Mark of the raven by Morgan Busse

If you know me at all, you know that I am not a huge fantasy fan.

It is few and far between that I am even tempted to try it.

However.

When I come across a good one, I am captivated.

Consider me captivated.

The first few chapters were a bit tough for me to wrap my mind around, and I did have concerns of where the whole "dark Lady" thing was going.

Buuuut

It was really good. I am thankful for my brother who is into lucid dreaming. After hearing him talk about it for so long I think I was prepared for the Dreamwalking element of the story. And I really liked Damien!

I am so glad I did wait until now to read it because all of the books are out and I can just read one after another.

I really appreciate the allegory quality of this series.

One thing that usually keeps me from getting into fantasy is a heavy magic element, or one that feels to close to sorcery. It goes against my convictions to get into that kind of stuff.

I did not get that feeling from this book. It's more like different people groups who have talents over certain elements (think Frozen).

I think the only thing I would want more of was a bit more action throughout, but I get that this first book is mostly setting up the whole story.

I loved the Christian message, I loved the world, I am loving the characters. Can't wait to read more!!!!!!!