This is a young adult novel I was granted access to by Netgalley – my thanks. It's a classic idea: a much-bullied 12-year-old boy is whisked off from his down-trodden life to another world, where he can become a hero. Greg Hart is just that boy – and Myrrth is just that other world. He abruptly fin...
Really funny world building with puns, word-play and prophesies. There still seemed to be a few things missing, or places where the writing kind of threw me off (for example, when the dragon takes Greg in his mouth, then discards him in the cell, it wasn't clear why the dragon would drop them off li...
Nothing much happened in this story until a little over half-way through. But now I realize the author is really just doing some character development and setting things up for the rest of the series. I did enjoy Greg's encounter with the mighty Ruuan in the end.
For Greg Hart, fantasies are a part of life. His journal is a place to share the person that he wishes he was. A hero. A strong, quick and brave character who slays vicious baddies with one hand tied behind his back (and of course always gets the girl in the end). Little does poor Greg know that he ...
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Kobo free download 5/25/11
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