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Jon Oklar #3
The Path of Giants
Jon is the hand and will of the king against the growing shadow. Dark power stirs, giants about to clash. Jon has tasted the stench of death, and he knows he cannot face these challenges alone.
Betrayal and suspicions among Jon’s trusted friends threaten to tear asunder their fragile plans. A chance encounter with a powerful, unknown mage from the enemy kingdom could shift the delicate balance in Jon’s favor. Can Jon look beyond his own suspicions and protect her long enough to earn the trust of his closest allies? Battles loom, forces are aligned, and help is in high demand.
Taking risks is pivotal, and the fate of Jon’s meager allies rests upon his decisions as never before. In Jon’s journey to bring peace and stability to the kingdom, he will first have to harness chaos.
Betrayal and suspicions among Jon’s trusted friends threaten to tear asunder their fragile plans. A chance encounter with a powerful, unknown mage from the enemy kingdom could shift the delicate balance in Jon’s favor. Can Jon look beyond his own suspicions and protect her long enough to earn the trust of his closest allies? Battles loom, forces are aligned, and help is in high demand.
Taking risks is pivotal, and the fate of Jon’s meager allies rests upon his decisions as never before. In Jon’s journey to bring peace and stability to the kingdom, he will first have to harness chaos.
331 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 15, 2020
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November 16, 2020
The third book in an already impressive series, Jon Oklar’s adventures never seem to cease. I went in expecting, of course, an amazing plot and cast. The new characters were even better than anticipated, and helped create a plot you’ll never expect.
The action is amping up as we move forward in the series, with battles and conflict and drama everywhere you look. Jon’s powers continue to impress. Our enemies grow fiercer by the page. I found myself a little panicked for my favorite characters throughout my read and was practically unable to set the book down. The pace is fast and intense, and I’m sure you’ll find yourself just as immersed in this world as I was. This is perhaps one of Narro’s most intricate magic systems and worlds, and there’s always something new around the corner!
I highly recommend you continue the series. And if you haven’t read the first two, it’s definitely worth it. While I love all of the Narro books, this series is a personal favorite! I’m already eagerly awaiting book 4 :)
The action is amping up as we move forward in the series, with battles and conflict and drama everywhere you look. Jon’s powers continue to impress. Our enemies grow fiercer by the page. I found myself a little panicked for my favorite characters throughout my read and was practically unable to set the book down. The pace is fast and intense, and I’m sure you’ll find yourself just as immersed in this world as I was. This is perhaps one of Narro’s most intricate magic systems and worlds, and there’s always something new around the corner!
I highly recommend you continue the series. And if you haven’t read the first two, it’s definitely worth it. While I love all of the Narro books, this series is a personal favorite! I’m already eagerly awaiting book 4 :)
December 9, 2020
Too Many Volumes
The story’s okay but Tolkien only took three volumes for a masterpiece, why is this one dragging on and on?
The story’s okay but Tolkien only took three volumes for a masterpiece, why is this one dragging on and on?
January 28, 2021
I enjoyed the books and wondered when the next book is due for publication?
December 18, 2020
No bad
Iiked the series wast to bad a bit too much inner dialog but I can skip it this series better finish I hope you see this B.T.Narro
Iiked the series wast to bad a bit too much inner dialog but I can skip it this series better finish I hope you see this B.T.Narro
December 10, 2022
You’ll have to bear with me throughout this review. As I ‘read’ the book through Audible, some spellings might differ from the novel.
The best thing about this series continues to be the magic system.
I found this book quite juvenile. It felt like when I was a teenager and reading a fanfiction. I have not given a review of any of the books in the series yet but felt compelled to comment on this lacklustre book.
I took issue with our introduction to Catalia’s father, Whitley. He just appeared to be a caricature of the worst parts of the aristocracy and no explanation was given for why Catalia differs so significantly from him. Apart from this problem, it was obvious that he was going to die when Catalia all but said, if my dad dies then it solves this issue of being required to marry Trevor. And then her uncle came and took care of that for her. How kind of him, but it was very stupid that no-one else apart from Jon appeared to be wary of this man that was dismissed from his role by the king because of a plethora of rumours about his dabbles in the dark.
On top of that, Catalia’s immediate reaction to her father dying being to blame Jon felt very cringeworthy. And the fact that her mother reacted the same way compounded this cringe for me.
Eden
The fact that Eden is forgiven so readily for essentially killing Remi is ridiculous. She is taken back into the castle and her ‘punishment’ for attempted murder and treason is to learn dark magic instead of being allowed to continue with enchantment. I’m not sure about anyone else, but if I were betrayed by someone in such a significant way, I would not so easily let them back into my abode, just because they did me a solid once and targeted an enemy of mine, who also screwed them over.
Overall, I’m not sure if it’s because I am consuming this series as an audiobook or if it’s just the story but as I am consuming this series I’m finding it increasingly capable of making me roll my eyes about the tropes employed and how shallow some of the characters and dialogue is. I’ll continue reading this series because I’m a ‘have to finish a series I started masochist’ but I don’t think I’ll be extracting as much enjoyment as I was when I initially began.
