Official Review: Legend of the Mystic KNights by W.A. Rusho

[cmp librarian]

[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Legend of the Mystic KNights" by W.A. Rusho.]

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Legend of the Mystic Knights is the first book in what the authors hopes to publish as a series. In this story the world has been taken over by an evil force and strange creatures, which somehow caused civilization to become stuck in medieval times. A young boy named William is the main character and as he begins his training to become part of the mystic knights, others around him wonder if he is the prophesied one who will remove the world from evil. Sir Percival is another important character. He is William’s mentor and is an excellent example of a young girl’s dream of a knight in shining armor – chivalrous, brave, and true.

The author does an excellent job of describing the world the characters are in. He goes to great lengths to include definitions of medieval words his readers might not be familiar with. Rusho’s writings reflect his love of history. He believes in applying real life knowledge and experience to writing. Readers who are interested in learning about life in medieval times without reading a history book would enjoy the author’s educational elements that are mixed into an entertaining fictional story.

I enjoyed the idea of this book. I think the author has a great story line. However, I didn’t enjoy the book as much as I thought I was going to. The plot moved very slowly and the writing style was a bit choppy. Some of the choppiness came from the viewpoint the story was told from. I believe the author wanted to tell the story from an omniscient viewpoint. (Basically, omniscient perspective means that the story is not told by any one of the characters, but is rather commented on by a god-like, omnipotent being who can choose to dip into the head of any of the characters and reveal things that have occurred in the past or which will happen in the future.) The problem was that the dipping into the characters thoughts happened at odd moments and the thoughts and feelings of the characters never felt completed. It might have been better for the author to write from multiple viewpoints rather than the omniscient perspective.

Legend of the Mystic Knights is a low fantasy, which means it is set in the real world or a fictional but rational world, versus a high fantasy which take place in a completely fictional fantasy world setting with its own set of rules and physical laws. Readers who enjoy strange creatures and somewhat unusual events without having to understand a special set of rules for how the fantasy story works and have an interest in knights and medieval times would enjoy this book.

Overall, the book is good. I rated it 2 out of 4 stars because I didn’t see anything exceptional in the story and there were elements I didn’t enjoy. However, I do believe other readers would enjoy Legend of the Mystic Knights.

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[Kappy]

Readers who are interested in learning about life in medieval times without reading a history book would enjoy the author’s educational elements that are mixed into an entertaining fictional story.

Excellent review. This sounds like a promising author. If I don't learn anything from a book, I consider it to be virtually worthless.