Review: Excellent book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 5, 2011
This is a story of a mage who was cast out of the Guild "all human mages have to be part of it". They don't hunt him they just will not associate with him. He meets up with some kids and an elf women and together they voyage to the elf homeland while a war of extermination is going on. The book has a lot in it as far as different adventures so really this is just the start.Pro1 Liked the characters they were a good and smart he does not fall into the very bad habit of using them to further the plot. They interact with plot they do not do stupid things to make the plot2 Different races were done successfully while keeping them human enough to identify with.3 Magic was done just enough to go over and you understood enough to make the magic not seem magic.4 Love interest was done in a grown up manner with no all the angst and things. That does not mean it was easy but that the feelings were grown up and respectful.5 Long with lots of plot not only that but as in real life they have multiple plans not all of them work and sometimes it takes a while to figure them out.6 The ending was done really well with the great evil.Cons, not so much cons but just areas that could of been improved1 The world could of been detailed and explained a lot more2 The characters could of been fleshed out more with more inside of them going on. They do come across as somewhat one dimensional.Overall it was a great read that gave me many hours of enjoyment and I will read his other offerings. If he works on developing the world a little better and gets more into his characters fulling fleshing them out he could be a great writer.