The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
From the Goodreads website: "Told in Kvothe's own voice, this is the tale of the magically gifted young man who grows to be the most notorious wizard his world has ever seen. The intimate narrative of his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, and his life as a fugitive after the murder of a king form a gripping coming-of-age story unrivaled in recent literature. A high-action story written with a poet's hand, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that will transport readers into the body and mind of a wizard.
My son Josh has been bugging me to read this for quite some time. I should have listened to him the first time he told me about this book. I liked it a lot. There are a couple of characters that I really want to know more about. Of course it's part of a series so maybe I will and I am most definitely reading the next one.