Book 1 of the Mistborn series. An epic fantasy novel with a twist on the magic system. The plot is a fairly standard Hero’s Journey. Lots of comparisons could be drawn to Star Wars. Overall, strong characters and an engaging story makes this the well known classic that it is. This is very much epic…

The third in the series of short stories. None of the stories are interrelated but would be great for reluctant readers as the stories are short and would not be intimating as trying to read a full book. All of the stories are classic RL Stine style that have delicious twists at the end. Overall…

A telling by RL Stiene and as such you never know where it will lead you. This is a retelling of a Christmas Carol but even at that it feels fresh and exciting. The master of YA horror even leaves us with a little smile. Overall, this is YA appropriate and while kept short does…

Book 12 of the series and last on so far. The opening book to the next arc. This one lands a little closer to earlier books with some of the basic humor and less introspection. That said I am interested to see where this arc goes as he dealt with the strongest threat around already.…

Book 11 of the series. We reach the end of another arc. It will be interesting to see where Book 12 takes us. We’ve finally seen the progress to the end of this part. This one resolves a big arc and takes us both another step further and advances us significantly down the timeline. I…

Book 10 of the series. Not to worry Jason is back and more world saving kicking off. This is the middle book to the underground arc and works well as a builder. We start to get hints about what it takes to get to gold and diamond rank and yes more crazy interactions with the…

Book 8 of the series. This was the culmination of the monster swarm and church of purity arcs. Lots of fighting ending with Jason doing something very stupid to save people. This one opens the book series to much grander evolutions. I liked the direction this is going adding much more depth to the possibilities.

Book 9 of the series. One world ending threat handled. Another looming but with a little down time. This book has action but as a series the storyline has slowed down. This might be to emphasize the mid silver slog. Not to say interesting things aren’t happening not that Jason isn’t throwing himself into the…

Book 7 of the series. We are back and between a monster surge and the Builder there is no shortage of problems. This book was about a different kind of growth and you really only realize what this whole thing is about at the very end. I am excited to see the crew press forward…

Book 6 of the series. This book is the end of the Earth arc and culminates in some pretty crazy powers from Jason as he races to save everything. Not to worry there are plenty of gold rankers to try to stop him and some ancient vampires. This is a strong finish with an ending…