Review of "Her Majesty's wizard" on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Love the genre: modern day person gets (semi-)accidentally transported to a medieval alternate universe that has magic. Loved the premise: protagonist discovers that he can work magic by reciting poetry/song lyrics. Meh-ed by the execution.
I've always secretly thought about such a music-based magic system (especially after Mercedes Lackey's Bedlam's Bard series), so I had high hopes for this book. However, I wasn't fond of the main character (although much of that could stem from something as simple as, "hey, I wouldn't do that in that situation!"), and at some point it got oddly preachy about the nature of Good and Evil. If I wanted moral philosophy, I'd read a book on Ethics. Leave heavy-handed morality and religious subtext out of my fantasy books, please!
