Susan Atherly's Reviews > Beginning of Arrogance

What to say about this book? This is not a plot driven story, although there is an over arching growth progression for our main character. It is more like a mash-up of a serialized story set in a Medieval RPG world which is violent, politically unstable, and crime ridden.

Our main guy becomes a Paladin (chosen warrior) for the sea god RekNor after a close call with drowning at sea. Krell is a country bumpkin. He can read and he is fairly level headed but he is also very naive. RekNor pretty much chose him because he was too stubborn to drown and he finds him amusing.

What follows is a story that progresses episodically with quests and vignettes. A monster of the week here. A bar scene there. The tone reminded me a lot of Conan the Destroyer. Lots of hair-brain schemes that somehow work out. Fight scenes that are very violent but also a bit slapstick. Humor is laced through all of this and there is a lot of tongue in cheek observations. All through this, Krell learns more and gains more skills in fighting and healing. (He levels up.)

If that sounds like something you would enjoy, you will love this book. I enjoyed it for the first half but then it started to get tiresome.

I received a Kindle copy of this from a Goodreads Giveaway but I highly recommend the Audible book. The narrator totally digs in and clearly enjoys himself performing this book.