Review: Value pick -good ideas/middling execution
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 26, 2014
I feel like this book is something i I might have rated lower, but for .99 cents I decided to call it a 3 star value pick. The idea is the best part of this. The father/son adventure twist on the powerful potential wizard/heroes journey genre. Some of the conversations were not very gripping/engrossing. Often I found myself skimming to get to the next action sequence.I thought it was strange how lackadaisical the hero was about training. His abilities not only are exciting, but given the circumstances that he's being hunted by 3 powerful wizards and the potential for his vulnerability it seems like he'd not throw hissy fits and only train every few days or so. The romance was not too believable.Also, when the sorcerer/mentor demonstrates how easily it is for him to be controlled why does there seem to be no effort towards learning how to block that?So, I decided to buy book 2 and see if it maybe gets a little better.