The best thing about this series continues to be the magic system.
I found this book quite juvenile. It felt like when I was a teenager and reading a fanfiction. I have not given a review of any of the books in the series yet but felt compelled to comment on this lacklustre book.
I took issue with our introduction to Catalia’s father, Whitley. He just appeared to be a caricature of the worst parts of the aristocracy and no explanation was given for why Catalia differs so significantly from him. Apart from this problem, it was obvious that he was going to die when Catalia all but said, if my dad dies then it solves this issue of being required to marry Trevor. And then her uncle came and took care of that for her. How kind of him, but it was very stupid that no-one else apart from Jon appeared to be wary of this man that was dismissed from his role by the king because of a plethora of rumours about his dabbles in the dark.
On top of that, Catalia’s immediate reaction to her father dying being to blame Jon felt very cringeworthy. And the fact that her mother reacted the same way compounded this cringe for me.
Eden
The fact that Eden is forgiven so readily for essentially killing Remi is ridiculous. She is taken back into the castle and her ‘punishment’ for attempted murder and treason is to learn dark magic instead of being allowed to continue with enchantment. I’m not sure about anyone else, but if I were betrayed by someone in such a significant way, I would not so easily let them back into my abode, just because they did me a solid once and targeted an enemy of mine, who also screwed them over.
Overall, I’m not sure if it’s because I am consuming this series as an audiobook or if it’s just the story but as I am consuming this series I’m finding it increasingly capable of making me roll my eyes about the tropes employed and how shallow some of the characters and dialogue is. I’ll continue reading this series because I’m a ‘have to finish a series I started masochist’ but I don’t think I’ll be extracting as much enjoyment as I was when I initially began.
June 2, 2022
I liked the story so far. But I give one star for not providing a content warning for the rape scene of a minor.
Fantasy is the only genre where people seem to be okay with this, and it pisses me off to no end. I'd like my fantasy without being depressing thank you very much. Please dear authors / publishers: just add a fucking content warning in the description. It takes 2 seconds to inform readers so they can make a proper decision before they're halfway through book 3...
Why every modern fantasy writer needs to add torture, rape and pedophilia in their books I have no idea. It's plain depressing and it took all the fun out of the series for me.
Other than that: the story pretty much lost me when the demi gods were revealed at the end of the last book. Now it's just a super generic omniscient antagonist who *constantly* suddenly teleports himself onto the protagonists out of nowhere for a quick fight scene and then disappears again. I'm getting a bit bored by the same thing happening over and over again.
Fantasy is the only genre where people seem to be okay with this, and it pisses me off to no end. I'd like my fantasy without being depressing thank you very much. Please dear authors / publishers: just add a fucking content warning in the description. It takes 2 seconds to inform readers so they can make a proper decision before they're halfway through book 3...
Why every modern fantasy writer needs to add torture, rape and pedophilia in their books I have no idea. It's plain depressing and it took all the fun out of the series for me.
Other than that: the story pretty much lost me when the demi gods were revealed at the end of the last book. Now it's just a super generic omniscient antagonist who *constantly* suddenly teleports himself onto the protagonists out of nowhere for a quick fight scene and then disappears again. I'm getting a bit bored by the same thing happening over and over again.
September 15, 2024
This book is complete trash.
Characters have great growth in books 1 and 2, but in book 3 they turn into idiotic 5 year Olds who do what anyone tells them to do, then when someone who is obviously looking to start a fight and is a known bad guy comes over to "apologize" they act like idiotic children for 3 chapters until the obvious betrayal, then Jon claims he is the only one of the idiot children who saw it coming after he willingly smoked some dope the bad guy gave him which made him drowsy and difficult to cast. THEN he willingly gives a witch his hair AFTER she tells him she can use it to put all kinds of curses on him.
This book is complete garbage. I don't care if the other 2/3rds of this book gets better. I will never know because it's already deleted off my kindle, so are books 4 and 5 because I will never read them because this book is so bad it's like an emo middle schooler wrote a fan fiction of what should happen after the first two books.
It's sad to see a decent writer put out such complete garbage in the middle of the series.
Characters have great growth in books 1 and 2, but in book 3 they turn into idiotic 5 year Olds who do what anyone tells them to do, then when someone who is obviously looking to start a fight and is a known bad guy comes over to "apologize" they act like idiotic children for 3 chapters until the obvious betrayal, then Jon claims he is the only one of the idiot children who saw it coming after he willingly smoked some dope the bad guy gave him which made him drowsy and difficult to cast. THEN he willingly gives a witch his hair AFTER she tells him she can use it to put all kinds of curses on him.
This book is complete garbage. I don't care if the other 2/3rds of this book gets better. I will never know because it's already deleted off my kindle, so are books 4 and 5 because I will never read them because this book is so bad it's like an emo middle schooler wrote a fan fiction of what should happen after the first two books.
It's sad to see a decent writer put out such complete garbage in the middle of the series.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 10, 2022
Good series, but...
