“Almost Elite” is a novel, the second book in the “A Second Chance for a Popadantsa Girl” cycle. Genre: adventure fantasy, battle fantasy, romantic fantasy.
The story of Natalia Sinelnikova, almost a lawyer, a rich girl, and a popadantsa, continues. The girl is moving in the right direction—to become an aristocrat, part of the elite of a new world. But everything isn’t that simple. To obtain even personal nobility, being a mage isn’t enough—you must be a good mage, proven in practice. And until then, the first-year student at the Royal Magical Academy has a long way to go. Or does she have one? Can investigating the kidnappings of gifted people help her earn a place in society? Or does she want to catch villains for personal reasons—say, to be close to the mage Alek Zeer?