Review: Loved It!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2012
I finished this book in six hours of marathon reading, I just couldn't put it down.  When I was finished, I raced to the computer to download book two- which I proceeded to finish 350 pages before finally having to get to bed.  I will finish the remainder today, but wanted to post this review of book one.Some have mentioned they found it slow, but I did not- probably because I enjoy subtle details and prolonged courtship between people.  Today's world is so full of instant gratification and rushed romances, that I truly yearn for the days of actual courtship and the building of LOVE- not simply basing the idea of love off 'lust' and hoping that turns into love.  So yes, much of the book is spent with Kiram building bonds of friendship along with building a much deeper bond with Javier.  Javier is inexperienced with men but has the desires, while Kiram is experienced but afraid of what a relationship with Javier would mean considering their very different backgrounds.I am not sure why people assume that "fantasy" fiction always has to involve magic or witchcraft, to me, "fantasy" is just that- a world that the author created that is different from our own.  So I never go into reading a fantasy novel with the expectation of finding it containing a world of magic.  This book borders more on religious or 'spiritual' "magic"- so there is no foolish wand waving in their classrooms.  ;-)  I also find it funny how one reviewer wrote how their school was disorganized because they only contained certain classes- once again this reviewer failed to accept that this is a 'fantasy' world- not our world.  There they study mostly concepts involved in warfare, with little care about academia.  Also, one must also remember that Kiram only had experience in certain classes, so why would he talk about courses he was not involved with?  It always puzzles me when people say negative things in reviews when it is clear that THEY just don't grasp these simple concepts.