Making a Name for Itself

As a new voice on Really Random Reviews, I thought I'd share my favorite new fantasy novel, which has just been released in paperback.

Name of the Wind
by Patrick Rothfuss

This is a high-action story written with a poet's hand, "The Name of the Wind" is a masterpiece that will transport readers into the body and mind of a wizard.

This is the tale of the magically gifted young man who grows to be the most notorious wizard his world has ever seen. The intimate narrative of his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, and his life as a fugitive after the murder of a king form a gripping coming-of-age story unrivaled in recent literature.

If you've begun to feel like all the fantasy books you read are rehashes of "Lord of the Rings" or "Harry Potter", this is the book for you. It has the depth of a classic and storytelling that won't let you go.