#anyways thanks for the ask milo! ☺️🍁

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7 and 15!

hi milo! :)

7. is there a series/book that got you into reading?

hmmm to be honest I’ve been really into reading for as long as I can remember, but the 3 series that got me really hooked on fantasy were the Xanth Series and Tamora Pierce’s Circle of Magic series!

Tragically Xanth (and all of Piers Anthony’s writing) is full of misogyny and racism and I can’t handle rereading it anymore, but the magic system there definitely shaped my approach to magic and fantasy as a kid. Tamora Pierce’s writing has held up better over time lol and I still reread it at least once a year, it was also a fundamental influence on my thoughts about magic.

15. recommend and review a book.

I am terrible at giving summaries or reviews, and I’ve been lucky to read a bunch of really good books lately, so instead of one thorough review I will give several small ones!

The Daevabad Trilogy - incredible work of historical fantasy, set in the Middle East and involving the magic of Djinn and other spirits. Deals with interactions between the different kingdoms, various types of oppression, and the healing of historical trauma. Plus cool magic! Feels like it has the weight of an epic but the writing is so smooth and it is never boring.

The Scholomance Trilogy - we love Naomi Novik! Starts off as the story of an outcast girl at scary magic training school, ends as a critique of capitalism and climate change.

House on the Cerulean Sea - very cute, very engaging story about the protection of children with weird magical abilities, and also gay romance. Also a critique of capitalism. I read it in one day because I couldn’t put it down.

The Temeraire Series - Milo I know you’re already reading this but I must restate how much I love this series. Again, Naomi novik is my queen. It’s dragons!!! And repressed soldiers and badass women! But mostly it’s dragons!