Review: Things to know
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 30, 2014
I got just past 30% before I set it down. In that time it does not follow Aleron, instead it follows what goes on around him. You mostly follow his grandfather. The POV sections are laid out in a strange way with varying lengths from a paragraph to several pages jumping from character to character and back.The dialogue is stiff, part of this is due to the lack of emotion. Aleron in particular is a cool cucumber except for one or two times he is embarrassed. Some words also seems out of place in the conversations, i understand they are fairly 'educated' but at times it just feels off. The book seemed on the fast track to a book that the main character is good at everything and everyone likes etc. etc. SOMEWHAT MINOR SPOILERISH: He gets a vision involving his magic and it gives him an understanding about what he can do with it and what it represents. The story also blatantly tells you what is going to happen instead of allowing it to.