Review: Extremely average.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 7, 2011
I find myself having very little to say about this book. I enjoyed the characters, the plot was solid, the main characters were interesting. It was very good, but not amazing. It doesn't do anything new or different, but it does normal very well.The only problem I had with it was that the more I read it, the more I felt like I was reading a D&D; campaign made real. Now, in the beginning, Val's story doesn't have this problem. His story feel organic and I found myself loving him. But in other places I find myself jarred by talk about Magical Levels and Elves and their obvious enemies, Dark Elves, and racial abilities, and their magical spell analogs and adamantium and mithril.Get the picture? For myself, I'm past that stuff. I've read as much as I need to read about those things. However, there are some people who would be happy if they never read another book with a dragon in it, and I can't get enough!So, if elves and trolls and swords and things make you happy, this is a solid book, and the price is right.If you're tired of that kind of stuff, then pass it up. It's not incredible enough to read despite it.