So this is a book I first got during my 'medieval-fantasy-adventure-omg-new-books' craze. [Actually, I think that's still ongoing] I read it an awful long time ago, so I don't remember much of it, except for one or two things that happen later in this series. The series itself is okay, I didn't buy past the first book of the spinoff. [It's Wizards of the Coast, what do you expect?] Anywhoo, about the book. The writing style is good, it's very descriptive, reminds me a bit of a roleplay, only better written with a better plotline. The book starts off with Nearra, the main character, waking up in the middle of the road with no memory. Within the first ten pages, she gets chased by a trio of goblins, meets a dragon that wants to eat her, and gets rescued by a wizard. So maybe you think, 'hey, this is gonna be a typical damsel in distress book, I don't want to read this.' Well you'd be wrong. [Mostly.]
Although Nearra manages to attract quite a following of loyal friends, she is far from helpless. One of my favorite parts in the book is when she realized that although she believes and trusts every one of her friends, they all regard her as someone who needs to be protected, and she slightly resents that. She also has a little secret of her own, and she's not the only one. Almost all of her friends have their own problems, and some have alterior[sp?] motives.
[Oh, did I forget to mention that the whole basis of this is for Nearra to find some way to get her memories back? Yes? Well it is.]
It's also quite sweet in it's own little weird way. I will eventually read the second, but I've decided to write a wizards-of-the-coast fanfiction, [this book got me in the mood,] not about this, but because of a funny little list I came across, and I'm determined to break every rule :] Just the fact that it's Wizards-of-the-Coast breaks rule forty-five. It really is quite entertaining.
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