You sort of have to ask yourself a couple of questions when it comes to this book and to this series.  First, does the world really need anther adventure fantasy based in a medieval world...something of a typical quest type story?  Secondly, if I do not like the first book; and this is the first book in the series and the first novel by this author, will I give the following books a shot or will I just drop the series and go on to another?