I wanted to like this. The author appears to be good at writing and has some creative ideas, but 1 the world just never developed.. it’s some sort of school but the teachers and school layout not only make no sense, they break the suspension of disbelief. I’m pretty sure a school, even a magic school can’t be run the way it’s written. Add to that a mysterious main char where all you get are a bunch of disjointed flashbacks to sort of give you an idea of who he is and you find a guy you just can’t relate to which was the finishing touch for me. Maybe it gets better somewhere in the thirtieth chapter or so, but I’ll never know cause I have lost all interest in looking further.I’ve often heard that you only have a paragraph or 2 to interest someone in reading your book. And a couple of chapters to get them hooked enough to read to the end. Took way to long and if this starts to be a book you need to pay to open chapters, it won’t work cause you don’t hook them before the paywall.Good luck with your next try