The Agartha Loop

The Agartha Loop, Book 1

By: RavensDagger

Narrated by: Tess Irondale

They asked Amber to become a magical girl three times.

She refused. That only made her more interesting.

The fourth time, she asked them.

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Came for Ravensdagger, stayed for Madoka Magica

I'll be honest, this book isn't the best start to a series. The book feels slow despite its pacing, the magic school setting is rather generic, the characters aren't Ravensdagger's best, and there's a lot of info dumping that bore me. So what keeps me invested in this story? The rather blatant Madoka Magica influence.

Any fan of the anime, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, should have certain expectations. Cute girls, suffering, friendship, suffering, love, suffering, epic fights, suffering, hope, despair, and suffering.

The only question is: how will Ravensdagger pull it off?

Magical Girls and Time Shenanigans

If you're a fan of RavensDagger's other work, odds are you'll like this one. Magical girls with enough realism to be interesting and put together full dynamic characters, combined with enough whimsey to still be magical girls.

So freaking good

Ok so I am not usually into the whole magic girl trope, but since it was ravens dagger I gave it a shot, and I am so glad I did! The characters were well developed and interesting, and the story never left me bored. This one is a must!

Short but sweet

A relatively short story that's about 70% school life with time shenanigans adding a lot of never happened drama onto Amber without taking the story away from its almost slice of life feel

Good cute story.

Good cute story. You get to learn the characters, and it's building up to something bigger.