Reviews

Licanius Trilogy Collection 3 Books Set By James Islington by James Islington

aphrael's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

First book I was pretty much on the fence, I don't care for time travel mostly and the book was so trope heavy that at times I was wondering if I had read it before and forgot. Davina was a bit of an annoying and impulsive idiot at times. I liked it more when Kaden became a bigger part of the story. The books playing out there stories of a pantheon of immortals way really interesting and at times philosophical, although in the end

we never really find out who it what the big bad is

. It's very tragic, but grounded by the normal people dealing with more down to earth politics and survival. For such a long 3 books the pacing is pretty good, and the amount of characters and the different things they're doing is just right to be interesting. 

awainscott21's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

nottrettburner's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

chizoom's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

zaneblumberga's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

p_oz1021's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-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

4.5

This book is incredibly complicated, whenever you think you have an answer, the book gives you 5 more questions. But, if you stick with it, it’s riveting and engaging. I’ll definitely be continuing the series.

carmenmarshall's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

3.0

loolaw_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

My enjoyment of this book was over the top.  I loved just about every page.  It has a user-created tag of being a slow-paced book, but I found it to be a fast-paced but complicated read.  There were several times in this book that I was on-the-edge-of-my-seat excited to get through to the next scene and find out what was happening or going to happen or did happen (as much of this story involves the characters discovering their forgotten pasts as well as determining their futures).

The only thing for me that kept it from a 5-star rating were actions/reactions by a few characters which were not what I expected.  I won't go into any details because it would be spoilerish, but it is also a personal preference thing - nothing that takes away from the overall awesomeness of this book.  If I rated it on my enjoyment level alone it would get an 8 out of 5.