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My main complaint is that the first half of the book "plods". Instead of immersing us into the action of the story, we're taken on a tour of discovery. Not much happens other than wandering around and tasting the two worlds (first Lucy's semi-modern home world and then that of a Medieval alternate (Praxis). The character development doesn't quite make the trip. I don't even know how old Lucy is (maybe I missed something early on?).

Fortunately, the action picks up in the second half, but Lucy and her brothers remain less than "real" to me. However, the action makes up for the lack of character familiarity. The story line would appeal to early teens (which I'm not by a long shot). The finale is full of tension and well-done, but being the first book in a series, there's a gaping hole to entice readers to buy the next book. I prefer my stories to be mostly wrapped up with only a few possible links to the next book, a preference not always shared by other fantasy fans (witness the Bored of the Rings series).

Worth one read.


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The Mapkeeper and the Rise of the Wardens eBook Katie Cash Reviews

The book was a tale of wonderful imagination, passion and heroism. Highly recommended read. I'm looking forward to the next book!
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this first book of a trilogy of "The Mapkeeper and the Rise of the Wardens". The book held my interest from beginning to end. A great read for all ages! I look forward to Katie Cash's second book of the series!
I found this story via a reddit post and found it to be quite fun. It is not without some minor issues, but overall it's an entertaining story. A two-world tale with one set in an apparent​ dystopian future where the Commune runs things, the other set in a fantasy world called Praxis. Both have their issues, but the world of Praxis stands on the brink of chaos. Newly selected mapkeeper Lucy Barnes must learn how to control the magical map to try and save Praxis. I look forward to seeing where this story will go.
A fantastic read!!!!!!
This was a great read!!! I didn't want to put the book down! Can't wait for the next one!
I loved this book start to finish. I have to admit, even though I'm an adult reader I stayed up late to finish the book! I thoroughly enjoyed all the twists and turns that kept the story interesting to the end. I would definitely recommend!
In the beginning we see that Lucy and her family (two brothers and father) live in a (country?) called the Commune, where everyone’s afraid of being overheard making even the smallest of complaint. So what happens when the government realize she’s the next mapkeeper? The big muckety-muck himself makes an announcement at her school about hiring her for his staff, takes her away by helicopter, talks to her, and then returns her with the map in her possession. A powerful government guy should have had Lucy brought to him, not the other way around. Otherwise he might as well shout to the skies that she’s actually more important than he is. And there was no reason for the helicopter I’m sure he could have found a room that suited his purposes at the school. Given that he wants to do research on the map and how it works, it’s unfathomable why he immediately sent Lucy back to her family. The map also drops us straight into the realm of magic, while until then we’ve dealt with an entirely non-magical semi-apocalyptic setting. The switch is jarring. Since that original world doesn’t come back up much after Lucy and her brothers go to Praxis, I’m unclear on why we needed so strong an introduction to a government that ceases to matter after a short time.

Unfortunately there are a lot of plot holes small and large here; it’s like a pair of jeans from the 80s. People keep avoiding telling Lucy things for no good reason. They need her help, so it makes no sense to hobble her power and her ability to use it. Idiomatic English also drops into otherwise formal speech at very odd moments. At one point Lucy decides to escape her guards by going down a trash chute in a castle. She had no way of knowing whether there was a long drop at the end, or any kind of escape after that, or even if the chute would fit her all the way down. Also, the book simply doesn’t explain how she then managed to get back into her room without her guards figuring out that she sneaked out. To make matters sillier, it apparently takes just a day or so to train people to be more than competent fighting with swords and bows, and riding horses.

Praxis is full of fantasy stereotypes. For example there’s the savage centaurs, with one calm scholar among them. The elves and so forth have little new to bring to the table. The main characters don’t seem very bright, either they take the magical map out in the tavern even after noticing and pointing out to each other the obviously dangerous people watching them. When Lucy and her brothers go to Praxis, they barely even stop to consider what’s going to happen to their father with all three of them gone, despite the fact that the family is very close. When Lucy accidentally goes back to her own world, not only does she not think to worry about her brothers, who didn’t come back, but it all ended up pretty much being a blatant prod to move the Praxis plots along and bring her back in at a certain point. (Not that I remember anyone saying that time moves differently in the two places, but apparently it does.)

Mostly the problems boil down to this one trend the characters act in ways that drag the plot in the directions the author would like the story to go in. However, the author does not stop to consider whether these actions make sense for the characters, their surroundings, or the plot-so-far.
My main complaint is that the first half of the book "plods". Instead of immersing us into the action of the story, we're taken on a tour of discovery. Not much happens other than wandering around and tasting the two worlds (first Lucy's semi-modern home world and then that of a Medieval alternate (Praxis). The character development doesn't quite make the trip. I don't even know how old Lucy is (maybe I missed something early on?).

Fortunately, the action picks up in the second half, but Lucy and her brothers remain less than "real" to me. However, the action makes up for the lack of character familiarity. The story line would appeal to early teens (which I'm not by a long shot). The finale is full of tension and well-done, but being the first book in a series, there's a gaping hole to entice readers to buy the next book. I prefer my stories to be mostly wrapped up with only a few possible links to the next book, a preference not always shared by other fantasy fans (witness the Bored of the Rings series).

Worth one read.