Review: Rojunn (Willden Trilogy) by John H. Carroll
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 11, 2012
In the first book of the Willden Trilogy "Rojunn" author John H. Carroll has given us a new Sci-Fi/Fantasy world with interesting characters and locale. Nicely written with very few of the grammar/language usage/spelling errors that so plague many Indies and/or free reads on Kindle it was a pleasure to read. Also included in the Kindle edition were maps that helped to establish the new world he created and give us an idea of how different places relate to one another. I found the maps a real plus in this story.Without giving spoilers I have to say I have read books with dragons, but never one with a more interesting, charming and funny one. Books with knights in shinning armour were a staple of my childhood. But a knight as beriff of physical attributes had not crossed my mind. He captured my heart. The damsell in distress in Rojuun turns out to not be so distressed after all and our main protagonist, who in many cases would not be a likable character, turns out to have a heart of gold and a sly humour.Rojuun is a quest book, a "buddy" book and a coming of age for one of the characters. It combines all of the elements of a good Sci-Fi/Fantasy with a believable story line, characters who are filled out with their back stories given at the appropriate times and interesting believable dialogue.The novel could have been a little less wordy but that is a problem with many series books. While it could have profited by a little cutting of extraneous information here and there it wasn't distractingly wordy. Overall I found it interesting and fun to read. I will be going back to read the rest of the series.Karen Bryant Doering