The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima

Author: Cinda Williams Chima

Publisher: Hyperion

Publication Date: February 27, 2007

Pages: 426

Format: Paperback

My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

Purchase Links: [Chapters/Indigo] [Amazon]

Goodreaders Synopsis:

An epic battle between good and evil... Before he knew about the Roses, 16-year-old Jack lived an unremarkable life in the small Ohio town of Trinity. Only the medicine he has to take daily and the thick scar above his heart set him apart from the other high schoolers. Then one day Jack skips his medicine. Suddenly, he is stronger, fiercer, and more confident than ever before. And it feels great - until he loses control of his own strength and nearly kills another player during soccer team tryouts. Soon, Jack learns the startling truth about himself: he is Weirlind, part of an underground society of magical people who live among us. At their helm sits the feuding houses of the Red Rose and the White Rose, whose power is determined by playing The Game - a magical tournament in which each house sponsors a warrior to fight to the death. The winning house rules the Weir. As if his bizarre heritage isn't enough, Jack finds out that he's not just another member of Weirlind - he's one of the last of the warriors - at a time when both houses are scouting for a player.

Review:

In this series there are four magical beings called Weir; wizards, warriors, enchanters, sorcerers, and elicitors. The wizards are at the top of the heirachy and the warriors are at the bottom. Wizards use the warriors as slaves and make them fight against each other to the death in order to gain power. With the wizards using warrior to fight for them they ended up having little to no warriors left. so when wizards hear of a warrior roaming around they go looking for them hoping to get him/she to fight for them. If the warrior is difficult or refuses to join them or has joined the other team they would rather have the warrior dead than going to the opposing team.

The main protagonist, Jack Swift, was born a wizard but without a wizard stone. So instead of putting a wizard stone in him, the doctor decided to implant a warrior stone instead and use him to gain power within the wizards.

Since it is the first book in the series there was a lot of world building so it was slow at times, but at the end you get the look of the world and can jump into the other books (which I cannot wait to do).

Jack and his friends are in high school. Even though Jack is magical he still has regular teenage problems: ex-girlfriends, nemesis's, the usual high school drama. I liked that, that Chima was still showing us that even though Jack's life gets turned upside down, he's still kind of relatable.

I had a really hard time putting the book down, always wanting to know what was going to happen next. It was addicting, it was written so well that at times I would just nod my head in satisfaction. The only thing was that it was a little predictable but even as I predicted it, it still shook me. Warrior Heir is full of twists and turns that will surprise you no matter what!

My little brother has been begging me to give him a book to read and I think that Warrior Heir is perfect for him...(of course under supervisors I don't want him to destroy it!) I'm looking forward to continue the series.

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