When I am reading books for reviewing purposes, I sometimes find that I have to persevere where otherwise I would have given up. Not so with The Written, the first book in the Emaneska fantasy series. I was completely involved in the story from the very first page. In fact from the moment I looked at the cover I was hooked. Many of the elements of a good story (whatever the genre) were here. An honourable, but flawed hero, the fight between good and evil, forbidden love, loyalty and betrayal, and my personal favourite, an unexpected ending. The writing was confident and believable. Occasionally I was irritated by the constant use of the 'the mage did this' or 'the tired mage did that' where just 'he' or 'Farden' would have been fine but it was just a minor point in what was a very enjoyable read. Dead Stars, the two part conclusion to the series is now available in e-book and paperback and I cannot wait to read it.
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