Review: Mark of Fire

Mark of Fire by Richard Phillips
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I would probably have loved this if the narrator was better.

As it was, still a solid, enjoyable fantasy with some fun characters.

I enjoyed the magic system, even though I definitely zoned out through some important bits. Did I mention the narration is pretty terrible? Inflections in all the wrong places and she can make battle scenes sound like just another dull day. So I would kinda zone out and then hear something important and be like, 'wait, what?!' and then have to rewind. So that was frustrating. This story definitely deserved a more excited narrator.

I really liked the characters, and may even go back and just read the e-book so I can get to know them better. I really liked Ty and that lil band of three so I want to go back and properly appreciate their adventures.

The names put me off to start with because you've got all these cool, fantasy-esque names and then the main heroine is named Carol?! But then I discovered Carol is the author's wife's name and I can't argue with that. There's enough creativity elsewhere for me to overlook something as little as a name or two.

The villain seems like a straight up a-hole so he made things fun!

Honestly, I really did zone out for a fair bit of the story but it was way more entertaining than I expected it to be so I'll probably go back and re-read then continue on with the series.

Highly recommend for fantasy lovers, but FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON'T LISTEN TO THE AUDIO.

Sorry to the narrator.

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