A review by sheriff
In the Shadow of Lightning by Brian McClellan

3.0

In the Shadow of Lighting was a good book, not great and I had some issues with it or things that didn't engage me, it was still a solid book. First the world seems interesting and magic system interesting. The characters felt okay, there to many instances where the characters were portrayed as deep or complex and that felt shallow or the writer trying to convince you that the pov characters are complex when there really not. The story was generic but had good pacing. My biggest complaint and SPOILERS: is the introduction of these alien monsters who are behind everything. This seemed to come out of left field and I felt if we just focused on the world and story beside these monsters it would be more engaging to me because the aliens did not catch my interest.

6.7/10