Surprisingly EXCELLENT Fantasy! The Black Crown Review!

Big recommend for all fantasy readers!
Today we're looking at The Black Crown by ‪@AuthorJohnADouglas‬, which I found to be a really excellent fantasy novel after I got through the problems I saw in the first bit of the book.
I gotta admit, I was worried through the first few chapters of this book.
I think the glossary at the start was really poorly thought out, and the prologue was a bit too cliche, and then when the POV changed drastically in the second chapter, I was worried this was going to be another Dragon Wing!
Thankfully, by the end of the fifth chapter, most of my worries were gone, and the story developed into something really awesome!
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[@AuthorJohnADouglas]

You’re the second reader who didn’t like the start but was won over by the end. Appreciate you taking the time to read. Oh I would not separate the characters for long, don’t doubt. What’s the point of an adventure if your friends aren’t there with you?

[@RudolphKohn]

I agree 100% about having friends along for the adventure. I guess Dragon Wing's schizophrenic POV kind of traumatized me (but, like, in a comedic way, where I'm just really painfully aware of it when I read now). The first three chapters were very good (Ragoth was a really interesting, compelling character from the start) except that they made me worry that you were going to keep them separate. Thankfully, you dispelled that fear quickly, and the rest of the book is excellent. Looking forward to Lionheart. Just give that glossary a little more thought if you decide to add it. One thing I'll note here that I forgot to mention in the video: the Factions/Ages glossaries were fine. It's just most of the other vocab seemed way too obvious, or it was something that should just be explained in the story's context.