately for the worshipers of Larimos, what they don't know about Rue can certainly hurt them.

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World building and characters are great. Especially, around how the magic works, the planes, the sphere tiers, locations, faye types, and the mechanisms around how this all *works*. It *works* well to make the magically elements have rules and limits given more created to the story. The overall story arch is skilfully formed and it's great to follow the same characters on their journey. The use of the contracted demons also adds a nuance to the protagonist. The vocalist also does a amazing job bringing all the characters to life. So a enjoyable series to listen to.

I would recommend the author focus on improving the following areas:
1. Repeats. Same word appearing close to another - there are a lots and lots of these that can be edited. Above I have *works* repeated, there are many of these types of repeats in the narrative which makes the flow jarring. So in my *works*, it could be replaced with -"It all *bends* to make..." in the second sentence. It also helps to make extend the number of different words used making the prose richer.
2. Dialogue is often too narrative like rather than following the personality of the character and being natural.
3. Characters overly explaining themselves. Y just happened. And she feels X. "I'm going to do Z because of Y and I feel X".

I am kind of reviewing the full series so far 1-4

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