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A Quest of Heroes is the first book in a very long series. It is a book with many plot concepts lifted from other well-known stories. It is also a book that tries very hard to be good, but trips over its own feet in the telling.

One thing this story does not lack for is reviews. Most likely that is why mine will probably never be seen. That's OK; I'm used to being ignored, kind of like Thor, the main character. Be prepared, because I will probably drop some spoilers, at least of a minor nature. However, since most of the challenge of this book seems to be with the inconsistencies of story points, such spoilers will be part of it.

I choose a book most often based on the low star rated reviews. Within those reviews you can decide whether criticisms are warranted (and widely felt), or if someone just wants to be Rex Reed and pan everything. This book is no different, and has a plethora of low star reviews to it. After reading the story, I would say that the vast majority of the complaints, at least concerning the story line itself, are valid. I just don't mark them quite as negative as others. By the time I read this book, it looked like most of the grammar, spelling, and homonym issues were corrected. The story line problems, though cannot be corrected so easily without a complete rewrite.

In general character development is nil; what we have are cardboard caricatures of knights, kings and princesses, all being pushed around a big board. The main character of this volume is Thor. He is the youngest of four brothers in a family with only a father. Thor, of course, is treated badly, given the dirtiest jobs, and generally not wanted. There is some foreshadowing of the mystery of Thor's birth and how he is "Special", but nothing comes of it in this volume. This is a common device in fantasy stories, but you have to start somewhere, right? Thor wants to be a member of The Legion, the elite fighting force of the kingdom. Of course, he is rejected during a selection event in his village. Undeterred, he goes to the royal city and tries to "prove himself" so they will let him stay, even though he was rejected before.

During this attempt, he shows a magical power unseen before. This causes everyone to accept him, kind of. He starts training, and here is where the inconsistencies begin to mount within the story threads. The low reviews between them cover a great many of the challenges; in my first draft I tried to list some of them, but I cannot do justice to the inconsistency of time and place. One does not change from peasant kid to (unexplained) honorary son of the king to vaunted warrior to prisoner in a dungeon, all in the span of days written within the story. The low star reviews explain them far better than I.

So - if I reference the low star reviews so much, and there seems to be such a disconnect from reality in so many areas, why did I award three stars? Through all the problems and bad writing, the obvious and not-so-obvious borrowing from other stories, there is a very good base of a story here. The author is in such a hurry to tell it, which seems to be common in teen stories, that the tale loses any touch with time, place, and physical realm. Inconsistencies are ignored, action is edited to fit the time alloted, and what could be a great story of fantasy and the coming of age of a young hero converts from an orderly circling carousel to a spinning top, flinging horses and canvas in every direction.

I am torn whether I will go on in this series. The plot, though in many ways cliche', has an interesting pull. At least for a while, the reader can suspend disbelief regarding all the inaccuracies, mistakes, rushed story line, and outright questionable writing. I know I cannot take 17 books of it, but I might at least try to find out what happens next.


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A Quest of Heroes Book #1 in the Sorcerer Ring eBook Morgan Rice Reviews

Upfront I apologize for any typo’s and kooky writing. That is the last thing anyone needs especially those that deal with it while reading self-publishing books. I did this review quick out of sheer frustration with this series and most all of the self-published books I have read.

For those who want to get to the short of it, here is my summary

Summary
Children - not suitable due to content.
Teens - not suitable because it will insult this group’s intelligence or possibly lower it
Adults - not suitable due to similar reasons for teens.

For this book and all of the books in this series (I even hate to admit I read this series but I kept trying to find the redeeming value. Hint I didn't). I would never admit to anyone face to face that I read this series. I almost feel I should wear a brown bag over my head for a while.

Audience I think this is a YA book but it doesn’t fit in this category, nor children's or adults. The subject matter that some have noted has rape riddled in it. Although not explicit, it is too frequent. So I wouldn’t want my 10-12 year reading it. Yes, they would know about rape at this age but that does not mean I want the child subjected to it constantly in reading a book for fun. Also, the level of violence that friends and family do to each other is at a too high level for a child. So now we push the subject matter up to at least a teenager. But the problem here is the book is written on a child's level. I have been trying to pinpoint what age group the writing would suit. My best guess is maybe 5th grader. The inner dialog of the individual characters is almost too much to stomach. They each pat themselves on the back constantly at how everyone looks at them in awe or something of that nature. This type of dialog seems to appear riddled on a large percentage of the pages. I suppose this is one reason I feel the book is written in a style more for children. I can see a child having these little dialogs in their head. It’s ok. We want them to imagine and explore to great heights as they are young, grow and learn the world. But once you leave childhood, unless you are a narcissist, one doesn’t walk around having these egotistical dialogs in their head.

