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The Atlas Six (Atlas Series Book 1) by [Olivie Blake]

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The much-acclaimed BookTok sensation, Olivie Blake's The Atlas Six--now newly revised and edited with additional content.

• The tag #theatlassix has millions of views on TikTok

• A dark academic debut fantasy with an established cult following that reads like THE SECRET HISTORY meets THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY

• The first in an explosive trilogy

The Alexandrian Society, caretakers of lost knowledge from the greatest civilizations of antiquity, are the foremost secret society of magical academicians in the world. Those who earn a place among the Alexandrians will secure a life of wealth, power, and prestige beyond their wildest dreams, and each decade, only the six most uniquely talented magicians are selected to be considered for initiation.

Enter the latest round of six: Libby Rhodes and Nico de Varona, unwilling halves of an unfathomable whole, who exert uncanny control over every element of physicality. Reina Mori, a naturalist, who can intuit the language of life itself. Parisa Kamali, a telepath who can traverse the depths of the subconscious, navigating worlds inside the human mind. Callum Nova, an empath easily mistaken for a manipulative illusionist, who can influence the intimate workings of a person’s inner self. Finally, there is Tristan Caine, who can see through illusions to a new structure of reality—an ability so rare that neither he nor his peers can fully grasp its implications.

When the candidates are recruited by the mysterious Atlas Blakely, they are told they will have one year to qualify for initiation, during which time they will be permitted preliminary access to the Society’s archives and judged based on their contributions to various subjects of impossibility: time and space, luck and thought, life and death. Five, they are told, will be initiated. One will be eliminated. The six potential initiates will fight to survive the next year of their lives, and if they can prove themselves to be the best among their rivals, most of them will.

Most of them.

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Sept. 28 2021
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Olivie Blake is the pseudonym of Alexene Farol Follmuth, a lover and writer of stories. She has penned several indie SFF projects, including the webtoon Clara and the Devil with illustrator Little Chmura and the BookTok-viral Atlas series. As Alexene, her young adult rom-com My Mechanical Romance releases May 2022. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, new baby, and rescue pit bull. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09GXL26SV
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tor Books (Sept. 28 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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- #23 in Contemporary Fantasy (Kindle Store)
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Olivie Blake
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Olivie Blake is the pseudonym of Alexene Farol Follmuth, a lover and writer of stories, many of which involve the fantastic, the paranormal, or the supernatural, but not always. More often, her works revolve around what it means to be human (or not), and the endlessly interesting complexities of life and love.

Olivie has penned several indie SFF projects, including the webtoon Clara and the Devil with illustrator Little Chmura and the viral Atlas series. As Follmuth, her young adult rom-com My Mechanical Romance releases May 2022.
Olivie lives in Los Angeles with her husband and baby, where she is generally tolerated by her rescue pit bull. More on Olivie can be found at www.olivieblake.com.
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Little Chmura is a digital illustrator and animator. Her illustration practice is focused on portraits, with a special interest for intense dramatic looks. Little Chmura loves working with strong contrast, textured brush strokes and animation to create incandescent art. In recent years, she created Clara and the Devil webtoon series with Olivie Blake and a collection of the Atlas Six illustrations.
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Maggie

ehhh still recommend but don’t get your hopes up

Reviewed in Canada on July 31, 2021

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I really wanted to like this book, but overall, I was kind of disappointed.

I feel like I would have enjoyed this better if it was just one person’s pov, probably Libby’s. Unlike some books that do multiple povs well, this book felt like it was originally written in one persons pov but the author just stuck a different name at the beginning of each chapter to make it multiple povs. And part of the reason I felt like it would have been better if it was one persons pov was that all the characters were so mashed together. Everybody’s internal dialogue (which is what distinguishes one person from another) sounded the same, and even their external dialogue sounded very similar. The only time I was really interested in the characters was at the beginning (before they got together), because that was the only time the characters had individuality. Once they got together they started sounding and acting like the same person in different fonts. It seemed like the author had too many characters she couldn’t deal with. Some characters (especially Reina and Tristan) could have definitely gotten more attention.

