Review: An enjoyable, easy read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 15, 2013
This book is certainly packed full of action. If you like plenty of fast-moving war scenes in your fantasy novels then this book will definitely appeal. It's written in an easy, flowing style and the dialogue is uncluttered and realistic. The plot is uncomplicated as it stands in this first book, although I would hope for more in the way of a subplot in the novels still to come.On a note of pure personal preference, I would have liked there to be at least one character I could really empathise with. The `bad' guys are pretty awful, with no remitting traits that I could see. But so are some of the `good' guys. The Raven, in particular, made me wonder why his men stayed with him. A leader who maintains discipline as he does will likely end up on the receiving end of one of his followers' swords, in my opinion! His rival, Sarawyn, seemed equally pugnacious. The wizard Wyndmere didn't display any overtly `baddie' tendencies, but his character wasn't explored in any great depth. Neither were the characters of Percy or Felix. I felt this was a lack, and missed the opportunity to connect with a main character.Having said that, the book was an enjoyable and easy read.