Review: Fantasy...It Doesn't Get Much Better Than This
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 13, 2012
What can I say about this book but WOW! I was immensely impressed with this fantastic story and I do not read a lot of fantasy. This book reminded me of LOTR or Narnia. If you are a lover of the fantasy genre then you will become an instant fan of Sam Medina.This is Katarina's coming of age-finding herself and finding out who she is meant to be- story.  She is a young  elfin girl who, at the beginning of the book, is sold into slavery. She just knows that she is destined for greater things than being a lowly slave to a worm farmer. Even though she is young and small in size, she is feisty and brave with an overabundance of curiosity. One day while out exploring she finds a cave. Inside she stumbles on a small fortune that will allow her to buy her freedom and a pair of swords, swords that somehow speaks to her inner self; powerful swords, swords that will lead her to her destiny. She takes this entire find home with her and almost immediately she and her owner are attacked by a dragon, a dragon that clearly has something wrong with it. With the help of these swords she is able to kill this dragon but in doing so the townspeople accuse her of being a witch and she flees, flees for her life. The following day she meets Oren, a powerful elf of legend and learns that she has an important role to play in the coming events in her world. He agrees to take her on as an apprentice as he knows with his help she'll become a legend for their people and learns that she has an important role to play in the coming events of her world. Along the way she meets and gets help defeating the all-powerful sun dragon El-Nasser, from an ogre named Wendel, a couple of dragons...Dalandra and Gaminol, plus a few other colorful characters. By the time the final page is turned you will get a glimpse of Katarina's future and who she is destined to become.Samuel Medina is a very talented writer. Fantasy genre books similar to this one is not something I normally read so I have to say that "Katarina the Dragonslayer and the Foebreaker's Curse" was written so well that I had a hard time putting it down and found myself reading WAY past my bedtime. If you enjoyed reading the "Lord of the Rings" series or the "Chronicles of Narnia" series, then this book needs to be on your bookshelf or Kindle shelf. It is one great story and Mr. Medina is a gifted storyteller. 5-stars without a doubt!!!Anita (The Kindle Book Review)