16h runtime; Read by Steve West, Caitlin Kelly, James Patrick Cronin, Damian Lynch, David Monteith, Andy Ingalls, Siho Ellsmore and Munirih Grace.

English language

Published March 1, 2022 by Macmillan Audio.

ISBN:
9781250860460
OCLC Number:
1301391900
3 stars (4 reviews)

The Alexandrian Society, caretakers of lost knowledge from the greatest civilizations of antiquity, are the foremost secret society of magical academicians in the world. Those who earn a place among the Alexandrians will secure a life of wealth, power, and prestige beyond their wildest dreams, and each decade, only the six most uniquely talented magicians are selected to be considered for initiation.

Enter the latest round of six: Libby Rhodes and Nico de Varona, unwilling halves of an unfathomable whole, who exert uncanny control over every element of physicality. Reina Mori, a naturalist, who can intuit the language of life itself. Parisa Kamali, a telepath who can traverse the depths of the subconscious, navigating worlds inside the human mind. Callum Nova, an empath easily mistaken for a manipulative illusionist, who can influence the intimate workings of a person’s inner self. Finally, there is Tristan Caine, who can see through illusions …

10 editions

reviewed Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

Fascinante

4 stars

Me ha parecido espectacular, no sólo la evolución de la trama y el desarrollo de los personajes, si no el world building y EL SISTEMA DE MAGIA, POR FAVOR, ME PARECE FANTÁSTICA ESTA PERSPECTIVA. Pero. ¿A quién se le ocurre crear toda esa tensión tan de poquito a poco, aumentar la presión en la olla a vapor... Y cortar ahí? Es demasiado anticlimático y trunca muy repentinamente la narración.

Fascinante

4 stars

Me ha parecido espectacular, no sólo la evolución de la trama y el desarrollo de los personajes, si no el world building y EL SISTEMA DE MAGIA, POR FAVOR, ME PARECE FANTÁSTICA ESTA PERSPECTIVA. Pero. ¿A quién se le ocurre crear toda esa tensión tan de poquito a poco, aumentar la presión en la olla a vapor... Y cortar ahí? Es demasiado anticlimático y trunca muy repentinamente la narración.

reviewed The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

Gimmicky and drawn out

2 stars

Written like bad streaming TV: mandatory "plot twists" clumsily done, drawing things out artificially, a rushed final episode, and introducing a shadowy character in the last shot to laugh menacingly.

Frustrating, like most Dark Academia books. It’s got some interesting ideas and moments, but the writing doesn’t sustain them. The magic system and world-building are underdeveloped. Is it a rule in this genre that magic users have to be assholes?

Great until it's not

3 stars

What world building! What a magic system! What a premise, & setting, I can't wait to find out more!

...and after the book just sort of fizzles out & ends, I'm still waiting.

The characters are all disappointing, particularly the women. The (annoying) Madonna, the (annoying) Whore, & the one who is also there. The fellas aren't a lot better. I feel like The Atlas Six could have been The Atlas Two, which would have made for far more interesting & complex characters to have boring conversations with each other.

Why though, why have daily classes that are never involved in the story? What's in them? Do the characters sit frozen & silent until later that evening when a boring conversation between two ppl happens?

Still, there's a bit of fucking & definitely some Gay Yearning ™️ so I didn't hate it. Love a bit of YA magic academy, wouldn't …