fantasy adventure. A unique world with compelling characters and a fastmoving plot, I could not stop reading, and am anxiously awaiting the next adventure! I liked it a lot, but it got a little sappy between Rai and Averi at the end.
The book contains all the elements that would engage people of all ages an interesting world and an interesting context, witty jokes, great characters who develop over time, unexpected twists, and of course, magic, fighting, and thievery.
It's great fun, and lays the foundation for more stories set in this world, I can see it having broad appeal to readers in grade school all the way to adulthood which I am, As someone who loved Harry Potter, Chronicles of Prydain, Narnia, and all the wonderful coming of age stories from my generation, I'm glad that there is a new generation of books in keeping with these beloved traditions.
I couldn't read this. Did not enjoy and didn't think it was worth my time, This is the first book in the School for Adventurers series, It contains all the elements that would engage a reader: an interesting world, witty humor, real characters, and unexpected twists,
This book has broad appeal for readers from the YA age to adulthood, The school is structured and run in much the same was as Hogwarts from Harry Potter, and some of the professors seem to
share qualities with those from the wizarding school.
The similarities in these aspects I appreciated, but the one complaint I have is that the school is so large with multiple buildings, warrior arenas and wooded areas that a map of the school grounds would have been perfect.
Along with the conflicts between the characters, this book contains magic, learning to fight, sneak and steal, class struggles, and political agendas, There are students from every range of socioeconomic background from the peasant level bonded to nobility, including a princess, as well as a foreigner,
The writing style has wonderful flow and depth, It brings to life this school and the characters, There was diversity within the main set of characters in the book, and even though there were multiple characters with their own story arcs, these were woven together in the story in such a way that everything tied together perfectly.
I am sure this is not an easy task for a writer with so many characters to portray and pursue,
In addition, the plot itself is fast paced and surprising, in more ways that one, It is a tale I consumed well into the night until Id read the final page, The characters have real depth to them, but it is not belabored in the writing, The magic and thievery is another thing entirely, As the students are learning in their courses, they learn the methodology of working them and then are tasked with practicing them, in and out of the classroom.
This is where much of the fun comes into play,
Out of the four crafts warrior, cleric, mage, thief, the warrior and thief show their sides the most, Ironically, as most would assume, the warriors are a far cry from heroic and upstanding, I did not appreciate the way the warrior training was conducted, and it leaves me silently questioning how the professors could allow it, I enjoyed the training classes for thieves the most, It is an interesting course, and despite being stigmatized as the lesser of the four crafts, there is a lot of integrity and ethics built into the the thief courses.
In the end, I was sad to see this first installment in the series come to an end, The characters are endearing and inventive, and I think they are what in large part makes the book such a good read, Plus, the magic. And thievery. I mean, theres a Killing Gameand a Winter Ball,
I am not waiting to get my hands on the second book, I loved this book when they released it every week on the website and I love it now as I read it as a book.
I am just so full of love for this book, So good. I absolutely love this book, Good writing, great characters, excellent plots, It reminds me of a cross between Harry potter and game of thrones, This is an exciting start on what I expect to be a great adventure, It has an interesting character gallery and lots of humor,
This book should be able to take ayear old kid away from the TV or Computer, It's easy to read, yet fun and captivating,
If you are an old time RPG gamer like me it is a great journey in a fantasy universe I too seldom visit these days.
There's a school that trains warriors, thieves, clerics and mages, We don't see much of the cleric training, but the training for warriors and thieves is certainly innovative, We follow a bunch of first years who are learning to fit in with this most unusual educational experience,
There's also a subplot with foreign intrigue, danger and deception, but it is overshadowed by the school experience,
I love the way the thieves train, Stealing from other students, trying to symbolically kill each other, having to figure out where their next class will be held, and so on, It's brilliant. The training of the other students is in less detail, but one presumes it's equally as effective, .