L'Homme rune

Executive Summary: I really enjoyed this, and apparently I should have picked up this series a lot sooner than I did.Audiobook: Pete Bradbury narrates [a:Django Wexler 639491 Django Wexler https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1357865518p2/639491.jpg]'s Shadow Campaign series, which I absolutely love. I thought he was a pretty good fit for that series, I probably like him for this series even more. He doesn't do voices or anything, I just like the sound of his reading voice. My only complaint is he can sometimes be on the quiet side, which isn't great for audio. I think I'm used to him by now though, so I plan to continue on this series in audio.Full ReviewThis book/series has been on my radar for years. I'm not typically one to wait for the final book in the series to come out before giving something a try, but I just felt like I already have too many series in progress and kept putting it off.Well now the final book is out, and the vast majority of my friends who have been reading it all along seem to have really enjoyed it. Getting a cheap copy of the audio didn't hurt either. I don't read as much as I was a few years ago, but I still listen to a ton of audio.The book focuses on three characters, and I'd say about 75% of it serves as an origin story. The main focus is a young boy named Arlen. However we get a fair bit of time with Leesha and later on Rojer.Arlen's chapters were good, but probably the most predictable of the three. I still found his journey to be fascinating as the world Mr. Brett has created is excellent. I also found it refreshing to have a badass monk, instead of your typical sword wielding hero.The demons are different from your typical antagonist too. We don't really know why they are coming, or if anything can be done to stop them, but the Warded Man seems determined to find a way.Leesha's chapters were easily my favorite. I especially loved Bruna, the town herb gatherer. I thought Leesha got a lot of great character development, and I was most interested in seeing where her plot would go. I will say there was one part of her story I didn't care for, and largely felt unnecessary to the plot/her character development. Maybe I'm being unfair to Mr. Weeks, but I saw it coming a mile away and that didn't make it any less frustrating when it happened.Rojer was the least interesting of the three to me, but by the end of the book he had grown into something far more interested than expected. I love a good Bard, and this book is full of several. Unfortunately they all seem like awful arrogant, selfish people. Except for Rojer. He's maybe a little too naive as a result, but I found it refreshing after how awful many of the other characters turned out to be.I'm curious to see where this series goes, this book set things up nicely. The ward magic seems really interesting, and it makes for a really excellent plot device. I've already jumped into the next book. I suspect that despite my late start to this series, it won't be very long until I've bought and read the entire series.