re: Looking for opinions on these Fantasy Novels

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Think combination of Roman culture with elemental-based magic. There's also a cool historical tie-in that I don't want to spoil for the Roman history buffs out there who read the series.

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Really interesting area which isn't explored enough. Especially with how mystical some of those cultures were, like the Egyptians. Some sort of story in that setting would be great. And the historical aspect brings it alive so easily because you can fit it in to a world that actually existed and most people already have the imagery and some of the history in their head.

ETA: The best part of it all is that with reading stories in different settings like that, it allows new stories in a traditional setting to have their place and not seem as stale anymore.