A review by jjmbookstam92
Castle of Deception by Mercedes Lackey, Josepha Sherman

4.0

I was expecting a bit of fun pulp fantasy with this book, and it does have some tropes I have come to see as cliche, but it also surprised me with some intense, and heartwarming scenes. The main character reminds me of one particular other teenage character in a fantasy novel I've read, starting out as an annoying brat, but growing as a person as he experiences and learns from the real world. Some of the revelations, where the heroes figures out what was really going on, were a bit too easy in my opinion, but I guess it was necessary for the shortness of the novel. In general I just had fun reading it. I recommend it for light adventure reading during an trip.