Reviews for The Unsuspecting Mage (Morcyth Saga Series #1)

The average rating for The Unsuspecting Mage (Morcyth Saga Series #1) based on 2 reviews is 1 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-02-13 00:00:00 Louis Farthing I dare you to read this book. It is that bad. If you can get around how annoying reading in present tense is, a character which is as one dimensional as a character in an old video game and every cliche in the fantasy genre, you are still looking at a terrible story. The only thing this book needs to read as a dialogue for a video game are the words "HP" and "MP". May God have mercy on our souls.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-05-11 00:00:00 Trent Imeson I first discovered The Unsuspecting Mage while looking for new things to add to my Kindle. The blurb was interesting so I got it and read it. Although I made it through the story, it was a difficult trek. The first challenge was the awkward present tense that made the story feel like it was forcing you along with the characters and wasn't even consistent through the book. Another thing that I didn't like was the inconsistency of speech used by James who goes from talking like a modern teen-aged character to someone older and more proper and poetic. The story line itself was full of events and descriptions that were never followed up on or explained so it ended up having a very random pieced together feel to it. Also it felt like too much of the story was just James boasting of his own knowledge gained in our world to the poor shmucks he met in the world he goes to. While this is supposed to be part one of a series those things may be followed up on it later books but it didn't seem to stand very well on its own. All in all it felt like a story written by a teen-aged boy very much like James who enjoys role-playing and reading so he thought he might write a story about someone that had role-playing turn to real life. That said, it could be an interesting book, but I believe was published too soon in the editing process. I doubt that I will follow up on any of the following books.