Review: Epic fantasy novel
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 26, 2014
This book is one of my new favourites!  First of all, judging a book by its cover, it is a pretty darn good cover.  Second, the beginning is so magical, enchanted, in a calm and subtle way that was like pulling me by a string to just keep reading and reading.  I seriously couldn't put the thing down once I started.  Third, the storyline is so climactic and, like I said, magical in a way that just made me feel light all over.  I usually like the "burn, pillage, plunder, wizards, ogres, magical beasts," etc. in epic books about an adventure that takes our hero across the world into another dimension or whatever.  But the best part about this book is that it's so calm in the way it explains the story.  I don't really go for that kind of thing, but this was irresistible.  It's an epic book with a fresh, new storyline that will capture the attention of any reader above the age of 13. Short summary: a used-to-be prince attempts to rebuild his fallen nation, and travels to do so.  However he encounters people who would like to get in his way, or who just don't care either way.  He meets gods, wizards, frozen dragons, immortals, and lots of others, not all of which are friendly.I just wish there were more dialogue throughout the book.  Some of the action scenes that have a lot of fighting or preparing for attacks or post attack, etc. were all just description.  It's good to have that kind of writing with these scenes; most authors don't bother with that aspect of these parts of their books because it gets difficult.  I like that this author took the time and effort to put all this amazing description of these fast-paced, fluent, moving scenes, and it gave me the real layout of what was happening and where everything was.  But there wasn't enough dialogue, I think.