My Quick Takes:
- 5/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Genre: Fantasy
- Language 🤐 none
- Spice ❤️🔥 none
- Content 🤔 death, killing, violence
I am so here for this series, there’s so much potential for what could come next! It’s a great mix of Norse mythology, dungeons and dragons style monster/boss fighting, and goal-oriented/achievable magical powers.
The world building kept my interest and there’s nonstop action throughout. The plot is good v. evil, the evil being monsters that can be both mythical and magical. There are also good magical creatures that make quick appearances along the storyline, I hope to see more of them in coming books.
While this is a YA, there are points of view from “older” characters that make it enjoyable for adults to read as well. There are also themes throughout of teamwork, intrinsically motivated right v. wrong, leadership and so much more that, as a parent, I love seeing in books geared toward the YA age range. I hope to see more character development and world building in the next books as the characters continue to learn and mature. This is a series I will absolutely be recommending to a YA audience.
I listened to the audio (surprisingly my library had it upon the book’s release) and love a multiple narrator situation. It delivered! If you’re an audiobook reader highly recommend going that route. It’s also accessible on kindle unlimited with full color character art throughout. The detail in the book design alone is what initially sparked my interest of this book. I loved it so much I’ve now ordered my own physical copy to add to my “trophy” shelf of books.
I can’t wait to see what Hunsaker does in the next books. There’s so much that can still be explored and developed, he’s set himself up well to have a successful epic fantasy series.
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