Review for "The Circle of Sorcerers"

"The Circle of Sorcerers" is the first book in Brian Kittrell's 'Mages of Bloodmyr' series.
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An arcane circle of power swirls across the blue stained cover. The indecipherable runes glow with luminescence.
Laedron Telpist has lived his entire life in the quiet of  a Sorbian rural seaside town. On the cusp of manhood Lae will soon be leaving his quiet life to study the ways of mages and sorcerers. But his studies aren't at all what he expected as the world changes in a very formidable and damning way.

What I liked:

• I liked the friendship between Marac and Laedron
• The scenes where Laedron loses himself to the feelings of angst, anger, and revenge and lets the spells take him are the best.

What I disliked:

• First there were a few proofreading errors, for instance reigns instead of reins. 
• Secondly the level of emotion behind Laedron for Ismeralda's fate seems out of whack. He only knew her for a few days. In the same way I just finished the book last night and I already can't remember the name of the other fellow that dies. If you want the reader to feel a sense of loss at the deaths you need to build the characters up more, let the reader get to really know them. Otherwise they're nameless faceless cannon fodder.
• The storyline seemed a little rushed, we go here, we go there, we learn this, we do this, we meet people along the way but all in all it just doesn't feel real or natural, but forced.
• You get the feeling several times that something is supposed to happen that doesn't, perhaps that's done on purpose and we'll see these things again in a later book. Also we get the feeling that Lae's father was someone extremely important but Lae never seems at all surprised that everyone recognizes his name.

'The Circle of Sorcerers' was a decent but honestly easily forgettable read. It is currently available for free for the Kindle from Amazon. The other two books in the series are also available. You can find out more about the author, the series, and his other books at www.latenitebooks.com
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Recommended for young adults and adults who enjoy fantasy with a touch of political intrigue.

Synopsis: "When Laedron Telpist's sorcery training is interrupted by a knock on the door, what once seemed a proper profession must now be hidden. In a world where priests and mages vie for the limitless power of the elements and a new Grand Vicar has sworn death to all sorcerers, Laedron is tossed into a nightmare which would see his destruction at every turn.
From the home shores in western Sorbia, through the Cael'Brilland heartlands, and even across the seas to the great city of Azura, Laedron finds himself embracing old friends, consorting with unlikely allies, and confronting potent enemies. As he struggles to train himself in spellcraft, Laedron must face that he lives in a time when the utterance of a simple spell could be the signature on his death warrant."