J.L. Sutton's Reviews > Mother of Learning: ARC 1

"Good morning, Brother!"

"I wouldn't recommend my methods of acquiring combat magic to anyone who isn't a time traveler. You tend to die a lot."



Mother of Learning, Arc #1 holds up extremely well to a second reading. It was fun, inventive and very satisfying! After having read the first three books in this series, the ending here worked for me in terms of how the time loop operates, and how our protagonist learns and adjusts to the changing circumstances. I am rounding up my rating from my original review (below).

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Starting as a web serial, Domagoj Kurmaić's Mother of Learning, Arc #1 (written under the pen name nobody103) is a fantastic time loop fantasy. Kurmaić does a great job of world-building in loops that are up to one month long and restart with our protagonist's, Zorian's, little sister jumping on his bed to wake him up in the morning. Zorian must figure out how to best use his limited time and see if he can somehow prevent an undead attack on his city. The premise is simple, but the exploration of this world, its magic system and the characters Zorian comes into contact with is interesting and quite entertaining. And despite the length of the work (something around 650 pages), I flew through this. The ending was a bit jarring because, I think, it really wasn't meant to be an ending. However, I picked up Mother of Learning, Arc #2 and happily continued from where I left off. 4.5 stars