Reviews - The Lord of Stariel

727 reviews for:

The Lord of Stariel

A.J. Lancaster

3.81 AVERAGE

flowerbuffett's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

angelahayes's review against another edition

5.0

5 Stars

The Lord of Stariel (Stariel Book #1) by A.J. Lancaster.....

Full review to come.....

elincoln's review against another edition

3.0

This book is definitely a slow start. I ended up putting it down for quite a while before picking it back up.
The beginning is a lot of set up that doesn't seem to be going anywhere, then around the 50% mark takes off. I enjoyed the second half, and grew to appreciate the time spent going through things in the first half of the book.
Looking forward to seeing what the next book in the series brings.

kcortes's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

smartcookiesca's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

sjb3752's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

acreatureofbooksandtea's review against another edition

2.5

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This sounded exactly like the kind of book I would love. And even while I was reading it, I kept thinking "I should be loving this story."
I mean, this story has an independent, powerful FL. A mysterious, beautiful butler as the ML. A mystery involving the inheritance of a semi-sentient manor and its land. Magic battles. Slow-burn romance. Honestly, these tropes are like catnip for me!

But despite everything mentioned above, I didn't like this book. The writing and characters were just so... dry, is the best word I can think of right now. Everyone in the story just felt like they were lifelessly going through the motions of what they were written to do, with no real soul or personality.
I felt no emotional connection to the characters, and no emotional involvement in the story. The most emotion I felt while reading this book was when I came to the last page, and felt genuine relief that the story was over.