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A review by evakristin
Hunter's Death by Michelle West
4.0
Don’t be fooled by the über corny cover art, this is high fantasy with a complicated plot, a well-developed magic system and mythology, and several engaging characters to follow.
As a writer, West gives nothing away for free. There are no clumsy info dumps, her characters do not sit down at an inn and explain their world to each other over a mug of ale. You’re going to have to pay attention, if you fall behind you’ll be left behind. As I mentioned in my review of the first book of this duology, in this she reminds me of Steven Erikson of the Malazan.
It is with great expectations I’ve added West’s next book, The Broken Crown, to my TBR list. I just hope she has finished with the rather cartoonish gesture of raising of brows by then.
As a writer, West gives nothing away for free. There are no clumsy info dumps, her characters do not sit down at an inn and explain their world to each other over a mug of ale. You’re going to have to pay attention, if you fall behind you’ll be left behind. As I mentioned in my review of the first book of this duology, in this she reminds me of Steven Erikson of the Malazan.
It is with great expectations I’ve added West’s next book, The Broken Crown, to my TBR list. I just hope she has finished with the rather cartoonish gesture of raising of brows by then.