The Legend Of Eli Monpress (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
The Legend of Eli Monpress is a fantastic series. Though it's not your typical epic high fantasy novel, it does what is sets out to do and that is to be a fun, entertaining read. This omnibus contains the first three books of the five book series. The first two books, The Spirit Thief and The Spirit Rebellion, are quiet similar in how the over all plot plays out. The plots are different, but I just felt that they were executed in a molded kind of sense. It also does take a bit before you really get a back story for the characters. That being said, the rest of the series strays from this mold and we get a deeper look into the characters and into the over all arching story. The third book, The Spirit Eater, is defiantly my favourite book in the series for a few reasons. 1) The plot got more deeper and interesting and 2) I was excited that we got to read more about the character Nico who, for the first two books, was quiet and more of a side/background character. The story is told following multiple characters, one of which being the title character, Eli Monpress who is a thief and also happens to be a wizard. In this book, everything from a blade of grass to a chair to a door has a spirit and only wizards can speak to these spirits. Eli uses his ability to speak to spirits to help him become the world's greatest thief by sweet talking locks into unlocking and such things. He does this along with his two companions; Josef who is a skilled swordsman with a powerful, magic sword and Nico who is a demonseed and possesses super human abilities. Throughout the books they are being tracked by Miranda, a wizard who is trying to arrest Eli for his crimes. The world that was created in this story is wonderful and I loved characters and overall plot. I found myself addicted to this series and spent many nights reading into the early morning. I highly recommend this series to anyone who is looking for a fun fantasy read. This was fun. The prose is not breath taking and the dialogue is not as sharp as I wanted it to be. But I loved the premise of everything having a spirit, it made the world alive and lively. I got very attached to the character of Nico. Her internal struggles against the demon seed inside of her engaged me enough to read on and pick up the next omnibus. Not one for the BOOK LUST shelves but definitely not one I am in a hurry to gift to a charity shop.
What do You think about The Legend Of Eli Monpress (2012)?
Very entertaining, great magic system, wonderful characters. Can't wait to read books 4 and 5!
—sagarmatha71
