Another fantasy series to start? Yes please! This time I read Spellslinger by Sebastien De Castell because my boyfriend strongly suggested it and I did enjoy it quite a bit!
Synopsis: Kellen is moments away from facing his first duel and proving his worth as a spellcaster. There’s just one problem: his magic is fading.
Facing exile unless he can pass the mage trials, Kellen is willing to risk everything – even his own life – in search of a way to restore his magic. But when the enigmatic Ferius Parfax arrives in town, she challenges him to take a different path.
One of the elusive Argosi, Ferius is a traveller who lives by her wits and the cards she carries. Daring, unpredictable, and wielding magic Kellen has never seen before, she may be his only hope.
The first novel in a compelling six-book series, bursting with tricks, humor, and a whole new way to look at magic.
This book was a whole new twist on fantasy that I wasn’t expecting but really ended up enjoying. It was kind of told in a western style with a mix of X-men feels. And by that, I mean like Gambit because they use a lot of cards and decks of cards as weapons.
The series starts off with your main character learning that they are not like everyone else and instead of having lots of magical abilities, they barely have any. So they have to do what they can to fit in and try to convince everyone that they have magical abilities so they can fit into society.
There were some fun creatures introduced that make this book a lot of fun and one of them in particular had an attitude similar to Danny Devito as the Penguin in Batman. It was very entertaining and I can’t wait to see more of them later on in other books in this series.
I really enjoyed how this book gave you a main character that has no idea what they are doing with their life and then you get to follow along with them as they figure out what they are going to do and where they are going to go. I guess the part I really enjoyed was the self discovery. That being said, there were some characters that I despised. Not sure if that was intentional by the author but we will see how it plays out in the rest of the series.
I think there is so much potential for the rest of this series and I am looking forward to seeing where it goes.
Book Rating: 4/5
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