Efkin is a young Elf Lord that sets out on a journey to save the elf world. In order to destroy evil and sorcery Efkin needs to find the horn that will destroy the ruins. Along the path of his journey Efkin encounters many situations, he fears evil is surrounding him and worst of all he believes men are worst of all. Will Efkin locate the horn in time?


This book is categorized as a YA Fiction Fantasy. In my opinion this book is far too difficult to be considered a YA. The vocabulary is high level and used often. The story plot is intriguing but definitely geared towards a certain genre of readers focusing mainly on fantasy.

The overabundance in characters right from the start can be very confusing and distracts the reader from continuing the book as they try to remember each character, the relation and the relevance of their position in the story.

Robert Redinger does an amazing job writing this story and keeping the story floating from one page to the next. I struggled in many areas to continue reading the book as it is so far out of my normal genre of choice. The intensity of certain scenes in the book will hook the reader.

This book is very topic specific and I would only recommend this to those that thoroughly enjoy fantasy type books. Those that do enjoy the style writing will love this book and surely fight off sleep as they force themselves to read yet another chapter before putting the book down. ( )

The Sylvan Horn had an exciting plotline. The boundaries that have protected the Elves’ realm are failing. That is allowing Trolls to infiltrate their forests and kill their people. Attempting to broker peace leads the Elves to discover that there is more going on than just the Trolls attacking them. It is up to Efkin, a young Elf with almost mythic magical powers, to retrieve an artifact that can help him. This artifact, The Sylvan Horn, is held by the humans in a mountain of iron….which is deadly to Elves. As Elfkin makes his journey, he discovers there is so much more at stake. The bindings on The Runes, which can destroy the world, are failing. And there is only one god that can help them. Can Efkin survive the journey? Will he be able to reach the Horn? And what will Efkin learn about himself on the journey?

The Sylvan Horn is book one in The Sylvan Chord series. As it is the first book in the series, I can’t say the usual stuff I put in this section.

The Sylvan Horn was a medium-paced book. It did get off to a slow start, but the author used that to introduce most of the main characters. It picked up when Efkin started his journey but did falter a little in the middle of the book. But I still enjoyed the plotline. Once Efkin reached the human lands, the book picked up its pace and zipped to the end.

There were a lot of characters in The Sylvan Horn, most of which were introduced in the first few chapters. It did get a little confusing. But once Efkin was on his journey, I was better able to keep track of characters better.

I want to add before I go any further and forget that I wish the author had included a glossary. That would have made keeping track of the characters and the cities/countries/continents Efkin and his group visited so much easier.

This book is supposed to be a young adult fantasy. The book fits perfectly in with the fantasy genre. The author hit every single earmark for that genre, and I enjoyed it. I was iffy about the young adult genre, though. Some of the vocabulary was a little adult. Even I had to look some words up.

I loved the main storyline and the lore that went with it. Efkin was a likable character who was determined to get the Horn. I loved reading about his side journies while continuing on his main quest. The ones that stood out the most to me were the water giant (who protected him against the dragons) and the count who was training birds for war (I got a good laugh about that). I liked the twist on who Efkin was. It made sense during the last half of the book (with what he could do).

The Sylvan Horn ended on a cliffhanger. I have questions about the druid that this one didn’t answer. I am looking forward to reading the next book

I would recommend The Sylvan Horn to anyone over 13. There is violence, no language, no sex (or sexual situations), and no other triggers.

Thank you to the author for allowing me to read and review The Sylvan Horn. ( )