Well your comment made my day. Thank you so much! So glad to hear this. Hearing my recommendations being useful to reader is always the goal! 😊

True. Harry Potter defined my teen years and was what propelled me to fantasy. No book can top Harry Potter.

That makes sense! I read Harry Potter during middle school and it did not spark anything for me except being a good read. I totally understand why it continues to be so loved by many to this day, though! I hope your daughter continue to love the series! 😄

Yeah Harry Potter was huge for me, I was on it before it blew up thanks to my great aunt getting me the first book and audiobook on cassette (yeah I'm old I know) and I did the midnight releases for the last five books, and read pretty much each one in a day. I hate JK Rowling as a person, but the story holds a very special place in my heart, that I'll never forget, but it's not even close to a top ten series for me. That being said, if I were to have a kid or be with someone with children I'd absolutely share it with them

@@seanhalpin87 Dude that is amazing! And not gonna lie, despite Harry Potter being nowhere near my list of favorites, there's always a chance I'm going to read that to my kid someday. That and maybe Percy Jackson. :D

@Petrik Leo i owned a first edition of the UK edition of the first book, I don't know what happened to it which sucks cause I could sell that for a nice chunk to buy new books now lmao

Never thought I will hear someone talk about Alchemy of Souls on my KZfaq channel. 😂😂😂 That show is so popular in Asia!

Omg I love alchemy of souls. I still think about the characters and listen to the OST. Could you recommend any other show (or book 🤞🏼) that’s similar? I’ve been trying to find something to fill the void the show created, but no luck :(

Thank you so much, Audrey! With or without the magical school trope, The Will of the Many is an excellent book! :)

@@PetrikLeo Just finished! Really enjoyed The Will of the Many, took me a little to get into it and then by 1/3 of the way in I was hooked and finished in a single setting 😅. I can’t wait for the sequel!! Thx for the rec!!

So happy to hear you loved The Sword of Kaigen that much! :)

Yesss! Hopefully you will love it as much as The Name of the Wind! 😊

Thank you! Wait, I don't remember there being a big magic school portion in Dragon Mage. 😅

So happy to hear The Will of the Many is in your list of favorites!! :D

I absolutely loveee Blood Song. Such an amazing book. I wish the sequels are better but oh well!

Thank you! I need to read Blood Song again! 😁

@@PetrikLeo was thinking the same 😅

Never heard of this before, but that sounds too interesting to miss. I checked and it's a web novel! I'll put it in my list of web novel series to check out! 😁

Thank you so much! I hope you find great books to read from this video. Also you should check out Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang! :)

@@PetrikLeo YES I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR IT SINCE I HEARD SHE WAS WRITING A NEW BOOK, EVEN BEFORE THE TITLE WAS CERTAIN! It came out on july 25th, which is my birthday, so it was like a birthday gift lol. (Also i realised that you're the petrik i follow on goodreads so this was a nice coincidence lol.)

Blood Song is one of my favorites! It's too bad it's difficult to get readers to read it because of the reception of the second and third books. :/

Totally agree with you. I didn’t find the other two books in the trilogy as bad as people make out - in fact I quite enjoyed them. Plus there is a second trilogy featuring Vaelin!

Thank you so much, brother! Magic or battle school/academy is one of my favorite tropes. Glad to hear you've read Jade City and Babel! :D

Woohoo! It's truly special, isn't it? I still can't believe how great it was. I look forward to reading the next book, too. It is very likely I will reread The Will of the Many before the release of The Strength of the Few! :)

I haven't! I didn't know that series has a magical university. I will look into it. Thanks for the recommendation!! :)

@@PetrikLeo oh yes thats the heart of the series! Hope you like them. As I mentioned, our main girl gets bullied, because shes not of from the upper classes like the rest of the students. So its s lot about that, and later on, about the forbidden dark arts...I need to do a reread soon!

I second this opinion. I love this series ❤ which is surprising because I can's stand YA book, yet this one read more like adult fantasy. It's a great book and even years after reading it I sometimes find myself thinking about it, which is another thing that's rare for me.

I hope you love them when you get around to reading them! :)

Thank you so much, my friend! Magical school settings will always be one of my favorite settings in stories. I hope you will love The Will of the Many! :)

Here's hoping you'll love Red Sister then! And yeah, I can't get enough o this cover art of Name of the Wind. It's beautiful! :)

Thank you so much, Livia! Definitely read them, especially The Will of the Many! 🤩

It's such an amazing book. There's no way I'm not including Blood Song in my list! 😄

It's a great trope!

I have the first book in that series! Cephrael's Hand. I didn't know there was a magic school trope portion in it, too, though! I hope the last book will be released somehow. I heard the author's best friend is working hard on making sure it gets published!

