Reviews

Elven Doom by Lindsay Buroker

colorcrystals's review

adventurous funny fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, and Death

princessrobotiv's review against another edition

4.0

3.5

Best of the lot so far, probably because its length lended itself to deeper exploration of the plot elements and space for a more satisfying final showdown with the dark elves.

We also finally got some movement on Val's link to her Elven heritage, which I've been waiting for for a while.

Zondia was an okay addition, but I wanted more depth to her character.

batc's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

3.25

eve_ward's review

3.0

I’ll be honest lads, this has been the weakest one so far for me. I don’t know what it was, whether it was the actual book or my mood, but some of the things in this one managed to grind my gears. Don’t get me wrong, I still really like this series, and this book was nowhere near bad, it just had a few minor things that managed to annoy me. For example, the whole Val-not-being-able-to-pronounce-names thing was digging at me. They’re not too hard to grasp love. I’m totally okay with shortening them for convenience but come on, she has a name that’s supposedly hard to pronounce, she should at least try. This along with the whole “haha I’m so weird

emilyb_chicago's review against another edition

3.0

Fast paced and fun, this is a solid continuation of the series. There are no spicy scenes, but there is development in the relationships between the characters. The main storyline, which is continued from previous books, is resolved but there’s plenty to keep the reader interested in the next book.

edensgrief's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

neilsef's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

This, as with the previous books in the series, was a pure delight to read, being an engaging mixture of all the elements that make a good story, action, mystery, humour, tension, magic and of course, Dragons.

All the characters have wonderful, if a little quirky, personalities, that continue to be developed, together with the interactions between them.

The story continues with Val trying to find the Dark Elves and work out what they are planning while also figuring out just what her relationship with Zav is, which is further complicated by his sister, Zondia's distrust of her.

This is another fast-paced, highly entertaining and engaging read that has only one problem, it's too short 😁.

marajade's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I truly love the way that Lindsay Buroker writes her stories. They are fun to read and the interactions between the characters is good. I love the dry humor of Willard. The goblin Gondo who can use everything to build things. 
But it is also good to see that she adresses humans aren't always perfect as we see in Val her health and how she deals with the effects of her stressfull life.

shawniebooks's review

4.0

I'm still enjoying this awesome series.

anamustacho's review

4.0

Spiced up. I really love the down to earth part regarding entrepreneurship. I can already see the newly formed inn I would visit during a RPG.

Also those dark elves are smart scientists. Awesome!