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A review by noll
The Elf Tangent by Lindsay Buroker
5.0
The Elf Tangent was absolutely delightful and as soon as I finished listening to it from the library, I immediately purchased the audiobook from Chirp, and restarted it cause I was just that in love with the world, and the writing, and the characters. However, since I listened to it, I have no idea how to spell a lot of names, so please excuse any errors in that department.
The banter throughout the book is pure gold. The characters are all extremely well written, and their personalities mesh well together. It was so nice to see Aldari and Thelli having an actual friendship outside of their professional relationship, and even the few moments where Hawk and Setvick weren't arguing were filled with such unexpectedly genuine humor that I just wanted them to make peace and be at least indifferent to each other if not friends.
I will say, most of the plot twists were very predictable, but -again- the writing was so good and the story was so engaging and the characters and their snarky quips were so fun, that it didn't matter. Lindsay Buroker could write about these characters playing Uno and I would pay to read it.
Other little thoughts about the book that are far less organized:
Oh my gosh Hawk and Aldari are so good together, the romance was amazing and I'm gonna cry over it.
The number of times Aldari improvised weapons or threw rocks at things was great. Queen.
The number of times Aldari stabbed something or someone was also great. Queen.
Bard Thelli. That's it. That's the thought.
Setvick is an ass but he's a slightly more likeable ass the second time through.
Lindsay Buroker writes hugs so well??? Like yeah the kissing was great but the hugging????? Gold.
The banter throughout the book is pure gold. The characters are all extremely well written, and their personalities mesh well together. It was so nice to see Aldari and Thelli having an actual friendship outside of their professional relationship, and even the few moments where Hawk and Setvick weren't arguing were filled with such unexpectedly genuine humor that I just wanted them to make peace and be at least indifferent to each other if not friends.
Spoiler
So the part at the end when Hawk admits he was wrong to call him a coward and Setvick says "Yes you were. I will follow you anyway." was INCREDBILY satisfyingI will say, most of the plot twists were very predictable, but -again- the writing was so good and the story was so engaging and the characters and their snarky quips were so fun, that it didn't matter. Lindsay Buroker could write about these characters playing Uno and I would pay to read it.
Spoiler
Was I expecting the twisted to basically be elf zombies? No. But I'm glad because if I had, I probably wouldn't have read it cause I don't really like zombies. That being said, the twisted were properly terrifying in an 'oh snap' kind of way and the scene with the hoard gave me a healthy little adrenaline rush both times I listened to it. Not gonna have nightmares or anything but she did a good job of bringing a very lowkey element of horror into it.Other little thoughts about the book that are far less organized:
Oh my gosh Hawk and Aldari are so good together, the romance was amazing and I'm gonna cry over it.
The number of times Aldari improvised weapons or threw rocks at things was great. Queen.
The number of times Aldari stabbed something or someone was also great. Queen.
Bard Thelli. That's it. That's the thought.
Setvick is an ass but he's a slightly more likeable ass the second time through.
Lindsay Buroker writes hugs so well??? Like yeah the kissing was great but the hugging????? Gold.