Review: Excellent!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 7, 2013
Do you get tired of the hero fantasies that talk about a hero as being some great millennial prodigy and then have to put up with them constantly failing to live up because the author has no imagination.  Not a concern with this book.  The author isn't afraid to follow through.  A couple battles are frustratingly hopeless, but thankfully that crutch isn't used exclusively.A little cliche betrayal that seems requisite for fantasy in our age... Oh well.  At least the highly moral characters aren't the only ones to constantly fall.  That is another failing of modern fantasy this author skirts, but doesn't wallow in.The romance finally blossoms.  I could do without the open relationship nonsense--another sign of the times we live in, I guess.  Thankfully, the author doesn't delve into moral sleaze.  I love that Luke loves his belle enough that being with others is never on his mind and he finds it distasteful.  Color me a hopeless romantic, but true love should not be selfish.  I also like that the book ends on a romantic high note as a counterpoint to the tragedy and betrayal.This is an excellent book.