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Frost

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A very good read.I have yet to read Demonblade which Frost is a prequel for,but with the way it read I am looking forward to it!

Excellent book and fun to read. Enjoyed the character Frost and his constant struggle with consequences of having the Demon Blade.

It's about this great and powerful sorcerer named "Frost" and this mystic McGuffin artifact "The Demon Blade". Frost is the keeper of the artifact, a job he doesn't particularly want, but it's too dangerous otherwise. Most intriguing thing about the book is the magic system which involves mages becoming extremely fat because doing magic takes energy in stored calories directly from their bodies. So mages can only go 'all out' about once every few months, and the weight management can be havoc on their systems.

I found the book confusing because of the high amount of characters and intrigue. It felt like the middle of a series, but I found out coming here that it was a prequel. I guess it was written after the main story, because there were references I didn't get.

Overall the magic system carried the book; the characterization was lackluster and superficial. An 'OK' offering if you like fantasy and strange magics.

I read a lot of SF and fnatasy for pleasure and usually will finish a book even if it's not very good. This one, however, I had trouble even skimming.Confusing and not very interesting plot with characters that lacked depth. And on top of that it was full of typos in the parts I did read. A total waste of time and money, IMHO.