While I enjoyed reading the Jon Oklar books, I think authors should have the integrity of identifying that a series is unfinished. A good author had their plot planned out and should know how many books it will take to complete the story. The reader deserves to know what they are getting into when the begin. There is a difference between a comic book and a book. One is a perpetual storyline with no planned ending. The other is a narrative of a developed story. I fear some authors can get caught up in the success of their books, and try to milk the story to increase sales and profits.
While I enjoyed reading the Jon Oklar books, I think authors should have the integrity of identifying that a series is unfinished. A good author had their plot planned out and should know how many books it will take to complete the story. The reader deserves to know what they are getting into when the begin. There is a difference between a comic book and a book. One is a perpetual storyline with no planned ending. The other is a narrative of a developed story. I fear some authors can get caught up in the success of their books, and try to milk the story to increase sales and profits.
July 19, 2023
The third of five books in the Jon Oklar series. The group of magicians acquire a witch but is she evil? There are battles small and large between the good guys and the bad guys. The demigods join the battles and the most feared god is woken up and flies over the land. The evil Valinox steals a magical stone that allows him to remain invisible and kidnaps and launches assaults on the good magicians who cannot see him. The story builds up towards the final battle between the military and magic of both sides.
March 28, 2022
RETHINK
I was getting a bit over this series after book 2 and decided not to go any further. After a special price became available I thought I would just keep it in the library for a wet day. I am so happy I did as I enjoyed No 3 immensely and am looking to purchase the following one. The characters are proving quite interesting as they develop and are not predictable.
For those who feel like me just persevere. It’s CD worth it.
I was getting a bit over this series after book 2 and decided not to go any further. After a special price became available I thought I would just keep it in the library for a wet day. I am so happy I did as I enjoyed No 3 immensely and am looking to purchase the following one. The characters are proving quite interesting as they develop and are not predictable.
For those who feel like me just persevere. It’s CD worth it.
June 20, 2021
Great book! Series just keeps getting better!
I really enjoyed this third installment of the series. The characters have really grown and I find I can't wait to see where the story will lead. Great book, well written, and a very original world and concepts on a sword & sorcery story.
I really enjoyed this third installment of the series. The characters have really grown and I find I can't wait to see where the story will lead. Great book, well written, and a very original world and concepts on a sword & sorcery story.
March 29, 2022
You are going to lose sleep
OMG, haven't been able to put these books down. As I finish this book I look at the clock and see if is 3am. Jon and the gang just hop from adventure to another. I just love the way these Characters interact. It seems so realistic in their interactions. The ring I like most is their magic do not make them vegetable. Can't wait to start book 4.
OMG, haven't been able to put these books down. As I finish this book I look at the clock and see if is 3am. Jon and the gang just hop from adventure to another. I just love the way these Characters interact. It seems so realistic in their interactions. The ring I like most is their magic do not make them vegetable. Can't wait to start book 4.
December 16, 2024
I am loving BT Narro and his characters and world building. I will say though with this story in particular the pacing is all over the place and the love interests and lack thereof seem a little forced. That being said the story itself is amazing. I’ve never been an epic fantasy reader but BT Narro has introduced me to a whole new world of reading
March 20, 2021
Typical teenage wuss,
Wasted two days hoping this guy would show some moxie. In today’s environment he’s a super liberal democrat but isn’t what publishers want. Where’s a Jack Reacher in fantasy?
Wasted two days hoping this guy would show some moxie. In today’s environment he’s a super liberal democrat but isn’t what publishers want. Where’s a Jack Reacher in fantasy?
October 19, 2021
Honestly, this book dragged for me. There was a lot of repetition in Jon's thoughts and the romance is very tedious to read and feels forced. I almost didn't finish the book, tbh, and I'm having to take a break to read other books before I tackle the next book but I do want to at least finish this series. A lot of this book should have been edited out by proof-readers to clean out the repeating thought sequences and tighten up the plot beats.
May 2, 2022
Good stuff! The characters continue to evolve. The answers to some secrets are revealed as new secrets evolve. New relationships, new magic is discovered, new characters appear - but not unrealistically. I can't wait to see what happens next!
December 29, 2022
This is the story of a few underpowered sorcerers that are the elite forces of a whole kingdom and the supposedly super strong demigod villain who can't even kill them.
Oh, and also the most weak demigod turned giant furious dragon that you ever read about.
Oh, and also the most weak demigod turned giant furious dragon that you ever read about.
December 31, 2020
Best of the series. I'm disappointed that the saga just stopped here.
May 20, 2021
Very Good
I like how B. T. Narro bring all the different characters together. The story is well written and leaves you wanting more!
I like how B. T. Narro bring all the different characters together. The story is well written and leaves you wanting more!
March 20, 2022
Great story
I really enjoyed reading book 3. The story of Jon keeps you hooked and I'm ready to start book 4. Good job B.T.
I really enjoyed reading book 3. The story of Jon keeps you hooked and I'm ready to start book 4. Good job B.T.
May 24, 2023
Great read...each book in this series has just gotten better. I really have enjoyed the first three.
February 26, 2023
Only problem I have with this boon is it was over too soon! More!
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