Infinite Regress (Schooled in Magic Book 9)

I really love Chris's writing style - it definitely sucks you into the story and doesn't let up until you reach the end of the book. But, of course, then it still leaves you wanting more and anxious for the next book. Infinite Regress is no exception to this trend. I downloaded it the day it came out and finished it the same day. I've reread it twice since then too. Plus, I like how, with each book, the author highlights the key points from the previous books that need to be remembered in the current story without wasting pages upon pages "summarizing" everything that happened in all of the previous books like some authors are guilty of.

The only thing I didn't like about this book is where it "ended" and that's only because I'm impatient for the next book to see how it continues to play out. Please don't keep your readers waiting too long Chris. :)

Another excellent episode in the ongoing saga of Emily.
This book seemed to start out a little slow as he was setting the stage of the conflict, and I wondered how he could possibly wrap up the story by the end of the book. However he was just setting us all up for a fantastic cliff hanger of an ending.

One of Chris's best abilities as a writer is to make you care about his characters. The only series where it didn't work for me is the Decline and Fall series which is a tragedy. Those have never been my favorite series as I am a sucker for a happy ending.

This book continues to build on the education of Emily as she learns more about the history of her new world and herself. I highly recommend new readers not to start anywhere but at book one of the series as each builds upon the other.

I eagerly await the next book in the series.

Excellent addition to a wonderful series as the main character, Emily, continues to grow in a high magical adventure. The only negative is that the heroine appears to have walked away from her position as Baroness of Cockatrice in Zangaria where the mix of politics and changes in broader society made the series more interesting than typical heroic fantasy...and its past time for her to leave Whitehall behind and apprentice to a kick-ass sorcerer who appreciates her...

The author kindly apologized for the somewhat cliff hanger ending, personally I feel it was mostly unneeded as the story-line of the book was wrapped up. Much like some of the best TV shows Chris Nuttall successfully set up a longer story-line within the shorter episodic medium of the books. Watching Emily grow from book 1 to book 9 has been quite an adventure. Looking forward to more.

A great addition to the series that keeps the story interesting even after 8 books. I really enjoy the continued clash of worldviews between the modern mentality of Emily and the medieval world she now inhabits (adjusted for magic and demons). Emily continues to be both a sympathetic protagonist and a flawed one at the same time. Her mistakes remain within her character and add to the story rather than seem contrived. The book continues to explore a more realistic take on heroism. Emily averted multiple disasters in the past... so everyone except the bad guys should love her right?
Wrong! From an outsiders POV half of her victories so far were about fixing messes she had caused either directly of indirectly. Other times the conflicts she solved were in the shades of grey at best. She saved her friends kingdom from a revolution, good for her friend... but how good for all the failed revolutionists? In this book she faces a lot of backlash... on the one hand its not really fair, but on the other its a realistic result of her previous actions. When you demolish the status quo, the existing institutions are not likely to thank you for it, regardless of good intentions.

The book gets 5 star for a great story from me.. with a big warning. The CLIFFHANGER, you may want to wait for book 10 of the series to be out before you start reading this one.

Another great installment but this one will leave us on the edge desperate for the next!
You will be wanting to push to the end and jump to the next but don't miss out on the character development. She gets to mature and grow in this book thinking about her actions and the results.

Infinite Regress the 9th Schooled in Magic Book does not disappoint. This book is a fun fast paced read. Infinite Regress shows some development in Emily's character which is nice to see. As much as I enjoy the series in some ways I feel like Emily behaves with very stunted development. Emily has valuable knowledge that is changing the world, she is wealthy and has a place to live, she can afford tutors yet she puts up with demeaning and belittling behavior as if it is her due to me this is a real potential pitfall for this series going forward.

Emily actively lobbies against the subjugation of women, rejects many of the traditions of this society but seems to accept she must meekly accept whatever a tutor wishes to send her way I see this is a real dichotomy in her personality. The series went to great lengths to stress 5th year students were adults and treated as such, right up until Emily becomes a 5th year.

