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A review by achillreads
Heir to Frost and Storm by Ben Alderson
3.0
(I was given an ARC of this book by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.)
Heir to Frost and Storm picks up a little after the end of book one and takes its time with the events for about 300 pages and then picks up the pace a little at the end.
I can't say that book one was special to my tastes, but it kept me up enough to want to know where book two would take things to. But book two, while some chapters towards the were a little more exciting, just had me questioning if I liked fantasy or not.
I still like fantasy, and this was a fun read, but it just made me realise that Alderson's writing isn't for me. The story and the characters have a very early 2010s fantasy feeling to them, and it doesn't fit me anymore. But I really like the queernormative world despite all. But Max felt like a classic fantasy main character, despite me liking his traits in book one, and it stopped feeling enjoyable to me. Simion was great, but I didn't see much the connection between them in the first half of book one, and this time, it didn't feel as strong either.
I could guess certain events by the end of book one, and it took 150 pages for the characters to think of the possibility and another 150 to actually do something about it. The book dragged out a little too much. I don't feel excited enough to read book 3 as I was burnt out by the mid point of book two.
Heir to Frost and Storm picks up a little after the end of book one and takes its time with the events for about 300 pages and then picks up the pace a little at the end.
I can't say that book one was special to my tastes, but it kept me up enough to want to know where book two would take things to. But book two, while some chapters towards the were a little more exciting, just had me questioning if I liked fantasy or not.
I still like fantasy, and this was a fun read, but it just made me realise that Alderson's writing isn't for me. The story and the characters have a very early 2010s fantasy feeling to them, and it doesn't fit me anymore. But I really like the queernormative world despite all. But Max felt like a classic fantasy main character, despite me liking his traits in book one, and it stopped feeling enjoyable to me. Simion was great, but I didn't see much the connection between them in the first half of book one, and this time, it didn't feel as strong either.
I could guess certain events by the end of book one, and it took 150 pages for the characters to think of the possibility and another 150 to actually do something about it. The book dragged out a little too much. I don't feel excited enough to read book 3 as I was burnt out by the mid point of book two.