Big awesome surprise!! I went there with no expectation at all, and discover a series that I'll read really fast, #2 and #3 are on their way right now. This is considered a pre-teens books, like between 10-14 years old, but I think that there is a lot of adult fantasy fan that would enjoy it! It takes the best elements of Lord of the Rings, and many fantasy as well (dwarf, elves, humans and orcs) mixed it with what make me thing of Harry Potter (a witchcraft school) and then put some demon/magic creatures friends (kind of Pokemon likes mostly but cooler!) and you have a tremendous result. It could have gone horribly wrong mixing stuff like that, but the author did it in a really good way, everything falls into place perfectly, the characters are very likeables, there is action, magic, friendship and of course a big wars that'll change the world. A very epic book and series (I hope), that the fantasy fan should really go all in and have a look. Highly recommended!!!