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Finally, I'm back on here. Its taken me awhile, but I've finally finished The Black Prism by Brent Weeks. He wrote the Night Angel's Trilogy as well. The Black Prism is the first book in the Lightbringer Series. To start off, the best part of this book is the magic. For me it was unique and separate from most other forms of magic in fantasy books. The magic is light based, meaning the magic users (drafters) need light to perform magic. Each drafter has at least one color of the visible spectrum that they can convert into matter. Weeks includes ultra-violet and infra red as well. Each color has its own characteristics that go with it: green = wild, red = angry, blue = logical, etc. which effect how the drafter acts and thinks. The entire story hinges on the magic, because there is a strict religious hierarchy within the drafters, but not everyone agrees with the status quo. Interestingly enough, as of now, there is no "great" struggle between good and evil. Both sides of the conflict, from their own perspectives, are convincing enough to make the conflict about the grey areas of morals and ethics, and not a black and white, right and wrong struggle. This is one of the aspects that attracts me to Weeks as a fantasy writer. He also did this in the Night Angel's Trilogy. Overall, I thought it was a great read and I'm eagerly awaiting the next installment. Don't worry I'll be back on here to go a little more in depth with the characters and plot. I'll try to keep the spoilers to a minimum, so just to be careful it would be good to read it first before visiting again.
