The Baker's Boy

Author: Jones, J. V.
Great read, though inferior to her latest saga: Sword of Shadows. A merge between epic fantasy, heroic fantasy, and sword & sorcery. An obscure baker's apprentice finds he has the extremely rare gift of sorcery. Sounds like your standard "epic fantasy clone" but Jones draws her characters more clearly than most sword & sorcery novels and the story, at its core, sucks in your interest. The books are well paced with a heavy impetus of action. An addictive series that's very much worth the read -- just as long as you know you are getting the standard fantasy epic.

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Read Jones' Sword of Shadows saga, a complex and brutal fantasy series that's made my Top 25. It's much better than her Book of Words series and shows how much Jones has improved as an author.

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