Listened to this on audiobook and very much enjoyed the reader.Excellent comedy, full of energetic scenes and characters that had me chuckling. The characters are likable, diverse, and memorable without requiring a lot from the reader or time in the book to display them. (This is due to several excellent introduction scenes.) The antagonist is […]
The Legacy of the Brightwash is a slower book, not in the sense that nothing happens but in the sense that it takes time to unfold and build itself. We are shown the world (particularly from a cultural aspect, though the physical and aesthetic is very much present and wonderfully detailed as well) in immersive […]
The Forever King is full of strong elements: motivationally complex characters, strong visual flare, and a wide arrange of fantastical elements. But it suffers from a variety of small issues, albeit relevant issues, that make it hard to enjoy the book. Yes it it full of scenes and moments intended to be visually rich and […]
The Confidence Men is slow to start, requiring a significant amount of preamble to set the scene of the First World War and the events and battles leading up to Hill and Jones’ capture. I found this part interesting, but the logistics and movements (etc) of warfare is something I find interesting. Other people may […]
I found the Iron Crown slow to start, propelled solely by the mystery of its main character’s origin. I attribute this primarily to the fact that the book struggles with characterization. Our main characters isn’t given any particularly interesting, likeable or enjoyable traits; he has no sense of humor, no snap, no energy in his […]
I thoroughly enjoyed Reign and Ruin from start to finish.The pacing is excellent and while the book does lean more towards the political and character aspects (which I very much enjoyed) there are enough action scenes and scenes of immediate peril to provide variety and deliver satisfactorily on the power aspect of the magic.Naime is […]
Well written with immediately likable characters, Shadows of Ivory is an unusual fantasy in its archeological focus and it utilizes this focus to good effect and degree without it ever crossing over in the boring or the too much.Or MC, Eska, is likable, complex, and wonderfully intelligent and you fully understand how she commands the […]
Decently written and constructed, Edge Of Magic’s focus on the fae helps to distinguish it from the more vampire and werewolf dominated paranormal fantasy. For me at least.The characters are solid and their strength, along with the book’s strength, is best on display in the more human conflicts, specifically the poverty Tara and her family […]
‘Gunmetal Gods’ is an awesome book title, and a promise to the reader to deliver those gods. The book unreservedly succeeds in this; the gods are immense, and deliciously baleful and lovecraftian. But they take a while to appear meaningfully in the narrative, in name or affect, and this results in the first half of […]
Hall of Bones is a solid, competently written viking fantasy book; there is no part of the book, from the prose to the characters to the pacing etc, that falls below good, but there also wasn’t really an element of the story that shone for me. The viking theme is well integrated into the plot, […]
Burn Red Skies starts strong but falters as it progresses. The world with its sky ships and islands, and the elemental magic system is well conceived and appealingly implemented, especially with how the magic is built into the various races and cultures of the world. It gives the world clear definition and aesthetics and, most […]
