{"id":3656,"date":"2016-01-06T05:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/?p=3656"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:25:56","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T23:25:56","slug":"mark-predicts-battle-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2016\/01\/mark-predicts-battle-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Predicts ‘Battle Magic’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have I ever been more wrong about predictions? HAS THIS EVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD? Oh my\u00c2\u00a0god<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Look, I DIDN’T KNOW. I HAD NO CLUES AS TO WHAT\u00c2\u00a0MELTING STONES<\/em> WAS ABOUT. DON’T JUDGE ME.<\/p>\n

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  1. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s start with some easy shit. All four characters will be back in Emelan at the opening of the book.\u00c2\u00a0OH MY GOD, NO.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. I predict that all four of them have a single house and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the one Daja bought.\u00c2\u00a0WHY HAVE I DONE THIS.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. However, Sandry spends a lot of time with Duke Vedris.\u00c2\u00a0WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have a reference to\u00c2\u00a0The Will of the Empress\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>within the first chapter.\u00c2\u00a0END ME NOW.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll get scenes at Discipline!\u00c2\u00a0I HAVE NEVER STRUCK OUT SO FANTASTICALLY IN MY WHOLE LIFE.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. Rosethorn and Lark will at one point, either separately or together, talk about their relationship with each other.\u00c2\u00a0STOP. IT.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. Daja will not find anyone to date in this book.\u00c2\u00a0WELL, TECHNICALLY, THIS IS TRUE, BUT ONLY BY VIRTUE OF LUCK.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  8. But Briar\u00c2\u00a0will<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0I MISS BRIAR A LOT.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
  9. I predict that this book centers around Evvy, given that she has stone magic. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s now in Winding Circle, and there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a ~mystery.~\u00c2\u00a0SO CLOSE TO A PERFECT PREDICTION, AND THEN HORRIBLY, HORRIBLY WRONG.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  10. I think that Briar and Rosethorn will be the other primary characters.\u00c2\u00a0I STILL MISS BRIAR A LOT.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  11. At one point, I will look at the camera and tell you all how fucked up you are.\u00c2\u00a0This doesn’t count. It just doesn’t.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
  12. Stones that melt? I DON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T FUCKING KNOW.\u00c2\u00a0I literally have not known less in my whole life.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    My god, what have I done? So, now I’m going into the final Emelan book, and I have, once again, been given zero clues as to what it’s about. How badly will I fare this time?<\/p>\n

    Predictions for\u00c2\u00a0Battle Magic<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. All right, from the title, I’m guessing that the four foster-siblings will be involved in a war of some sort.<\/li>\n
    2. It will not happen in Summersea or Winding Circle.<\/li>\n
    3. Tris will have flashbacks to the pirate attack in Winding Circle.<\/li>\n
    4. Briar, Rosethorn, and Evvy will have flashbacks to their time in Yanjing.<\/li>\n
    5. I am already regretting this because what if it isn’t about any of this?<\/li>\n
    6. What if other characters aren’t even in this book like the last one?<\/li>\n
    7. Like, what if Rosethorn and Evvy aren’t in it because they were in all of\u00c2\u00a0Melting Stones<\/em>?<\/li>\n
    8. I want to know more about Rosethorn and Lark, so can that be in this book?<\/li>\n
    9. What if my predictions aren’t predictions but just me begging for certain things to be in\u00c2\u00a0Battle Magic?<\/em><\/li>\n
    10. I’d be cool with Daja dating someone new.<\/li>\n
    11. I’d love more of Frostpine’s backstory.<\/li>\n
    12. I’d also be interested to see if there are any new or returning students at Discipline.<\/li>\n
    13. I am a failure at these, and I’m okay with that.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Hey, IT’S THE BEST I CAN DO.<\/p>\n

      Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n

      – I am now on Patreon<\/a><\/b>!!! MANY SURPRISES ARE IN STORE FOR YOU IF YOU SUPPORT ME<\/a>.
      \n– I\u00c2\u00a0will be at numerous conventions in 2016!       Check the full list of events on my Tour Dates \/ Appearances page.<\/a>
      \n– My       Master Schedule<\/a> is updated for the near and distant future for most projects, so please check it often.\u00c2\u00a0My next Double Features for Mark Watches will be seasons 1 & 2 of\u00c2\u00a0The 100<\/em>, Death Note<\/em>, and\u00c2\u00a0Neon Genesis Evangelion<\/em>. On Mark Reads, Diane Duane’s Young Wizards<\/i> series will replace the Emelan books.
      \n<\/b>-\u00c2\u00a0      Mark Does Stuff is on Facebook!<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0I’ve got a community page up that I’m running. Guaranteed shenanigans!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Have I ever been more wrong about predictions? HAS THIS EVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD? Oh my\u00c2\u00a0god.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[507,477,505,502],"tags":[482,250],"class_list":["post-3656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-battle-magic","category-emelan","category-melting-stones","category-the-circle-reforged","tag-mark-reads-emelan","tag-tamora-pierce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}