Review: An enjoyable read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 2, 2013
Fifteen-year old Aiden is transported from Earth to another world where he must help the ruling king fight off a challenge to his throne. I've read quite a few novels like this (boy gets taken to another world to be their savior) and I felt this one really did it right. The characters were well developed with complicated emotions and motivations. And most of them were quite relatable and likeable. Even the evil characters had some good qualities. The plot had quite a few twists and some situations which I haven't encountered in a book lately...I am very curious to see how these play out in the next book. The magic was helpful in moving the plot and consisted of just a few specific things/spells that could be done.Now some minor things that I didn't like... First off, there was some profanity in here which I think added nothing to the novel I'm sure you could say young people or army people cuss all the time...but I really don't need to be bombarded with that in a fantasy that is supposed to take me away from here. Secondly, in the other world, they used a lot of slang which really took me out of the story. Would someone in an alternate fantasy world really be using words like 'crap' and 'a**'? And lastly, it had a really slow start. We spent way too much time in Aiden's high school and home rather than getting to the real story.Now overall this was a book I couldn't put down and really drew me in. I really did enjoy reading this and I can't wait to read the next book.NOTE: I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review