Review: Light Fantasy
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 4, 2012
Third Prince is an exciting tale of a young man's journey from his home at the monastery to Royal City where he's to become the new king. The reader is propelled rapidly through encounters with both friends and enemies until suddenly the end of the book arrives.  To finish the story (or at least tie up the biggest loose ends), you have to buy the next book, Royal Destiny. The plot employs many of the standard fantasy cliches to good effect - loyal companions, super swordsmen, amazing archers, evil witch doctors, and wise wizards - and I thoroughly enjoyed the time I spent reading it.That said, I felt like I was reading through the novel's draft version prior to editing for for grammar and punctuation. The frequent misuse of homonyms and apostrophes detracted from my enjoyment of the story, though it did add some entirely unintended humor.  With a good edit, this potentially epic tale would easily deserve 4 stars. As is, it's "lite" fantasy.