Assassin's Apprentice

Assassin's Apprentice is a familiar kind of story, following an unwanted, illegitimate boy as he grows up in a troubled court. The setting is a fairly usual medieval-style kingdom, and the magic consists mainly of powers of the mind and telepathic communion with animals. For me, the strength of the story was in the characters, which were fallible, mostly sympathetic, and very human. I enjoyed following Fitz's life, watching his painful failures and hard-won successes. The story began slowly, with Fitz's early childhood, but eventually built up to an exciting ending. While I enjoyed this novel on its own, it is clearly the first third of a larger story, one that I am looking forward to reading!

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