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Elemental Academy Boxset

By: D.K. Holmberg
Narrated by: John Pirhalla
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The power of the element bonds flows through the lands of Terndahl. Shapers can control that power and use it.

With the threat of rogue elementals escaping from the element bond and fear of another attack by the Draasin Lord, life at the edge of Terndahl is difficult for Tolan. Without any magic of his own, he spends his days working a menial job as a carpenter’s apprentice. When an elemental attack draws the attention of the Inquisitors from the Academy, everything changes.

A mistake brings Tolan into the Terenhall Academy, a prestigious training ground for powerful shapers, but it’s a world where he doesn’t belong. Unlike his classmates, he can’t control the magic of the element bonds.

With no shaping ability, Tolan must find the fire within himself to succeed. If he can't, he'll not only be forced to leave the Academy, but the dangerous Draasin Lord might gain the very power he's long sought.

This box set contains the first three books of the best-selling Elemental Academy series:

  • The Fire Within
  • The Earth Awakens
  • The Water Ruptures
©2020 ASH Publishing (P)2020 ASH Publishing Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Magic
Intriguing Concept • Magical World-building • Excellent Voice Acting • Engaging Characters • Good Value
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I loved this book series so much that I bought all of them after finishing the second book. Fantastic series that keeps you guessing and wanting more.

Be prepared to buy the rest of the books

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Cool story, lots of mystery. Story and path are good MC is sometime a little to clueless but there may be reasons for this. Will want to know how it finishes.

Cool story, lots of mystery.

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I found the overall story rather entertaining but I promised myself when I finished it I would leave a very particular review on one of the problems I found with it. His two friends are by far the worst friends I have ever read of. They are so close minded about his power it’s infuriating. There denial of his ability is insulting and it gave me a migraine to constantly put up with it. There were several points where I had to stop the book to calm down because I was about to yell about it. If I were him I would’ve left them a long time ago and found friends more open minded.

Great story

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I downloaded this set because I love magic and fantasy. When I neared the end of it I was sad, thinking it ended with book 3. I am very happy to see that it continues! The only thing that slightly bugged me was the way it was narrated. It could use more variation of tones, inflictions of emotion, and building excitement. However, it is still an enjoyable listen and I wish I had found the series sooner.

A pleasant surprise

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This is a well produced book! For one credit 3 books is a great deal. Nothing surface level will bother you.

The MC starts a bit daft, as is totally normal, but over three full books worth of writing, he stays almost as daft as he started. He doesn't grow as a character. It's like he exists in a parallel timeline where the plot never happened and he's still on day one of his journey. He will lie about something in book 1 for little reason, and then still be lying about it 30 hours later. He doesn't openly discuss anything with anyone ever.

Slow or stupid MCs don't bother me. He just never changes or grows. It's frustrating. And it's such a good book apart from this serious flaw. Give it a shot! It's worth the price of admission. The first book you won't even be mad at the MC. It's not until he's the same in book3 that I just stopped caring about him.

Well written, well performed, but MC never changes

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I was intrigued enough by this Story there are many Concepts similar to other series it is unique enough on its own and well book One hade me intrigued. the second book was extremely difficult to get through I was ready to drop the series. but book 3 salvage much of the damage. I hope the rest of the series continues on the same track book 3 left.

book one decent 2 needs a rewrite book 3 solid.

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In many ways this series seems just shy of plagiarism, just different enough. I was mind boggled by the parallels. Dispite the part where these people are supposedly adults, they act like preteens, common sense alludes the main character almost as much as his magic, and if he spent half as much time in reality as he does in his own head he wouldn't have half the problems he does, and just like Harry Potter he starts to be a whiny little b in book 4.

Harry Potter Much?

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I like the story, I'll finish it out, but boy does Holmberg need to scale back on the repetitive words and phrasing.

interesting story, repetitive writing

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If I had read just the first book, I would have dropped it. If I had decided to continue anyway and read the second book, I would have dropped it and never looked back. If I was crazy enough to read a little further into the third book out of sheer desire to find something enjoyable about this series, there’s a good chance I would have dropped it with a highly negative review saying it’s a waste of time. But I didn’t, because of the very end of the third book.
It is clear from pretty much the very beginning that the MC is special, but doesn’t fall into the mold of the typical student. Because of this, the MC constantly belittles himself into believing he’s doesn’t belong, all the while not being taught in any helpful manner.
This would have made for an enjoyable story if the MC could have followed his own path all the while trying to fit in. But that was totally thrown out the window thanks to his “friends.”
Anytime the MC was on a path to self discovery of what he is capable of, his oh so helpful friends either A: says what he’s doing/saying is impossible, B: says he is overthinking things, or C: says the MC’s thinking couldn’t possibly be outside the purview of the masters’ knowledge and understanding even though it is stated time and time again that much of the knowledge of how the ancient (elemental) shapers operated was lost to time.
I am next to certain that if the MC was left alone to his own devices, he could have discovered so much more about himself in a much shorter time period.
I won’t say I don’t recommend these books, because I like the MC, I like the main story line and where it’s heading and I like the overall setting of the books. I just wish that the author made the MC’s friends more helpful and open minded of him rather than; me wishing every time the MC talks to them to just leave them out of his life.
I personally will be continuing with this series because I really enjoyed the last couple of hours of the audio book, and am hopeful for where it leads, but am truly disappointed with how little of the first three books I actually enjoyed.

Good story, but frustrating characters.

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great series. I was hooked from the first few mins. not done yet but love it so far

hooked from the start

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