Review: The Paladin Prophecy by Mark Frost

Published: Corgi Children's, August 2013

Pages: 506

Synopsis: "Will West is careful to live life under the radar. At his parents' insistence, he's made sure to get mediocre grades and to stay in the middle of the pack on his cross-country team. Then Will slips up, accidentally scoring off the charts on a nationwide exam, and he is recruited by an exclusive and mysterious prep school - the best school no one's ever heard of, with technology the likes of which no one's ever seen.At the same time, coincidentally - or not so - Will realizes he's being followed by men in dark hats, driving black sedans who pose a terrifying threat to his family. What follows is a series of events and revelations that places Will smack in the middle of a millennia old struggle between titanic forces..."

Rating: *****

Will West is a runner and he is about to need to run for his life. Literally. He gets pulled out of class one day and told he's won a scholarship to an exclusive boarding school.

Enter strange demons, mythical creatures and a guardian angel, and Will starts to realise that his life is not what it seems.

The Paladin Prophecy is an exciting, engaging YA fantasy and the first in what I have a feeling, will be an awesome trilogy. For obvious reasons I would recommend to fans of Harry Potter, but it is worth noting that the two are completely different.

I did get a little confused with the syn-apps and virtual reality aspect and am still unsure that it for properly, but The Paladin Prophecy is a definite contender for Best Book of 2016. A very solid 5*.

The Paladin Prophecy is followed in the series by Alliance and Rogue; which I have already purchased for my kindle.

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