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The Impossible Castle (Guardian of the Realm Book 1)

M. Gregg Roe (Goodreads Author)

2.25 · Rating details · 4 ratings · 3 reviews

Who (or what) is building a castle in the middle of nowhere?

For the young Guardian of Andoran's Realm, it’s a real concern. People are relying on her. Okay, most of the populace don’t even know she exists, but it’s still her job to protect them. Well, one of her jobs. She’s also teaching martial arts and helping to raise her orphaned cousins. Life is complicated. Anyway, ...more

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Feb 03, 2020 Jolie rated it it was ok

Fantasy is a favorite genre of mine to read. I haven’t read a straight fantasy novel in forever. So when I was approached to review The Impossible Castle, I was more than happy to accept the review. Then I read the book. It took me six days to read the book. Six days when I usually read a book within 1-2 days.

The Impossible Castle tells the story about Audrey, the young Guardian of Andoran’s Realm, and a mysterious castle that is being built. Audrey enlists the help of old and new friends to fig Fantasy is a favorite genre of mine to read. I haven’t read a straight fantasy novel in forever. So when I was approached to review The Impossible Castle, I was more than happy to accept the review. Then I read the book. It took me six days to read the book. Six days when I usually read a book within 1-2 days.

The Impossible Castle tells the story about Audrey, the young Guardian of Andoran’s Realm, and a mysterious castle that is being built. Audrey enlists the help of old and new friends to figure out exactly why the castle is being assembled and if it is a danger to her Realm.

The Impossible Castle’s plotline was medium paced and, when I could follow it, was well written. But, I had a hard time following it. If the author had kept to Audrey’s plotline, I would have been OK with it. But there were plotlines involving her friends that were in no way were connected to the main plotline. That made it hard for me to focus and honestly made it hard for me to enjoy the book.

The characters were well written. But, the story cycled between 4-5 characters, and the book got dragged down. I dislike it when there are two POV’s, so 4-5? No, thank you. It made an already tedious book harder to read.

The Impossible Castle is not for teens. There are no explicit sex scenes, but there is a lot of sex. There is a succubus who uses her powers as an executioner. Building the castle makes everyone incredibly horny. There were several scenes where they are building the castle and have to go home to have sex. I am not a prude, far from it, but I wouldn’t feel comfortable having a teenager reading the book.

As I was reading The Impossible Castle, I kept getting a feeling that this was part of a series. Well, I wasn’t right, but I wasn’t wrong. The characters were all featured in Andoran’s Realm. Again, it wasn’t evident because the author kept referencing things that happened in that series. I kept thinking I was missing out on something until after the book was read. So, because of that, I would suggest that you read the Andoran’s Realm trilogy first. I wish I did.

The end of the book was exciting but didn’t make me want to read the next book. After six days of reading, I was glad to be done..

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Jan 12, 2020 Rosemary rated it liked it

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The Impossible Castle (Guardian of the Realm Book 1) - a review by Rosemary Kenny

According to notes by the author, M.Gregg Roe is mainly a writer of fantasy video games. All credit to him for this, but I feel the narrative of The Impossible Castle is a little disjointed overall, as if the author wanted a reaction from the gamer/reader before continuing with the next part of the tale.
Basically, the heroine Audrey is a complicated mix of farm-girl in a rural quasi-medieval setting - but she's the ...more

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Nov 29, 2019 Paul Vanderburg rated it did not like it

Who are these people and why are they so boring?

DNF, got to 60%.

The characters are boring. The plot is boring....no, the plot does not exist.

Let's say this a different way. This is the first in a series, but reads like the third in a series. I don't know who these people are, but the author wrote like I will instantly care about the somewhat tedious things they do.

Needs more action. Needs more character introduction so I care about them. ...more

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As you might expect from someone trying to make his name as a writer of sword & sorcery fantasy, I have degrees in mathematics and physics and have written many scientific papers. (I have patents too!) Okay, that stuff doesn’t really help much. What about over three decades of writing increasingly complex Dungeons & Dragons adventures for my players? Or the tens of thousands of words describing th ...more