Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1) by Laini Taylor

 

Right from the start I fell for this book. Taylor has written the beginning to a story that is crafted for a reader who loves the magic of reading. A young hero who starts as an orphan brought up by monks who have no idea who he is or where he came from. Called Strange as all orphans are, he grows up loving the stories of a fabled land lost to the mists of time. When he is sent on an errand and sees the great library he knows he is where he belongs and so begins the first steps towards what will be Strange's ultimate story. Not yet fully written but page by page his destiny is being intertwined with the very essence of the one story that has enchanted him since he was a small child. The story of Weep, lost to the world for hundreds of years is still being written and Strange will bear witness to its resurgence or its final moments. Along with him will be a coterie of individuals who will be tasked with the impossible job of rescuing Weep from its nemesis, for in the skies of Weep lingers a haunting memory of its worst nightmares and within that nightmare lies the soul of someone who may bring about its salvation. A story of wrongs done, lives shattered, regrets, recriminations, and the shreds of hope that refuse to die. A story about a love that is pure and true and the wrath of revenge that threatens all.

You will not put this book down without the feeling that you have just entered into the beginning of an epic saga. You have just met a new hero the likes of which have not been seen since the times of the ancient Greeks and that thought alone is a reader's dream.