Another awesome book by my one of my favorite authors. I have read all his books & am looking forward to more in the future. ( )

This is a fantasy you can actually believe in, with real and honest characters in real and honest relationships. There were times I wanted to strangle people, there were times I felt pity for them, making for a very truthful form of storytelling. I honestly was curious as to how the book would end and where people would end up in their lives, once their quest was over.

There were some areas in the book where I either missed information or where the story was honestly a little confusing and occasionally the sentence structure wasn't arranged the way I would have preferred, but such things weren't too noticeable.. There were also some areas where I felt that a character was making a decision based on what the author expected of them, but overall the setting and the characters involved made for some very good storytelling. I would be interested to know where the series continues from here and would hope that the same honesty of life that is given to this book is given to the others.

Note: Though this book was a free gift from the author, the content of my review was in no way influenced by the gifting. The book speaks for itself and my review would have been worded just this way even if I'd gone out and bought it. I also give bonus points for Text To Speech enabling on Kindle format.... but that also wasn't a factor in the above review. ( )

s Shadow (Tales of the Magi #1) (Kindle Edition) I was given this book in exchange for an honest review.

I loved, loved, LOVED this book. The characters were very developed and you get drawn into the story from page one. If you like a story to take you on a roller coaster ride this is definitely for you. The author did such a great job with details that you felt you were watching a movie - not reading a book.

I look forward to reading more from this author. ( )

Joseph Robert Lewis has woven a very believable story in a fantasy setting. The characters were well developed with an interesting and unknowable ending. It’s about a man, who thought himself a prince, only to find he was an ordinary individual, a decoy to protect the true prince. The true prince, also thinking himself an ordinary person, saved his life and lost his own—something that our hero had to grapple with to be able to heal and learn who he himself was and what is important in life. He was on a quest with clerics who had sat at the feet of angels to learn their faith. He amongst those journeying to save the world was just an ordinary man. And in the end he somehow showed that he has his own strength to save his people to complete the quest that he had set out to do.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It kept me reading asking the question what next and always on the edge of my chair just a bit anxious for those people out to do such an impossibly big task surrounded by evil and demons. ( )