The Acktus Trials

I really enjoyed the first book in The Spoken Books Uprising series and am looking forward to reading more. I think books about books and reading are always interesting, and this book was no exception. It took me a little while to understand the different roles in society, but once I figured it out (maybe 20 pages in), everything flowed pretty smoothly for me from then on. Baz is an interesting character whose motives and behaviors seem realistic and relatable. I wonder if the tattoos Tax gave himself will be explained in greater detail in the next book. As far as we know, he is the only Retiree who could Read, since everyone else was Retired because the Duke grew suspicious of them learning to Read. But he hasn't Read or written anything in ten years, so how was he able to correctly tattoo himself? Also, where did he get the materials? I know his tattoos are in different colored elemental inks, which is what the Spoken Books are written in. Does that mean Tax could draw power from his own skin one day? I hope my questions get answered. I'm excited to find out more about that, and of course the mysterious prophecy of the Declaimer's Transcendence.