The Warded Man - Peter Brett

What a great book, especially being the first published work of Peter Brett. While it initially sounded like a cool story, I really wasn't sure what to expect from this. Seemed at first like a typical fantasy novel, but my goodness after only reading a few pages, I was hooked. There are three different point of views that we rotate between until near the end where the three meet up. Usually in books like this there is always at least one POV that is drudgery to read through. Not in this case, all three were incredibly written. Just enough back story was given to help you understand the current situation and there is enough left unresolved that I can't wait until book 2 and 3 are released.

I kept looking for something to dislike about this book. I felt that there must be a deeper message, something that the author is trying to tell about the current state of humans, but I never could really put my finger on it and even if it was there it did not get in the way of the story telling. One of the best I've read this year so far. 9/10