The Keeper of the Stones (Jake West #1)
by M.J. Webb
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This book was gifted to me by the
author for an honest review. Thank You.
Jake and his friend Ben open a
mysterious box with magic stones, hidden in his grandfather's attic.
His grandfather tells him that for three hundred years, the men of
their family have been safeguarding the stones in the box. “Well,
the box was made in a land called Rhuaddan. … It exists in another
dimension, and the only way to get to it, is through that light you
saw appear earlier, the one coming out of the box.” Brothers King
Artrex and evil King Vantrax are at war. Sawdon, Boghias and Adrob
are sent by Vantrax to retrieve the stones and kill the Keeper. Jake
and Ben go through the portal to Rhuaddan. The two boys meet an
escaped slave Verastus and are taken prisoner by Princess Zephany.
The
writing is very descriptive but it is also full of cliches which I
didn't really like. I wasn't immediately drawn into the story and I
didn't become too emotionally involved with the characters. I was
liking it better almost halfway through when the battle between the
rebel army and the evil wizard Vantrax started. I was really having a
problem with this guy's name. In my head I kept thinking Valtrex.
Definitely unfortunate and inappropriate.
The
story got better and towards the end I was liking it. Maybe I will
like the second book better. I'm giving this one 3 stars.
This book was gifted to me by the author for an honest review. Thank
You.
This book starts where the last one left off, in a hospital and
someone close to Jake is dead. “The stones were a mighty weapon
given to the people of Estia by the Heynai, spirits who entrusted the
box to the Keepers, ancestors of Jake's from Earth. It had survived
centuries, protecting the world and countless others from harm, and
Jake and Ben had broken it!” This book starts out pretty good. The
writing is stronger and there are less cliches. I am still confusing
Vantrax's name with a herpes medication in my head. I was liking Jake
more in this book. Ben is kind of annoying. I wasn't really caring at
all about any of the other characters. Jake, Ben, Tien and Verastus
are on a quest to restore the broken stones. King Artex is trying to
raise an army. Vantrax is trying to kill off everyone and raise a
zombie army. There are a lot of exciting moments happening. Towards
the middle I started getting bored again. I would read a little, then
get bored, then go back to it and read a little. But I really had a
hard time getting into it and it wasn't really holding my attention
too well. Once The
Battle of Dassilliak started I was liking it again and it was getting
really exciting. This author writes really good battle scenes and I
was getting into them but the filler in between was boring me. The
book ended well and got really exciting. I was liking it again
towards the end. This book was better than the first one. If that
continues to hold true then the third book should be the best. I
guess I will need to pick up the last book so as to see how this
series ends. 3.5 stars.
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