Untapped by Dakota Krout
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Muahahahahahaha this is great. It TOTALLY makes up for the last two novels in quality. That's not to say the last one wasn't bad, especially with the full-out world battle, but this one dove right back into what I most loved about the series from the start: ritual magic, hidden tweaks, learning, complexity, ahem-rule-breaking, and core mc-funny wordplay that really puts the cheese in cheesy.

I really loved forcing Joe to build up his foundations of magic since he's been a horribly lop-sided mess. The fact that he's doing it WHILE training a bunch of old friends and annoying them with songs is a great side-benefit.

All in all, I can't even BEGIN to tell you how much I love not having to deal with the dwarves anymore.

Ahem.

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