Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind (REVIEW)

This is the first book of the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind! (I read the series as a part of my series new years resolution.) 

Wizard's First Rule is the story of Richard Cypher and Kahlan Amnell. Kahlan travels into the Westlands from Midland through a magical boundary that seals magic of from the Westland in the search for Zedd, a old wizard. She want him to name a new seeker. A seeker is this powerful hero who will hopefully will save the world but it got to be the right person otherwise the seeker will turn into something non-human. When she's in Westland she bump into Richard. With his kind heart he help her from some pursues. Zedd name Richard the new seeker and now they have to get into Midand to stop Darken Rahl from getting the last Box of Orden which would make him the most powerful living "thing" alive. That's how this huge adventure begins I cant say much more without spoiling too much of the story. In this huge adventure they meet everything from shadow people to mud people, Mord'sith, Wizards, Witches, Confessors and many more creatures!

I loved this book! :) The love story in this book is really connected to how events turn out unlike a lot of other fantasy books where it is just a thing on the side to appeal to more people. I grew so attached to these characters that I almost cried when something happened to them, AND TRUST ME Terry Goodkind LOVE to torture his characters in all different ways torture can be done. Well I guess that sounds really depressing but the book is filled with these really unique positive motivational lines and a lot of one liners that can make you smile even though you should be hiding in you bed with fear.

For you people who have seen the TV-Series Legend of the seeker and liked it, you will definitely like this book because the TV-series have not spoiled you too much! It's like they are on their way to the same destination but take different roads to get there and the road that is called "Book Road" is a lot more epic and got different huge stores to stop by compared to "Television Avenue" which got A LOT of small stores that is completely different. In the end both roads meet... I hope you get what I mean! 

Well as you might notice I did enjoy this book a lot. A extra + goes to the cover art (This goes for pretty much all the books) IT. IS. AMAZING! The artist who painted the cover art, Keith Parkinson have made illustrations for things such as EverQuest, Guardians and Magic:The Gathering. Due to the fact that he passed away in 2005 he did not make the cover art for all the books in the series but most of them.


I'd give this book a 5/5! It's an unique experience and a really good start for a series, I'm so excited to read the next one in February!... And come on! IT HAVE DRAGONS!

One of the quotes that I just LOVE from the book, It wont spoil anything and if you think it is spoiling don't worry there's many quotes like this;  “Sometimes, making the wrong choice is better than making no choice. You have the courage to go forward, that is rare. A person who stands at the fork, unable to pick, will never get anywhere.” Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule.

Jimmy B.