The Hero Always Wins [Kindle Edition]

With a name like The Hero Always Wins, I went into it expecting a predictable adventure. Nothing could be further from the truth. From the first, page Eaton grabs your attention with a world that seems familiar and welcoming but, never the less, keeps you guessing at every turn. I can't remember a book that was harder to anticipate without using non sequitur curve balls.

It was quite a ride. I laughed out loud, and even read a few parts peering out from between my fingers. Eaton paints his characters with vivid detail, makes you care about them, and then makes it clear that none of them are safe.

His setting is remarkable. You feel instantly at home, yet it is full of new and exciting people and magic. He fulfilled one requirement I look for in magic, in that he set up rules for how it worked that were easy to grasp, and then worked within those bounds to have the characters solve their problems.

I would recommend this book to any fan of fantasy, and I would love to read more about this world and characters.

I like my fantasy novels fast-paced, action-packed and positively dripping with sensuality, and Robert Eaton's must-read masterpiece does not disappoint!

Though I'd never met Mr. Eaton before stumbling upon "The Hero Always Wins," I can safely say I feel as though I've been reading his work for years. Detailed and descriptive, ironic and at times, sarcastic, he writes with an almost robotic efficiency, moving between rage-filled battle scenes and steamy sexual tension as if they were but lines of code in his computerized symphony.

The heroic knight Darcy, tall (statuesque, even) and true, carves through the nefarious demon hordes of Angra-Jyn like a ski through fresh snow (SPOILER ALERT: He's so extreme, navigating the line between madness and sanity). His "lady in red," comely and spirited, with a zest for life and libations! Rich characters so real that I feel as if I actually know them outside of Eaton's lush and fantastical universe.

I laughed. I wept openly. I shuddered at the weight of Eaton's well-crafted web (and boy, does this author love the web!). Eaton is a man who must truly grasp and recognize the subtleties of human emotion. "The Hero Always Wins," and in this case, so does the reader!

What can I say, but to start off by saying they don't call it epic fantasy just for the hell of it. I grew up on Tolkien. My bed time stories when I was young were 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings'. Fantasy is and always will be my favorite genre, so when I met Robert Eaton on Twitter, I was excited. Another fantasy writer! I quickly downloaded his book and finally got to it about three months later.

'The Hero Always Wins' is fantastic. It has warlocks, knights, wyrms, healers, magic... if you want it, it's in there. What I absolutely loved was the twist. I can't go into it because it will give away a big part of the story, but let me tell you this: when I finally realized what was happening, my jaw dropped, and I swore out loud, which earned me a raised eyebrow from my husband.

Eaton's characters are real. Their range of emotion is fantastic... you never end a scene wondering how that particular character has handled it emotionally. The discriptions of the lanscapes and places are phenomenal.

This book is Robert's debut novel... and I never would have guessed it had I not known. A lot of debut novels (mine included) seem to have that 'I'm getting comfortable with my author skin' feel to them. 'The Hero Always Wins' doesn't. It starts off well written and it ends well written.

So, do I recommend this book? Obviously! This one gets five stars from me.

All that's left to say, really, is Robert, when's your next novel coming out?