BOOK REVIEW: Audrey of Farmerton (Andoran’s Realm Book 1) By M Gregg Roe

Growing up in a poor village in Andoran’s Realm, Audrey’s only goal was to move somewhere else. Anywhere else. An incident involving a group of young adventurers provides her with the means to get herself to the fabled Witch’s City, but nothing goes quite as planned. The city is daunting, filled with magic, intrigue, and an assortment of odd characters, not all of them human. Audrey finds herself in a living situation that is both unexpected and awkward. She struggles to adjust to her new life as she seeks to acquire an education, make friends, and find romance. And along the way she discovers her life’s calling, something that she had never expected.



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REVIEW

Growing up we 'd all agree we’d love to live in a magical fantasy land. Hey though! fantasy life has its same mundane growing up struggles as we do. We learn this clearly in AUDREY OF FARMERTON. Aimed at young adult readers AUDREY OF FARMERTON is a sort of coming of age story. A combination of My So-Called Life meets D&D(Dungeons and Dragons). AUDREY OF FARMERTON tells the tale of seventeen-year-old peasant farm girl Audrey who wishes for life in the big city(Called Witch‘s City to be exact.). She gets there, but not by moralistic means as Audrey learns the ups and downs of life in the big city with a promising hope that just cause you made mistakes doesn't mean you have failed.

While this book is an enjoyable read I mean who does not love magic, romance, wizards, beautiful witches, and elves it is really geared towards the youthful market. Older readers though will  still be enchanted though due to Roe's writing. His words flows smooth and effortlessly holding a simplistic charm. It's a bit off putting at first, but he is writing from Audrey’s POV in that of a young uneducated peasant girl. The end results? Beautiful.

RATING ****(4 stars)




 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

M. Gregg Roe was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. He has a Ph.D. in Physics from Ohio State. He worked at a government lab and in aerospace before finding employment at a small company in the recycling industry. These days he lives in Tennessee and is primarily a writer and personal servant of two cats.

He has always been a voracious reader of fantasy and science fiction, as well as an avid Dungeons & Dragons DM and player. So it seemed natural to make his first novel a fantasy based on the D&D campaign that he has been running since 1979.