The plot sounded amazing and exactly the type of book I'm into. I was looking for another thrilling, emotional rollercoaster, filled with action to read after I had finished reading the Inheritance Cycle (Christopher Paolini)...and halfway through this book I had to stop. I was so bored with the plot and the style of writing. The main characters seemed so dull and I definitely didn't connect with the protagonist. Overall very disappointed with what could have been a great book...especially after all the recommendations to read one of her series. So this is a prequel to the Black Magician books, but you can read it before you can read it afterwards.But yes it does remind me a bit of The Black Magician books. Character wise and story wise. It took the same path, but eh, I could still read it.It's about Tessia who finds out she is a magician. She gets to learn magic and then the adventure really starts. Bad magicians on the move. War, death, loss. One thing I did not like was that suddenly after half the book (and this is a big book!) another POV showed up and I was all what? When did this happen? A half Sachakan (the bad guys) who shows us life there. Which was interesting, but even at the end I was all wtf is her point? There is no point to her story. Was is something I read in the BM series? God knows. A good fantasy book. The story began and ended. That's rare so for once, yay, no more.
The plot sounded amazing and exactly the type of book I'm into. I was looking for another thrilling, emotional rollercoaster, filled with action to read after I had finished reading the Inheritance Cycle (Christopher Paolini)...and halfway through this book I had to stop. I was so bored with the plot and the style of writing. The main characters seemed so dull and I definitely didn't connect with the protagonist. Overall very disappointed with what could have been a great book...especially after all the recommendations to read one of her series.
—bobby
I enjoyed this as a prequel to the BMT. Sure, it might not be quite plausible that the invasion of Kyralia, the founding of the guild, the discovery of Healing and the creation of the Wasteland all happened within the same generation, but it all ties in very nicely with somewhat predictable, but still nice characters. The plotline that founds the Traitor society is a little unmotivated, since this has not yet been encountered in the sequel trilogy.
—lilkitty124
this become one of my favorite books... very well written..
—Carly