Errors Yes, the norm of the self-publishing author. Books sent out riddled with grammatical and spelling errors. For example, where you would think the word 'are' should be used, 'our' will be written instead. Spelling errors are obvious. The other problem is the incorrect character’s name appearing in a sequence of paragraphs. It will throw your flow and you have to stop and re-read only realizing the incorrect character is listed in the sentence. All of these issues are show stoppers for a book. Or should be.

Character Development In this series Morgan Rice is not the worst at character development but does fall way short of the ideal. Most characters are rather shallowly developed and only when you get towards the end of the series do you have a better feel for maybe who this character is. By that time, the plane has flown. Basically her character development misses the boat.

Story-line If this series had any redeeming value, this is the area it would be. The story-line is not developed enough though; almost like a sketch up of a book someone wants to flesh out and write.

Series This is more of a pet peeve. I have grown up reading books galore and reading a series from an author sometimes. Avid is the word people use. I read books anytime I have a second. Waiting for my take out.. yep, I am reading. No book? I read whatever I can see wherever. Boring brochures … I will read when desperate. I love reading. But a series is not a book broken up in many pieces. Each book should stand on its own merit. When did a short story become a book? This series has 17 ‘books’ if I am remembering correctly. 17? yes.. 17. Realistically this is at most 2 books. I would put it at one book. One entire book. Not 17 short stories. I find it annoying to have to repurchase a book every day to continue the story-line. Bottom line short stories do not make a book. I know, don’t buy them. My point is for those of you that are similar to me and find a continuing stream of book purchases annoying when you are really reading the same book, don’t stop here at this series. But honestly, the story broken up into 17 books is the least of the problems here.

Self-Promotion Can someone say.. toss me a bucket I am about to hurl? I read a blog article from an author about marketing and she mentioned that she wanted readers to ‘pull’ her book, not have it shoved down their throat. Those were not her exact words but the gist. I wish I could remember where I read it to give her credit. I think her last name was Dawson. Anyone who has read enough self-published books knows how to spot a self-publisher right off. If you are not sure what I mean, I will tell you. Two ways. Sometimes in the book description the language is over the top about #1 bestselling author, etc. Compare a self-publisher with a well-established prominent author. Huge difference. The most annoying tell-tale sign is the first pages of the book. There is so much self-promotion, if I happen to start the book in bed at night, I may fall asleep before I get to the actual story. The description of the story should grab the reader. Not how much the author self-promotes their greatness.

The rest is really about my frustration with the self-publishing industry and an insight on my feelings that created this review.

I only write reviews occasionally but I think I have been pushed over the cliff with self-publishing authors. I really hate to write negative reviews. I don’t like to. Formally I had a positive outlook toward self-publishing authors. That day is gone. Totally gone. I wanted to cheer for the underdogs who couldn’t get one of the big publication companies to publish their book. Like us against the corporate giants. Silly me. What has self-publishing unleashed on the world? A total disintegration of intelligence and the seemingly lack of pride in a really good piece of work. Does anyone take pride in their work any longer? The self-publishing enterprise has skewed the book industry and consumers. It is extremely hard to find a really good book. The consumer has so much quantity thrown at them. Quantity in no way equals quality. This is in no way blanket statements. I am sure there is some self-publishing author I may have not stumbled onto that is a class act. And everyone realizes the problems in the big book publication industry. I don’t think flooding the market with self-publishing authors is the answer.

As I stated above, I am an avid reader but I think I would rather read one good book a year over and over again than a zillion of these attempts at writing a book. As with anything in this world, if a market is flooded and anyone can do it, nothing really shines any longer. We are left with a bunch of something but nothing of something good.

