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Yeah, the Shades are only doing this because they've been possessed like Cinder was. They're not weak - Nadra created them like 1000 years ago to be her servants, which ...

I promise we're getting to the mixing magic. :P I've had a lot of fun with this magic system - it's definitely more on the loose end of things but ...

On the topic of the magic information feeling contrived - what I guess I'm failing to show here is an effect of essentially class differences. Workers and tradesmen, "normal people" ...

Yeah, Lightsong pointed out that this taking of Crescent Moon almost feels too easy, considering all the powerful magic people that are here, so maybe I should make it take ...

I did a line-by-line edit on the story, trimming and tightening things - that's probably what you're noticing. I'm really glad Ayda's character arc is working for you. :D

Yup, this is where it goes!

Nadra has some interesting motives, but unfortunately none of the characters present have any way to know what they are, so it takes a while for them to be explored. ...

It's funny, I keep running into the problem that people don't know what dryads look like, but they're not a creature I made up - they're not even that rare ...

I don't know why, but your nickname for Madeline amuses me. And thank you very much for all the reviews - they're very helpful.

I'm really appreciating your perspective on this. Do you think if I strengthened the parents' personalities (which is definitely on my list of fixes) that would help the first half ...

Thank you for the review! I will definitely tag you.

Yeah, she's supposed to be 12, but I worry I write her too old, and honestly I would prefer changing her age to changing her character, since so far I've ...

I only use the dash as a transition because if I don't put something there, YWS deletes the extra space and you can't tell it's a transition, but asterisks is ...

I'm so happy right now because according to your review this chapter did exactly what I wanted it to. :D

The distinction about how wide-ranging human magic is is a bit difficult to articulate - essentially, they're fairly limited in what they can do intuitively, but once they start actively ...