Review: A classic fantasy tale with an interesting theme.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 12, 2013
There are plenty of believable 3 dimensional characters, with their own agendas and personal conflicts. It's an intriguing read and left me hungry to discover what happens to the main characters on an interpersonal level as well as in their society in general. The door is definitely wide open for future books in this series, although you aren't left hanging at the end of Lodestone, just very curious about how things will turn out.Scenes are described beautifully, and draw you in, without the annoying repetitive details that some established fantasy authors insist on to pad their books. For example although setting up camp fires, cooking, eating and clothing is described in sufficient detail, you don't suffer endless repeats of each meal while the characters travel.The author weaves the `back story' in via a diary, and although I found the `accent' used a little irritating at times, it is well constructed, feeding in information at a suitable pace throughout the main tale.I'd have given it five stars if they'd been a little more 'adult situations' between the characters, but then it wouldn't appeal to such a wide audience, and it is a very personal preference.