--- product_id: 105395768 title: "Voice of Power (The Spoken Mage Book 1)" brand: "melanie cellier" price: "FREE" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/105395768-voice-of-power-the-spoken-mage-book-1 store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # Voice of Power (The Spoken Mage Book 1) **Brand:** melanie cellier **Price:** FREE **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Voice of Power (The Spoken Mage Book 1) by melanie cellier - **How much does it cost?** FREE with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/105395768-voice-of-power-the-spoken-mage-book-1) ## Best For - melanie cellier enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted melanie cellier brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Voice of Power (The Spoken Mage Book 1) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91OY24qB-iL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Enjoyable read *by A***L on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 14, 2023* I enjoyed this read. It has great characters and interesting plot. I like the concept a lot. Great read and can’t wait to see what happens next. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Nice YA Bildungsroman With Nods To Potter But Which Stands On Its Own *by E***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 3, 2019* This review covers the first three books of the series. I do not believe there are any major spoilerscreated by that, but there it is.Speaking of Harry Potter knockoffs [which I was doing in another review], here is one done right, andactually still in the YA domain: No sex or harems here. There isstill, of course, young love. And perhaps 'knockoff' is too strong.Let's say it has influences and goes its own way with them.Ardann is a medieval-ish second world nation at war, a war that hasbeen going on for over thirty years now. The nobility has paid aprice, to be sure, but the Mulan-like conscription amongst thepeasantry is biting even harder.Elena is one of those peasants. Her brother has won a rare scholarshipto the royal university (training to be a mentat, basically), andis the family's only chance to break free from poverty, so he can'tgo, and her younger sister has always been sickly so sending herwould be an automatic death sentence. Now 16, Elena has resignedherself to her eventual fate when the turns 18. That's not whatfate has planned for her however.Walking through the woods foraging for food, Elena comes across twoteens from her village beating a young boy. When she intervenes,they explain he was drawing in the dirt, copying words from aparchment dropped by a group of mages who came through town on theirway to the capital. Elena is as horrified as they are and realizesthat the child must be taught a lesson vivid enough that he neverdoes it again.. which point she believes has been reached, andover-reached, by the teens. Written words have power, and they arelucky the child hasn't caused a village destroying conflagrationor worse -- Only those with the mage gift can safely read or write.After taking the child home, sees a mob gathering around her family'ssmall shop. Apparently the teens have talked, and it is known themage visitors bought some supplies at the store, so in some wayElena's family has bought near catastrophe down on the town. Herfather is unable to disperse the mob and things look to turn uglyuntil in panic Elena yells 'Stop!' and they do.The next day, detective mages ride out from the capital to tracethe untrained and barely disciplined use of power, and Elena findsherself dragooned into the royal mage academy as the only SpokenMage known to be in existence. A peasant amongst nobility, Elenais despised by most of her classmates and much of the staff. Shehasn't a clue what she did, or how to do it again, and being therecertainly hasn't solved her family's problems, or taken her awayfrom the threat of war. In fact, it has probably made everythingworse.I quite liked these. I was prepared for there to be an evil plotby the nobility to keep the peasants down, but in fact writing *is*deadly (if anyone knows why, it has not yet been explained) and thenobles have reasons for what they do -- without those reasons beingfully congruent with the reality faced by the lower classes. Theyhave their own blind spots without being actually evil (mostly).Elena brings a valuable corrective perspective, and, very gradually,she is making herself heard.The books have a Potter-like structure with each focusing on oneof the years of the four year academy, but as in that saga, therealities of the overarching conflict have a way of reaching intothe academy walls, and pulling the students out of them.The end of book three saw Elena taking an action that I am not atall sure was a good idea. Though her reasoning is sound it seemsto solve one of her problems without bringing on the change she isworking for. It will be interesting to see how that works out inthe final book which is to be published at the end of this month(June 2019).Recommended. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Solid 3.5 Stars *by T***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 30, 2022* I've just recently discovered Melanie Cellier as an author, and I'm truly enjoying her books.I may not be in the targeted age group, but there's a lot of "me's" out there who enjoy the fantasy genre, without all the hard-core violence and gore, and without the sexually explicit detailed "romance" being blended into the storyline. Some may feel it's juvenile, played too low-key for their liking, but I find the scope and depth to be just the right amount.I also like the fact that the book isn't suddenly taken over by the romantic relationships which enivitably, and constantly, seem to crop up in this genre-at least when it's geared toward the female reader. There's nothing worse than having to skim and skip over large sections, just to get back to the main plot-line.There's a fair amount of decent friendships beginning to develop, and one can creatively conceptualize these expanding and emerging into a profound tight-knit comradeship, as well as a lot of open-ended subplots going on amongst all of them.Accordingly, Cellier's world building is spot on. You get the sensation of walking through the academy, the library, the villages, etc.The ending leaves you with a sense of closure, with just enough of a conclusion for you to to experience a polished resolution to the major plot/s that had been presented throughout the book. You are left with a few unsettled questions, but just enough to tease you and make you want to pick up the next book in the series, in an effort to find out just exactly what's going down in the future.I'm looking forward to book 2 in the series. I also see there's a spin-off series based upon the original character of this one. Can't guarantee I'll make it to this next set of books, but I do appreciate the author separating the two storylines. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vu/products/105395768-voice-of-power-the-spoken-mage-book-1](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/105395768-voice-of-power-the-spoken-mage-book-1) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vanuatu* *Store origin: VU* *Last updated: 2026-06-05*