This book had so much potential too. The idea sounded so interesting and the author is clearly a great writer but it definitely didn’t reach its full potential. There were many parts where I had to look at the blurb again to remind myself who had which power since they didn’t actually use their powers a lot, even though the book revolves around magic and their powers. They just talked about the powers they had, which is weird since this is marketed as a fantasy book but there was minimal fantasy in it. There was not a lot of romance but the romance we did get seemed unnecessary and there was no spark between characters that did have romantic relationships, soon enough I forgot who screwed who because everyone was screwing everyone. The only people who did have chemistry were Libby and Nico, and they didn’t get together. I don’t know what dynamic the author was going for with these two—maybe a close friendship?—but it was a wasted opportunity since their banter was so much fun. This book definitely had too many (unimportant) characters and not enough plot.

Three stars because it wasn’t horrible, it just felt underdeveloped. I don’t know if the second book is going to be about these same characters, but if it is, I hope we get more character development and development of the magic system.

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Reagan

4.5/5 for me

Reviewed in Canada on October 10, 2021

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in terms of approachability, this book is far less academically rigorous than a memory called empire, but if you struggled with the basic theories of physics in school, i.e. kinematics, dynamics, thermodynamics, etc., then this may be a challenging read for you. in terms of literally merit, it is a fascinating and novel magic system, based in an alternate world that addresses the question, ‘what would it look like if magic was a component of evolution? (but still convergent on concepts like London and cafés). the characters are rich and multi-dimensional, and the insight their narratives provide have a strange habit of delivering a psychoanalytical commentary on the human condition. consider picking this book up if you’re a fan of magical societies, conspiracies and learning for the sake of learning.
Don’t go into this expecting ‘infodumps’. You will need to think through it, but when you’re done, you’ll understand.

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Pearl de la Fuente

Everyone NEEDS to read this!!!

Reviewed in Canada on August 5, 2021

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A phenomenal read. Just absolutely mind blowing how great this book is truly. The plot, the characters (great diversity and representation), the language, and the complexity of it all was just so satisfying. I've never read a book quite like this one!!! The plot twist was wonderfully executed and I just adored how each event, mentions, and characters were all significant (whether large or small) to the plot. This book constantly proved my expectations wrong which made it all the more entertaining and engaging. PLEASE PLEASE do not gate-keep this wonderful masterpiece!!!

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Shapi Rashidi

better than a TON of popular NA novels

Reviewed in Canada on June 24, 2021

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I can't express how good this book is! It got me out of a year-long reading slump and that's not an easy thing to do. Blake's characters are so so so good, and she does an amazing job with diverse representation; I've never come across a Persian character in any form of media before, so to see myself represented in a book that has quickly become my favourite of all time is truly amazing. The story is also *chef's kiss*, the writing is some of the best out there in the new adult genre, and I can't wait for the second book!

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Kim

Book of the CENTURY!!

Reviewed in Canada on May 29, 2021

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This book left me utterly speechless. It was PHENOMENAL and my new all-time favourite book! Characters were so well-rounded, the plot was fantastic, and don’t even get me started on that ending! Olivie Blake is such a talented writer and I look forward to reading the next book!

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Tomoka

ehhhh

Reviewed in Canada on October 19, 2021

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not a horrible book, but uh… very slow to get started. like, so slow that the synopsis of the story is addressed at around 300 pages in and then it promptly ends. kinda felt like half the book was a prologue to an undeveloped story. just introduction after introduction and descriptions after descriptions. also, bouncing between different underdeveloped subplots from seven POV characters is a bit disorienting from the main narrative.
the characters are wayy too angsty and immature (and thus extremely unlikeable) despite their supposed grown age - which is explicitly shoved down the reader’s throat by way of the excessive and unwarranted amount of scenes where they drink whiskey. am i suppose to believe most of these people are adults and the youngest are in their early twenties ? questionable.
they have some of the most confusing and weirdly written romantic relationships. idk if it’s weird pacing or whatnot, but i have more chemistry with a cup than some of these characters have with each other.

i will mention that this book (physically) is slightly bigger than average and has thick pages too, making it heavy.

two stars for the nice artwork between acts and the overall premise, which is great, but just absent for 3/4 of the story.

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Overhyped and meandering

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 10, 2021

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Based on the growing hype and exciting premise of this book – 6 magicians with unclear motivations reluctant to cooperate; secret societies; a mysterious library; ‘dark academia with a twist’ – I was convinced this would be my jam. And it actually started off pretty well, I was mostly enjoying the lack of story for the first 35-40% of the book but before the midpoint, it started to drag and be a bit too deliberately *edgy* for my liking. It took me weeks to finish because I could only read about 30 pages a day without getting tired of it, but I was curious enough about where it was all going to continue reading.