Thank you! Oh, wait, YOU'RE RIGHT! Dammit, I've been right all along!! xD

Definitely! Almost made it to this list! 😁

Wall of Storms is AWESOME. Enjoy! :)

I have to look into this! I've seen this series many times but never bothered to look further. I wish I had known it has the magical school trope in it. 🤣

@@PetrikLeo Yes I highly recommend it. Thinking about it now makes me think it's time for me to do a reread, too 😅

I was actually Shocked to not find the Black Magician Series on the list...I guess he hasnt read it ....Defintely one ofthe best in this Trope! Also what about Brent Weeks Lightbringer Series ... Another Amazing one tbh

Can't disagree with you. I absolutely love Jade City and the entire Green Bone Saga. You'll love Jade War and Jade Legacy! :)

Thank you so much! 😊

No you were right. I completely forgot he mentioned it that way, too. I was right all along. I saw "Islington" being pronounced with an S in UK so I thought it would be the same. 😂

Yeah! I have asked James about it since this video. 😂

I'm a huge fan of Robin Hobb's books. But I haven't read her Soldier Son trilogy yet. Heard a LOT of negative things about it. I think I will end up reading them eventually, though!

That trilogy almost killed me. I almost put a bullet in my head it was so insanely infuriating. I legitimately had to fling the book across the room multiple times, and I'm not someone who ever gets angry. I will never ever get over how goddamn annoying Nevare is. Idk if this was intentional autism rep or not but he reminds me A LOT of the boy from The Curious Case Of The Dog In The Night-time about an autistic boy investigating the death of a neighborhood dog. Written by a man who spent his career working with autistic kids. They act extremely similarly. It was the way he would constantly shut down and go mute at any confrontation and he'd get in soo much more trouble because of it. Over and over and over again. The final straw was when he was too dumb to understand why he was in jail, and then his friend told him about the necrophilia accusation and he shut down and decided to die. I've legitimately never hated a book as much as that lmao. 1Q84 brought me pretty close, cause that book is also terrible.

Thank you so much! I think Red Sister is so much better compared to Broken Empire trilogy. If you love Blood Song, I expect you'll love Red Sister, too. As for Rothfuss... yeah I'm not sure it will ever be finished. Sadly. I hope you'll love The Will of the Many when you get around to it!! :)

This is the first time I heard of this book. Let's see. 😂😂

I heard many great things about this! Will keep an eye out for it. 😊

That's exactly it. That's why I put Poppy War in my honorable mention instead of on the rank. The magic school is definitely not a representation of the book or series!

Yeahhh! I've heard other readers mention Earthsea, too. I haven't read Earthsea yet, though... To my shame. xD

@Petrik Leo no one will walk behind you ring & a bell shouting "shame" for you because LeQuin isn't on your "read" list! Lol🤣😂🤣 I crack myself up! The visual in my head!😂🤣🤣

The Sword of Kaigen is absolutely amazing. I hope you'll love it. I haven't read Jade Shards yet, but based on what I know, it might be better to read at least Jade City first so you know and understand the characters first! 😄

@@PetrikLeo Just got a review copy think I might have to dive. I'll let you know it goes.

Lately, it's harder for me to like a magical school trope in a YA fantasy series. That said, I will still look into your recommendations! I do strongly recommend The Will of the Many. I think we are in the presence of something special here! :)

@@PetrikLeo I'm about halfway through The Will of the Many and IT'S SO GOOD! You have just become my favorite book recommender! :)

It's one of the best tropes in fantasy! 😊

YES. AND I will not stop talking about it. Sooo awesome. I hope you will love it, too! 😁

Such a great trope! Harry Potter is good but it didn't do anything for me except it being a good read. Can't deny there's nostalgia attached to the series, though!

@@PetrikLeo yeah, there's definitely some nostalgia in there for me too!

I haven't read that one yet! I heard mixed things about it. 😂

It's not great honestly. If you want a very unique magic school check out Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko. It's extremely creepy and ominous and very philosophical. My fav book, even more than Malazan.

Just read them and get it over with. Book 3 will never be released. 😂

Thank for the recommendation. I haven't heard of this one before. I will look into it! :)

Yes, for Blood Song but not for Hand of the Sun King!

My sentiment remain the same. I've read The Pariah but I haven't read The Martyr, though. But The Pariah was great. I'll say that's my 2nd favorite Anthony Ryan's book! :)

I haven't read it. Ashamedly. 😄

@@PetrikLeo definitely think it pioneered the trope!

It's one of the best! :D

Oh believe me, I tried that book and hated everything about it. THEN I tried the TV show, and it's more likable, but still awful. xD

Never heard about this book before, I'll take a look at it!

By the 4th book and still hate it? Call it quits. Believe me. Not worth it anymore if by that point you still don't like it!

