Review: King Hall is Worth Reading!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 1, 2013
There are a lot of self published works offered through Amazon with great reviews. It often frustrates me because many of those self published works, in my humble opinion, don't deserve the high rating they get and are not worth the time to read.King Hall is worth the time to read.I finished this book and immediately pre-ordered King Cave, book two in this series coming out in 2014.Scarlett Dawn has written a lean story. From the start the reader is dropped firmly into the world the author creates and there are no extraneous fillers or unnecessary bits that makes the story drag on.I loved that.Lily Ruckler, the main character, suffers a tragedy at the start of the story and gets pushed into a leadership role she never wanted because of that tragedy. And of course, this unexpected move into the spotlight is dangerous for Lily because she has a secret that could threaten her life.King Hall is a bit Harry Potter-esque in that there are schools for Mysticals or Mys, the people with magic, and there are four factions at the schools. The people without magic are called Commoners or Coms but that's where the similarities end. There are factions of Coms that are hunting Mys and that is seemingly the danger that Lily and her friends face. King Hall also has more mature themes and is definitely more appropriate for the YA or adult reader.The thing I loved best about this story is the friendships that build between Lily and the other Prodigies. As the Prodigies get to know one another, we find out about Lily's past as well as learn a little more about some of the other characters and what they've been through as well. There also seems to be a budding relationship between Lily and Ezra, a relationship that is taboo because they are from different factions, which I hope will continue and develop more in the next book.All in all, I say pick up King Hall, it's worth reading!