Review: it only gets better
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 21, 2012
so all the grievances are true, this does start as your standard-run of the mill boy-to-man hero adventure. the book does also read as what seems to be three almost seperate stories at times. All of that said the book is still an ok read, not great mind you, but definately enjoyable. Not to mention the author seems to find his balance through out the subsquent books which i think are way better. If i had to dp it again, i would still buy this book just so i would have an understanding of what is happening in latter books in the series; for some it will be like eating their vegtables before they can have some icecream, for me it was more like eating my mashed potatoes...not bad, but certainly not pizza.