I completely forgot about that. I loved it but it was so similar to Name of the Wind. xD

@@PetrikLeo I’ve not read name of the wind, I do own it so maybe I’ll enjoy that one

As in short fantasy books with magical school tropes? Hand of the Sun King definitely counts as one. The book is about 400 pages and it flies by. If not, I have a great short fantasy book video on my channel. Check that out! :)

I don't think I've read any fanfic to a completion yet. This do sounds really good, though, as long that it's well written! 😄

@@PetrikLeo Oh, that I can promise. The Forest of Dean in particular is top-notch grimdark fantasy. It's like one of the masters wrote it. It is about the length of an ordinary book trilogy, though. But I promise you it's worth every word.

Glad you loved The Will of the Many! I think it's absolutely amazing! :)

The first half of Jade City, on first read, can be a bit difficult. It's a book that worked better on reread imo. The name of the characters, organizations, and terminologies take a bit of time get use to! 😁

@PetrikLeo I'm pushing through it, because I've heard so many great reviews on KZfaq.

I really do have to read that one. I own the book already! :D

Great book, but the one caution to add is that there's two sequels (I think, there's definitely at least one) that have never been translated from Russian. I guess the book just didn't sell well enough to justify the translation of the whole series, sadly.

@@PetrikLeo Be ready to get blown away! Read my reviews of the book!

@@thelasthandbook6704 So, "Vita Nostra" is part of a series, but the other books that haven't been translated yet are standalone books. "Assassin of Reality" is the direct sequel to "Vita Nostra," which was released earlier this year. There is supposed to be a 3rd book in that series, which would make it a trilogy.

I absolutely love Blood Song. Not a fan of Tower Lord or Queen of Fire, though. :)

There's nothing wrong with loving Harry Potter, imo. It's a very important book and series in the genre and industry. I am so looking forward to reading Blood Over Bright Haven!! :D

This is the Illumicrate edition. The standard cover art is an injustice to the story inside the series!

Not a stupid question at all. I've written short stories as practice (that I threw away). 😂 Thinking about it, I probably should've kept them.

Already on the list to make! I want to read a few more dragonrider fantasy books before making the video, though! :)

Despite loving the trilogy very much, the battle school aspect was evident only in Kings of Paradise, which imo is the weakest of the series. :)

I can't mention it only because I haven't read the book yet.

@@PetrikLeo thanks for responding. That is a valid reason for not mentioning the Wizard of Earthsea. I think every fantasy lover should definitely read the Earthsea series. It is one of the more important works in the history of the genre. Btw, I like your channel and watch your videos when the daily schedule allows. I have been an avid fantasy reader for the better part of my life and have a few recommendations for you if you ever need any.

Just saying HP is not in MY list of favorites. I actually genuinely didn't think HP as anything amazing. It did not spark my love for the genre at all. Whether in middle school or as an adult.

@@PetrikLeo you’re kinda missing the point which is that it’s not in keeping with the spirt of the community to, order to big up favourites, denigrate others actively discouraging the reading of certain works with silly thumbnails like that. It’s clickbaity and the height of bad manners. I’m very disappointed.

@@stuart1346 I think I'm definitely missing the point here. All I wanted to convey was to say Harry Potter is not in my list of favorites. Not to say readers shouldn't read Harry Potter. I will work on changing the thumbnail soon.

@@PetrikLeo it’s fine not to be on your favourites list but these types of thumbnails to me infer read book x and don’t read book y and I just don’t agree with that as a premise.

@@stuart1346 Oh! Now that you mention that, I can see how it came across that way. That actually do make sense. Thanks for letting me know! Thumbnail fixed now. I'll try to be more careful in the next videos.

I haven't read the book, but I can't even stand the TV show of Magician, which many people said is more tolerable compared to the books. So I'm not sure on it hahah

Also really surprised to see the magicians didn’t get mentioned. The show was absolutely atrocious and did not follow the books at all. But the books are amazing. Very interesting perspective on what would happen if magic was really in the modern world, in the sense that if nothing is unachievable, leisure becomes corruption

I had a blast with it despite the infuriating main character. Nothing wrong with not liking it, though!

That's fair! If you're not a fan of the trope, I doubt many will convince you to like them! :D

Harry Potter books did nothing for me. 😂

Ended up changing the thumbnail. Seems like there's a misunderstanding with it. Meant to imply Harry Potter isn't in my list of favorites. Not saying it shouldn't be read. 😅

Nothing wrong with that! We all have our preferences. :)

@@PetrikLeo I'm not saying I wouldn't read a book with that trope in it, though.

The way I've talked to him is on twitter

Hey! On Twitter or on Instagram is alright with me. Note that I might not reply quickly at times though. I have many DMs on social media. 😅