I love Spellmonger. Best book I have read since Name of the Wind. I love the exposition as much as the plot. I love that it doesn't read like a screenplay. I learn stuff all the time in this book. Thx for the research and the great character development. And I get to read ten more! I am only on to the second book.
Also, I had no idea these books were published through Amazon. I think that is awesome. I love the feel of the exposition and how I am learning about the world. It is like it is growing up around me. There seems to be this assumption with publishers today that readers cannot handle sections of data about the world as if we are all children and need to have our plot Oreos fed to us at exactly the right moment without any expectation that we can actually read about something other than, he said, she said and what next, to move it along.
I see the influence of all the great fantasy writes of the 80's I grew up on and appreciate it. Anyway Terry, way to go! I love these books and that you have 11 of them for me to read and more to come.
Also, I feel like I am watching the main character grow up and become a man and take on real responsibility. I have had to do that in my own life and lead an organization, and the issues that come up in this book are real and relevant. You can actually learn something while being entertained.
I love how the magic system goes into detail about how it all works. It feels like to me that if magic were real, that it would perhaps work this way. There is a lot of what I call inner-world shamanic magic that goes on here that is really based on the foundations of actual shamanic magic systems in our world. The author has done his homework and not just made stuff up that makes no sense at all.
Lastly, I am impressed that Terry has folks working for him that can play the editorial role and such. I personally am not bothered by a few spelling errors and grammar issues. But I am not part of the grammar and spelling police. I appreciate clarity as much as the next person, but I think story matters more and getting the books written and out there. There is always time to hire someone to find and fix minor stuff later. Getting bogged down by the final editing stags can kill the rest of the creative process. Create, shape, and polish are how I see the three stages of that process. We all have our strengths and for a fantasy author, the first two stages are most important. For a copy editor, the last one is.
Overall the best fantasy series I have read in years! As a fellow novelist and poet, I love this work. It has also inspired me to take a look at the first two books in a fantasy series I wrote ten years ago that went into the drawer after a couple rejections. Time to get those kids some jackets and get them on Amazon! Long live Kindle Direct Publishing and may it bring many more great books into print!
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Matilde Tijero cRUZ
Una gran serie desconocida para mi.
Reviewed in Spain on November 27, 2018
