Reviews for The Paradise War (Song of Albion Series #1)

The average rating for The Paradise War (Song of Albion Series #1) based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-03-31 00:00:00 Elizabeth George ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature. As an avid fantasy reader, I was reluctant to try this trilogy because Lawhead is not one of the best known fantasy writers. My husband bought me the book because Lawhead is a Christian and he thought I should try it. I was very pleasantly surprised! The writing is excellent. The story is interesting, meaningful, and epic in scope while still progressing rapidly enough to finish in three books. It contains all of the elements I look for in a fantasy: vivid description, many interesting and well-developed characters, problems to solve, quests, romance, war, tension, intrigue, and a happy ending. I couldn't be happier. Read more Stephen Lawhead book reviews at Fantasy literature.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-04-28 00:00:00 James Thilking Book 1 of the Song of Albion series first published 1991. There was a time back in the seventies and eighties when I read nothing but fantasy to the point, I think, that I over dosed on it. Of all the fantasy authors I have read over the years Stephen R. Lawhead was not one of them. So when these series of books came into my possession I rubbed my hands together in anticipation of losing my self in the world of make believe once again. But it didn't take long before a sense of familiarity overtook me. I have read these storylines so many times in the past that there was no sense of adventure awaiting me. This is on me and nothing to do with the author Mr. lawhead. The tale has all the ingredients of a good fantasy. Two young men, students from Oxford University, are lured to a place in Scotland where a real, if dead, Auroch was found. It doesn't take long before they are magically transported to the land of Albion, where there is conflict of such magnitude that the very existence of both their world and ours hangs in the balance. There are two camps facing this evil and our young heroes end up in opposite sides. Their friendship is soon tested to the point where they become enemies. As with most fantasy stories there are lots of monsters, trials by adventure and the eternal battle of good against evil. For all that I have said above I have no doubt that I will be reading the next two books in the series. I need to know if our world will survive. Happy days. It probably deserves more but because of my lack of awe 3.5 stars was the best I could do.