First, I have to admit that my tastes run a little out of line with the typical mom.  Sure, I may have been instrumental in ushering in the Twilight craze among local moms, but generally speaking…  well, lets just say that I’ve never read a word of Jodi Picoult or Nora Roberts, and I don’t really intend to.  I am a lover of young adult fiction, of fantasy, and admittedly some “chick lit” (I loved The Lovely Bones)

That being said, I just finished reading The Name of the Wind, and I loved it.  It is the story of how a brilliant young boy thrived in the face of adversity, and grew to be an epic hero.

I have to admit that I didn’t like the main character, Kvothe very much at first.  I thought he was arrogant and smug as he recounted his intellectual prowess.  But as the story progresses, and life crushes in on him, you begin to see the man he becomes, when being a clever little boy is no longer enough.

The Name of the Wind is the first (an only published, so far)  book in a promising new series by author Patrick Rothfuss of Wisconsin.  I found it thorough and brilliantly crafted,much like the Harry Potter novels.  Only The Name of the Wind is meatier, designed for adult readers who are looking forsomething more substantial to gnaw on.  If you are any sort of fantasy fan (note that my fantasy fandom doesn’t stray past J.R.R. Tolkein, C.S. Lewis, Neil Gaiman and J.K. Rowling) I think you will thoroughly enjoy this book.