Finnikin of the Rock

Weekends are awesome, because you finally have time to finish those books you've been meaning to.

I just finished a great fantasy book called Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta.  The story is about a boy and his mentor who are wandering the country after their kingdom, Lumatere, was cursed.  Finnikin is desperately attempting to locate his father, Trevanion.  They come across a girl named Evanjalin, and at first, Finnikin hates her.  Slowly but surely, they begin to tolerate and even like each other.  This trust is broken when she has him arrested.  As it turns out, arresting Finnikin was part of her plan, for in prison, Finnikin locates his father and they manage to escape.  Now, with the fate of Lumatere in the hands of Finnikin and Evanjalin, they set off across the country on a daring adventure.  The end has some surprising revalations, and it was a good book.  One thing that got a bit annoying was how confusing the story was.  Everything tied up quite nicely at the end, but in the middle it was hard to decipher what was happening then or what had happened already.  I would recommend this book if you like fantasy, action, and tales of heroes.