Three Meant to Be

Branches of Past and Future, Book 1

By: MN Bennet

Narrated by: Kirt Graves

Telepathic high school teacher Dorian prepares teen witches for professional casting—because going in unprepared is what killed one of his partners. But new state mandates on magical proficiency make it nearly impossible, and Dorian worries he can’t give his students the education they really need.

Seeking a distraction from work, Dorian kisses his still-living on-again off-again clairvoyant boyfriend, Milo. Instead of a distraction, Dorian glimpses Milo’s vague vision involving the murder of Caleb—one of Dorian’s new students. Already devastated by the loss of his partner, Dorian refuses to stand aside and let Caleb die. He searches for clues by delving into Caleb’s mind.

Rooting through Caleb’s memories alongside teaching classes leads Dorian to two more students: Caleb’s ex-best friend turned rival and the prodigy with connections to dangerous warlocks. However, each step further into his students’ minds forces Dorian to confront his deteriorating relationship with Milo.

After discovering a link involving illegal casting, Dorian resolves to work with Milo to prevent the impending vision. To succeed, Dorian will have to explore the potential of a future with Milo and find closure on their third partner, whose loss looms between them. But meddling with fate to save Caleb inadvertently draws the warlocks near, putting all his students in danger.

Dorian will have to risk his life and gamble his second chance with Milo to keep his students alive.

©2023 MN Bennet (P)2025 MN Bennet

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This was a great story. I’m a huge fan of Louisa Masters and Lily Mayne who also write great fantasy books like this. It is a slow burn but I have enjoyed getting to know the characters. I have two other books on my book shelf by this author and I excited about starting those books too.

My Hero Academia Fan Fic - Loved it 5/5

If you loved the anime My Hero Academia,
You’ll love this book too.
- imagine if Shōta Aizawa was the main character of MHA. And he was gay. And he fell in love with a hero in that universe.
- dope seeing the high school students learn their abilities.
- lgbt 🏳️‍🌈 Rep.

Mind blown! 🤯

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- all the stars. This is one of the most interesting magical/ witch and warlocks story’s I have encountered.

First off - Kirt graves is absolutely stunning and I will always devour anything he narrates.

Second- I’m at a loss as to adequately describe how much I LOVED this book!

Dorian is the most prickly, soft hearted, emo out there. Aka Mr.Frosty 😉

Milo is funny but has the weight of the futures on his shoulders. All while battening grief at the loss of Finn and the Distance Dorian forces between them.

I love all the students and the different magics. And
The diversity!! Nothing turns out quite like it seems it will. All around just a fantastic listen. I can’t wait to read more of MN Bennet.

Need to listen more than once... a bit confused.

I received this title free for an honest review.

First of all, I like the premise, and think its a good story, but I was so confused through most of it. While there aren't a ton of characters, only the main character, his love interest, and the homeroom of 12, the bad guy, as well as a few very minor side characters, it felt like a lot to keep track of. I did appreciate that the author did a sort of file read whenever a character did something to push the story forward. It helped me keep track.

I think I was confused because there were flashbacks, and while those in themselves aren't overly confusing, the fact that a dead character is active in another's mind, as well as being a character listed in the blurbs of future books, I keep thinking that he isn't really dead. I finished the book today, and I'm still not sure.

I'll continue with the series just to find out the fate of that one character, but if I wasn't so invested there I'm not sure I would continue.

One big plus, Kirt Graves does an amazing job, no matter what story he tells.

loved storyline

I love academy books and this was such a fun take of trying to put together parts of the vision as the main character is.