This is clearly written for a young audience, but its still a page-turner like any other King novel. I was reading this alongside Farseer Trilogy, and the similarities and contrasts were too well-matched for me to ignore. Both even share a few character names. However, it was still a wonderful read, and I enjoyed almost every bit of it.

A few descriptions and overly-foreshadowing took it down a few notches for me, though.