In the second half of the second chapter of Games Wizards Play<\/i>, Nita learns more about the Invitational. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read Young Wizards<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
If my early sense of Games Wizards Play <\/i>is correct, then Duane has found a way to build a novel around a different concept than just a battle with the Lone One. Of course, the Lone One factors into every struggle in this book, even if It doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t necessarily show up. But like Lifeboats<\/i>, this book is shaping up to show a different side of wizardry while also giving us a conflict that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s utterly unlike any of the past books.<\/p>\n
Granted, I have to speculate at this point. I can say that definitively, this book is addressing the complications of Kit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s and Nita\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s relationship in new ways already<\/i>. As for this invitational, I can only guess what might happen, but OH THE POSSIBILITIES. What if the wizard they mentor is difficult? What if there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Imposter Syndrome at work? WHAT IF THE INVITATIONAL IS SUPER DIFFICULT? Oh god, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so much that can happen here!<\/p>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m jumping ahead of myself, and I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to expect too<\/i> much of this because I want to see how it unfolds. I am, like Nita and Kit, completely ignorant of this Invitational, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a little surprising that we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve never heard anything about it. Well, not in hindsight, though, given\u00c2\u00a0 that it only happens once every eleven years. Plus, our little heroes have been a bit<\/i> busy for a while. Which is the point! That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a large reason why<\/i> they were recommended to be mentors in this program. I love how S\u00e2\u20ac\u2122reee put it:<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I keep talking to you, hNii\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t, about not going so unconscious about your own credentials,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said S\u00e2\u20ac\u2122reee. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You dealt with the Lone Power one-on-one, on Its own turf, on your Ordeal. You survived the Song of the Twelve, which isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t exactly a given for any<\/i> of the participants. Not to mention various other minor skirmishes. Mars, just now. Alaalu. The Hesper business.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n This invitation is a recognition of what Nita has accomplished over the course of this series, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also a way to send a message to her: she has knowledge that she can pass on to the next generation of wizards. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s such an incredible thing! It fits within the arc for her character, too, since years have passed since we first met her in So You Want To Be a Wizard<\/i>. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s strange to think about, but there are now a new class of young wizards on Earth who have gone through their Ordeals and need guidance, too.<\/p>\n I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t imagine someone better than Nita and Kit to provide that guidance. AND IN A COMPETITIVE SETTING. I still think we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll learn more about that aspect soon, and I just realized I did not ask a vital question until right now:<\/p>\n Will Kit and Nita be mentoring the same<\/i> wizard, or will they each get their own?<\/p>\n THERE IS SO MUCH POTENTIAL HERE, Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ALL.<\/p>\n https:\/\/youtu.be\/cXmDsSj9dK0<\/p>\n Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n – My YA contemporary debut, ANGER IS A GIFT<\/a>, is now available for pre-order!\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>If you’d like to stay up-to-date on all announcements regarding my books, sign up for my newsletter<\/a>! DO IT.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the second half of the second chapter of Games Wizards Play, Nita learns more about the Invitational. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read Young Wizards.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[533,510],"tags":[513,511],"class_list":["post-4418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games-wizards-play","category-young-wizards","tag-diane-duane","tag-mark-reads-young-wizards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4418","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=4418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}