Comes off as a pretty standard fantasy story, in which the Light’s Chosen One is a child on the run from the forces of Dark. The really good action-packed beginning is severely blunted by an exposition-heavy worldbuilding middle (seriously, I feel like the author could have done better here), then it gradually ramps up again to a climactic final battle with the miniboss (you don’t take on the big boss at the end of the first book of a trilogy, after all). The book got much better towards the end, which featured a twist that I really enjoyed. Unfortunate that the second book isn’t remotely out yet.
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