Happy reading to all!
If you have a reading level higher than a fifth grader, do not start this series. I tried to finish it. By book 6, I quit trying. Book 1 starts out as very intriguing. It didn't take long before I realized that I had made a mistake. The writing is poor, the grammer is horrible, the spelling is extremely sub-par, the redundancies are mind numbing and the books just slog on so u will continue to spend money. The series gets no better as it goes. Trust me, I made it as far as I did in this series on the hope that it would, somehow, improve. Characters are certain they are facing their death at the end of nearly every chapter, and are then saved at the last possible second by the start of the next. Repeat...over and over and over. They make decisions that make absolutely no sense and they get looked at with a new sense of awe and respect at the end of practically every page. I have never not finished a series before and I gave this one an honest chance. I wish I hadn't. Every book is practically the same story with little to no plot advancement. It's a shame, it could have been a good story. The writing killed it. Anyone who compares these works to heavy hitters like Tolkein or GRRM, is absolutely insane. There is no way this series made any legitimate #1 bestseller list. Ms Rice, please, for all that is good and holy, hire an editor and proof reader.
This is the first book I have read by this author, and now I know it will certainly not be the last. Thor, a commoner from a non distinct village in the South, dreams of becoming a Knight in the Kings legion from a time as far back as he can remember. When he is passed over, his instincts and tenacity spring into action and the rest is history. An easy read, with a compelling storyline. On to book 2.
A Quest of Heroes is the first book in a very long series. It is a book with many plot concepts lifted from other well-known stories. It is also a book that tries very hard to be good, but trips over its own feet in the telling.

One thing this story does not lack for is reviews. Most likely that is why mine will probably never be seen. That's OK; I'm used to being ignored, kind of like Thor, the main character. Be prepared, because I will probably drop some spoilers, at least of a minor nature. However, since most of the challenge of this book seems to be with the inconsistencies of story points, such spoilers will be part of it.

I choose a book most often based on the low star rated reviews. Within those reviews you can decide whether criticisms are warranted (and widely felt), or if someone just wants to be Rex Reed and pan everything. This book is no different, and has a plethora of low star reviews to it. After reading the story, I would say that the vast majority of the complaints, at least concerning the story line itself, are valid. I just don't mark them quite as negative as others. By the time I read this book, it looked like most of the grammar, spelling, and homonym issues were corrected. The story line problems, though cannot be corrected so easily without a complete rewrite.

In general character development is nil; what we have are cardboard caricatures of knights, kings and princesses, all being pushed around a big board. The main character of this volume is Thor. He is the youngest of four brothers in a family with only a father. Thor, of course, is treated badly, given the dirtiest jobs, and generally not wanted. There is some foreshadowing of the mystery of Thor's birth and how he is "Special", but nothing comes of it in this volume. This is a common device in fantasy stories, but you have to start somewhere, right? Thor wants to be a member of The Legion, the elite fighting force of the kingdom. Of course, he is rejected during a selection event in his village. Undeterred, he goes to the royal city and tries to "prove himself" so they will let him stay, even though he was rejected before.

During this attempt, he shows a magical power unseen before. This causes everyone to accept him, kind of. He starts training, and here is where the inconsistencies begin to mount within the story threads. The low reviews between them cover a great many of the challenges; in my first draft I tried to list some of them, but I cannot do justice to the inconsistency of time and place. One does not change from peasant kid to (unexplained) honorary son of the king to vaunted warrior to prisoner in a dungeon, all in the span of days written within the story. The low star reviews explain them far better than I.

So - if I reference the low star reviews so much, and there seems to be such a disconnect from reality in so many areas, why did I award three stars? Through all the problems and bad writing, the obvious and not-so-obvious borrowing from other stories, there is a very good base of a story here. The author is in such a hurry to tell it, which seems to be common in teen stories, that the tale loses any touch with time, place, and physical realm. Inconsistencies are ignored, action is edited to fit the time alloted, and what could be a great story of fantasy and the coming of age of a young hero converts from an orderly circling carousel to a spinning top, flinging horses and canvas in every direction.

I am torn whether I will go on in this series. The plot, though in many ways cliche', has an interesting pull. At least for a while, the reader can suspend disbelief regarding all the inaccuracies, mistakes, rushed story line, and outright questionable writing. I know I cannot take 17 books of it, but I might at least try to find out what happens next.