Review: Difficult at times, not much going on to keep interest
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 15, 2014
Here we have what could be much more than yet another coming of age/out story, but in my opinion the author misses many opportunities to make this a memorable book. Well, we can't all be TJ Klune or Rowan Speedwell or Jeff Erno. Therein lies the key. So many chances to really develop the heroes were abandoned and discarded.At first, I really wanted to like this book, but although I read every word, and I fully understand where the author wanted to take me, I found boring, juvenile dialog, thin plot line development, and an overall unsatisfying story. The only character I liked was Bennett. Bennett was the real hero here, a brave and intelligent soul who deserved to be much more than a background character. Although he was occasionally utilized as a motiving force for Eli, he deserved to be a greater part of the story. His backstory would have given a better platform for development of the humanity of the characters. Much of the cowardly whining of Eli and the other main character's dialog could have been edited out since it revealed them to be petty, selfish and quite vicious.I am not an author. I could never be an author and therefore I applaud D. J. Parker for writing a book. As a reader though, I find hindsight to be 20/20. I wish someone could have helped with this. It could have been SO MUCH BETTER!