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A review by myyorkshirelitmosphere
Into the Wildbarrens by Christian Sterling
4.0
I received this ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review which is brilliant cause I love a good book and I am brutally honest!
The story is based around a young wizard called Falin who must complete a quest in search the four Gems of Elsana to gain his full power. Accompanied by 6 individuals (each with their own quirks and individualities) he embarkes on this mission through some lovely and sometimes very scary parts of their world.
This is a great first book - fans of LOTR are sure to love this as the companionship element and trials the characters face are reminiscent of the Fellowship in my opinion.
I loved getting to know the characters and the author does a fabulous job of describing a vivid lush world that stays with you even after you have put the book down.
My only gripe would be that the wording or way in which the book has been written is very modern and seems strange for me as a fantasy reader and I found it lacked depth in certain areas. This could just be because I am so used to fantasy being written a certain type of way so its not necessarily a bad thing in some ways!
I will definitely read the next books in the series and advise anyone who would like to trial something a different from the current fantasy novels out there to give this a go.
The story is based around a young wizard called Falin who must complete a quest in search the four Gems of Elsana to gain his full power. Accompanied by 6 individuals (each with their own quirks and individualities) he embarkes on this mission through some lovely and sometimes very scary parts of their world.
This is a great first book - fans of LOTR are sure to love this as the companionship element and trials the characters face are reminiscent of the Fellowship in my opinion.
I loved getting to know the characters and the author does a fabulous job of describing a vivid lush world that stays with you even after you have put the book down.
My only gripe would be that the wording or way in which the book has been written is very modern and seems strange for me as a fantasy reader and I found it lacked depth in certain areas. This could just be because I am so used to fantasy being written a certain type of way so its not necessarily a bad thing in some ways!
I will definitely read the next books in the series and advise anyone who would like to trial something a different from the current fantasy novels out there to give this a go.