A review by sllingky
The Realms Thereunder by Ross Lawhead

4.0

This book hit a lot of sweet spots for me -- It was YA, so an easy read, but it was by no means "dumbed down". It contained classic fantasy elements (think Tolkien and C.S. Lewis), Anglo-Saxon mythology (sleeping knights) and some significant references to history (King Alfred of Wessex). The plot was well constructed and complex to keep me turning pages to see what would happen next. I love Ross Lawhead's father's books (author Stephen Lawhead), but son and father have very different writing styles, and I look forward to the next two books in this series as well as whatever else Ross Lawhead comes up with in the future.