I await the next in the Schooled in Magic series I just hope Emily can grow into the character the author has built her into.

Well the last few pages create a "sort of" cliffhanger but the book in itself is still a complete story so this time (only) the author is forgiven. It is really just a way to introduce the next story for Emily to solve.

As with all the books in this series, it is well written, has interesting and complex characters, and has a great underlying story. Of course, Emily, has to save the day once again but, hey, that's why we are reading the series after all. Interesting weaving of science fantasy things we are all familiar with from watching TV being brought into Emily's thought process and this makes the book even more relatable for the reader.

Highly recommended reading and can't wait for the next installment

Great story of Emily's 5th year at Whitehall. Don't want to say to much, it'll give away the story, but Im puzzled where this story Arc goes. Hopefully, Past Tense has answers. ( and what about that fairie oath?)

I was leery of buying this book, given the number of 1-3 star reviews and the fact that I'm using kindle unlimited quite a lot. But I bought it anyway after reading a sample, and quite enjoyed it. The fact that Emily is still distrusted is explored quite a lot and makes some sense, although it's a bit extreme. I felt the fact she was talking about "user interface" etc towards the end to be unusual, since she was a teenager with little interest in things when she was kidnapped and wouldn't have much specific or well organised thoughts about modern technology.

Nevertheless, the ending was timely and I'm glad the author adds a note about the next part coming out next month.

Given the sheer quantity of work Mr Nuttall puts out, I've been quite pleased with the quality , across all his current series'.

Whitehall comes unraveled in Schooled in Magic's ninth book Infinite Regress.

We've known for some time that Whitehall is like the TARDIS. That is, much bigger on the inside than on the outside. Like Hogwarts, the corridors change (such as the famous moving stairways at Hogwarts). But this time, the tutors & students become trapped inside with no way to contact the outside world (much less bring in supplies like food, etc.).

By book nine, Emily is on the verge of expulsion. She returns to school as a "probationary" student. She and another girl (also on probation) are assigned to assist Professor Locke who wants to explore the tunnels under Whitehall.

Anybody seeing any problems with this idea? (Like, don't fix it if it is not broken and leaving well enough alone??)

Also, Emily's closest friends have left the school. Most students just take four years and then go on with the rest of their lives. Fifth and Sixth Years are more like graduate school.

Fortunately, Emily's boyfriend Caleb is a fellow Fifth Year student. Former rival Melissa has also returned for Fifth Year, even though she got married after Fourth Year. (Emily and Melissa had gotten off to a bad start in their earlier years but become a little closer in Fifth Year.)

Another highly satisfying read!

I was surprised, though, that it ended on a cliffhanger, though. The author actually apologized for this in an Afterward. This is the only novel that took two books to tell the entire story. So, the second half of Infinite Regress is book ten Past Tense. Starting again with Book Eleven, the story will be contained within the one novel.

That said, I strongly recommend the entire Schooled in Magic fantasy series for those who like a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court approach to wizard school fantasy.

Great story of Emily's 5th year at Whitehall. Don't want to say to much, it'll give away the story, but Im puzzled where this story Arc goes. Hopefully, Past Tense has answers. ( and what about that fairie oath?)

I was leery of buying this book, given the number of 1-3 star reviews and the fact that I'm using kindle unlimited quite a lot. But I bought it anyway after reading a sample, and quite enjoyed it. The fact that Emily is still distrusted is explored quite a lot and makes some sense, although it's a bit extreme. I felt the fact she was talking about "user interface" etc towards the end to be unusual, since she was a teenager with little interest in things when she was kidnapped and wouldn't have much specific or well organised thoughts about modern technology.

Nevertheless, the ending was timely and I'm glad the author adds a note about the next part coming out next month.

Given the sheer quantity of work Mr Nuttall puts out, I've been quite pleased with the quality , across all his current series'.