This series is really interesting and fun. My only issue is that Nathan doesn’t really lose at anything in any meaningful way. There is a lot of “yes and” instead of “yes but”. I like that he wins a lot but it would be nice if he lost something important that changed the story dramatically. The transition with character conflict that lead him to the Accademy was a good example of this. I just hope the series doesn’t turn into “Nathan wins everything” with no drawbacks or meaningful consequences. I guess you could argue the ending with the questor bringing the premature ending could kinda be like that.
Apart from that, the magic is very interesting and the 2nd half of the book I couldn’t put down. It was nice when Nathan took the plot into his hands.