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A review by ameserole
Spellmonger by Terry Mancour
1.0
Spellmonger is about Minalan who gave up a promising career to live the quiet life of a village spellmonger. This remote village was in the mountain valley of Boval. Everything is completely fine in his life (he believes he has everything he could ever want) until the village he lives in is under attack. Minalan is forced to pick up his mageblade again (it has been an awfully long time) to defend his home from an army of goblins, called gurvani. Now he must figure out a way to protect the people that reside in the village and how to get rid of the goblins once and for all.
Now this sounds like a really awesome book, right?? Yes it did seem so but the more you get into the book the more you will get frustrated. At the start of the book you meet the main character, Minalan, and from there you realize that he is a pretty interesting guy and seems likeable; However, my opinion changed pretty quickly because he seemed more like a tool/douchebag and I just did not like him at all. I get it, he basically tries or has nailed every chick mentioned in the book.
Aside from him, the other characters are equally annoying and easily dislikable. The worst thing is that Minalan consistently objectifies the female characters in the book. Spellmonger pretty much had two female characters (because most weren't powerful enough or at all): 1) his girlfriend and 2) his ex-girlfriend. I wish they were re-written to become better characters. So his ex had magical powers but they were sex-magical (like she can only casts spells by doing the deed) and the girlfriend was basically a weak mundane and need Minalan to tell her what to do constantly. I hate when woman are written this way :(
I really wanted to start a new series but after this book I'm not going to even touch the second one. I'd rather read a book that empowers women. I need strong, smart, and independent female characters to read about or to even look up to--not weak-minded.
Now this sounds like a really awesome book, right?? Yes it did seem so but the more you get into the book the more you will get frustrated. At the start of the book you meet the main character, Minalan, and from there you realize that he is a pretty interesting guy and seems likeable; However, my opinion changed pretty quickly because he seemed more like a tool/douchebag and I just did not like him at all. I get it, he basically tries or has nailed every chick mentioned in the book.
Aside from him, the other characters are equally annoying and easily dislikable. The worst thing is that Minalan consistently objectifies the female characters in the book. Spellmonger pretty much had two female characters (because most weren't powerful enough or at all): 1) his girlfriend and 2) his ex-girlfriend. I wish they were re-written to become better characters. So his ex had magical powers but they were sex-magical (like she can only casts spells by doing the deed) and the girlfriend was basically a weak mundane and need Minalan to tell her what to do constantly. I hate when woman are written this way :(
I really wanted to start a new series but after this book I'm not going to even touch the second one. I'd rather read a book that empowers women. I need strong, smart, and independent female characters to read about or to even look up to--not weak-minded.