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kerveros's review
4.0
Disclaimer: I received this book free in return for a review.
This is an absorbing book with interesting, well fleshed out characters and a relatively intriguing plot.
I want to get the one 'negative' out of the way first and, to be honest, this is not much of a negative. It took me quite a while to associate the monsters in this book, which are known as Lamia, with the authors interpretation as opposed to the more classical one of a more serpentine nature. This was a bit jarring for a while but once you can reconcile this I found this book to be very enjoyable.
The plot is an interesting one, you are immediately thrown into a world where conflicts and alliances already exist - you want to know more about previous battles to better understand the characters motivations. The belief system in the novel is rather well thought out one (though I did find myself wishing that it was explained more fully during the early parts of the novel) as was the use of 'magic'. I had seen this concept before but not as fully fleshed out.
The characters were relatively interesting, though I saw very few character flaws, but as the novel was more plot driven I didn't feel that this was a glaring issue. The writing style was also engaging and very easy to read.
The end leaves a good opening for the second novel in the series but at the same time it doesn't force you to read it - considering the books cold open you could consider this to be just one part of a story of which you are never going to know the whole. I think though I will be on the look-out for the second part of the series.
This is an absorbing book with interesting, well fleshed out characters and a relatively intriguing plot.
I want to get the one 'negative' out of the way first and, to be honest, this is not much of a negative. It took me quite a while to associate the monsters in this book, which are known as Lamia, with the authors interpretation as opposed to the more classical one of a more serpentine nature. This was a bit jarring for a while but once you can reconcile this I found this book to be very enjoyable.
The plot is an interesting one, you are immediately thrown into a world where conflicts and alliances already exist - you want to know more about previous battles to better understand the characters motivations. The belief system in the novel is rather well thought out one (though I did find myself wishing that it was explained more fully during the early parts of the novel) as was the use of 'magic'. I had seen this concept before but not as fully fleshed out.
The characters were relatively interesting, though I saw very few character flaws, but as the novel was more plot driven I didn't feel that this was a glaring issue. The writing style was also engaging and very easy to read.
The end leaves a good opening for the second novel in the series but at the same time it doesn't force you to read it - considering the books cold open you could consider this to be just one part of a story of which you are never going to know the whole. I think though I will be on the look-out for the second part of the series.
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