Jack Staples and the Ring of Time

To begin with "Jack Staples and the Ring of Time" was kind of hard to get into. The time jumping was confusing and not very easy to follow during the first few chapters. The pace started off a bit slow but picked up through the book and after two-thirds of it I was hooked. The world is built well, and everything is explained in due time.

There is an ancient battle going on between good and evil, and we are just starting to see it. All humans and animals are born with scales on their eyes which prevents them from seeing the evil creatures for what they are, but the scales are starting to come off, so people turn into the "awakened." Jack Staples is born without scales on his eyes and he has the ability to walk through time., a power he has to come to terms with and learn to control. Just because you can walk through time, it does not mean that you can play god, somethings cannot be change no matter how hard you try.

It is easy to see "The Author" and "The Assassin" as euphemism for "God" and "the Devil", as they portray their characteristics through their representation of ancient good and evil. The book portray a Christian moral, but in a concealed way and without making the reader feel preached to..

I did not like the character of Mrs. Dumphry,as most of her dialogue felt contrived and her "riddles" were more of less only consisting on well-chewed clichés. And she seemed more like a "plot-device" rather than a necessary character.

However, I look forward to read more of this series. and see where Jack Staples end up.

I really enjoy my first adventure with Jack, Alexis, along with Arthur. What a bunch of fantastic and interesting characters. I thought all three parties made this book a fun one to read. I loved that the circus played a part in the story. I felt so bad for all that Jack had to deal with throw out this first book. And I can't wait to see what next adventure I get to read about next in this wonderful storyline.