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But the make up and execution of this part of the book really drew me in, it was done so well.

The notion of a characters being trained with strange methods by quirky teachers is not new, nor is the use of strange and magical places where normal rules of time and being don’t apply. Not necessarily something I would consider up there with the best in the fantasy genre, mind you, but it was precisely the kind of fantasy book I like…The parts of the book where Simon learns how to become a Traveler – the magic users in the book – are surreal and compelling. Brian Stewart of Brian’s Book Blog states: “ I say it was incredibly surprising because it was very good. I’m going to turn to only two of them that I thought made some excellent points. I found several “reviews” of House of Blades, but some of them just rehash the synopsis or are very shallow. It’s chock full of spoilers – Wight’s book is so intricately crafted that I won’t be able to explore it without revealing plot points – so read on at your own risk.

So I purchased the first entry, House of Blades, and vowed that if I liked it I would buy and read the following two books.

I liked Hutson’s book so much that I thought Wight’s recommendation might mean we had similar tastes, and that maybe I would like Wight’s The Travelers Gate series. I had never heard of Wight before to that, but his name started popping up due to his endorsement of The Crimson Queen. I first heard of Will Wight when I was searching for information on Alec Hutson’s The Crimson Queen prior to purchasing it. One Sentence Synopsis: A young boy experiences tragedy and vows to save his village, and he achieves the means to do so through willpower and persistence – but finds out that the world isn’t as black and white as he originally thought.