Let me give credit where it’s due – I applaud Ms Blake for what she was trying to do, she’s throwing out and trying to incorporate some huge concepts and ideas into a unique story but unfortunately, I wasn’t convinced by her execution.

I tend to enjoy reading about morally grey characters, but I didn’t root for or gravitate towards anyone in particular in this book, and neither was I invested in the numerous Dramione reinterpretations, I mean character relationships or dynamics, varied as they were. The traits which made the characters intriguing at the beginning were downplayed when they talked and acted like edgy teenagers. Now, I like my fair share of edgy teenage characters but this novel presents itself as a much more eloquent story with mature characters. I know a certain level of pretentiousness is to be expected in a dark academia novel but my god, the navel-gazing, philosophical musings and vague remarks about the mysteries of life, reality, desire, time and space grated on my nerves. I didn't feel like they were incorporated smoothly at all because they ended up coming off as grand but hollow statements. Over the top, bloated dialogue in which characters answer questions with another question tended to either lead nowhere and reveal very little, be exposition heavy or, most frequently, unsuccessfully attempt to heighten tension and create emotions between characters where I felt none.

I was also frustrated and confused by the very vague and yet oddly specific science based magic system which had no rules for the reader to follow and was conveniently utilised as the plot required it. It all somehow manages to make the book too underdeveloped and overdeveloped at the same time.

Another problem I had is that for a story set in a sinister, academic setting, this novel completely lacked any tangible atmosphere associated with the trope and I think that can be mainly blamed on the shallow characterisation, lack of high stakes and the baffling magic system.

There is an interesting twist at the end but by then it was too late to keep me hooked. As my enjoyment of this book continually dwindled down, I will most likely not continue with the series.

Hopefully I’ll have better luck with Olivie’s other books which sound unique and promising enough to make me want to give them a go, even though I ended up mostly disliking this one.

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Beth

Deceiving summary

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 28, 2021

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This is one of the books where the summary deceives. Ok, we have a group of 6 people who are fighting for a position as caretakers in x place, but the characters themselves are all so uninteresting. Maybe Libby was the one i enjoyed the most, but even her, not that much. If Nico and Libby relationship was written differently, maybe i would have liked them a lot more, but they were written verbally bullying each other almost throughout the book. Parisa, Tristan and Callum are horrible characters, superficial and i did not see the point in keeping them on the story for so long. Atlas and Dalton were also uninteresting characters for me. And the writing itself, some words, some paragraphs were difficult to understand and hard to get into the real meaning of the narrative. Some of them i had to read more than once to understand the meaning behind the words, they were philosophical and hard to understand. not interested in the second book

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Tiktok recommended

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 4, 2021

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Saw this book recommended as a mind blowing fantasy thriller, on Tiktok. Not really that impressed. Could see the "twist" coming from miles away, and the characters are all fairly awful people. She was right about the art work though. That was cool. Won't be reading the next one though. Really not interesting enough.

10 people found this helpful

Just_H

The book that created my slump

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 1, 2021

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The concept is what interested me to the book.
I tried to get into the book, but the character progression was horrible.
Not being able to be drawn to any of them was a difficult thing to accomplish.
Then it just seems the author wrote the book and (viewers of the friends series will know) "went Joey" on the book meaning they used a thesaurus on every other word. Unnecessary.
Just had to stop near midway.
Each to their own but don't get behind the hype.

8 people found this helpful

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Fantastic, thought-provoking introduction to more excitement to come!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 20, 2022

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MY FIRST FIVE STAR READ OF 2022. AT LAST. Or should I say: AT-LAS. *laughs in lisp*

Okay, it's only February but I have been chasing that 5 stars read for what feels like AGES; I've read some great 4 stars and 'this was almost perfect but something pissed me off' vibes.

This is a weird way to start reviewing a fave book...but I feel like it could be quite easy to dislike this story? The air of pretentiousness and themes of studying magic, science and Big Deep Questions set up the potential for a LOT of eye-rolling and skim-reading. Had it not been for the author's sheer amount of PASSION and joy for storytelling and evident love of all these characters. They've clearly lived inside their heads for a while and the way emotions and motives are translated onto the page is kinda insanely creative and thought-provoking.

The story itself gave me The Magicians/Six of Crow vibes; it's adult, queer af, and cleverly magical in a mundane, powerful way.

Anyway. I loved this. Obviously. I'd rec it to anyone who wants to vibe with a bunch of characters way smarter and cooler and scarier than they are.

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