Advance Review of Brandon Mull's Five Kingdoms: Rogue Knight
Release Date: November 18th, 2014
Synopsis as found on GoodReads.com:
Magic and danger abound in the second book in a series of fanciful, action-packed adventure; (Publishers Weekly, starred review) from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fablehaven and Beyonders series.
Cole Randolph never meant to come to The Outskirts, but when his friends were kidnapped on Halloween he had to try and save them. Now he's trapped in a world that lies between wakefulness and dreaming, reality and imagination, life and death.
Cole's search for his friends has led him to Elloweer, another of the five kingdoms that make up The Outskirts. He's accompanied by Mira, Twitch, and Jace, new friends he's met here in the Outskirts who each have their own important missions.
The group is following news that Mira's sister, Honor, could be in danger. However, Cole and Mira are soon the ones facing direct threat, and must resort to a fascinating new kind of magic to protect themselves. Their journey brings them across familiar faces, some more welcome than others, until their paths ultimately cross with the infamous man known throughout Elloweer as the Rogue Knight.
Will he turn out to be an unstoppable enemy, or a key ally?
Every move is filled with danger as Cole and his new friends try and outwit the High King, who will stop at nothing to regain what he has lost.
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Even though I read this book after the release date, I still consider it an advance, because the version I actually read was an advanced edition, so some aspects of it may have changed.
I'd like to begin by apologizing for my last couple of reviews. They have been less than stellar in consistency, because I find myself reviewing and finishing a book after I have left work in the middle of the night. So I know for a couple of them, I have been half alive or barely awake. So I am sorry if you read any that seemed a little lacking...
This book is a continuation of Brandon Mull's series Five Kingdoms that began with Sky Raiders about a boy that has been sucked into an alternate world while trying to save his kidnapped friends after they were tricked into capture while in a haunted house on Halloween. I have found all of Mull's series' very exciting for a Young Readers Author. He writes in a way that keeps my attention as an adult, when the books are meant for Children in Middle School and younger.
I was a very big fan of his Fablehaven series, so when he released the first book in the Beyonders series, I was quick to read it. I only read the first in that series, but am finally getting around to continuing by listening to the Audio for book 2 in my car. My only negative about Rogue Knight and Five Kingdoms in general is that both Beyonders & Five Kingdoms have similar topics. Both are about people being brought to alternate worlds. There have been multiple times while reading Rogue Knight & listening to Beyonders: Seeds of Rebellion where I have found myself thinking they were too similar.
Overall I am very happy with this read & am excited for the next book. Am I wishing I had it now like I am about some other books... No! I can wait for it. I have a lot of reading to catch up on.
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