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A review by jmoses
A Triumph For Sakura by Jason S. Ridler
4.0
As a preface, I received a review copy of this book.
This is the 2nd book by Ridler that I've read, and I think I enjoyed this one more than Blood & Sawdust. That's not to say it's perfect, far from it, but it's a interesting read, with some enjoyable characters and situations.
Again, we're tossed into a gritty world, and the plot centers around no holds barred fighting. Where the hook in Blood was, here the hook is vampires. The world itself is interesting, and the parts where we get a glimpse of how the world works, and how it came to be are some of the most intriguing, at least to me.
The meat and potatoes of this story is a fairly stereotypical trainer/trainee relationship and build up to The Fight, of course with some novel situations and changes. Remember, vampires.
Overall it was good. The vampires felt like they were an integral part of the story from the beginning, rather than something added on later to pull in an audience, which was pleasant. They're also not over-used as a plot device. Sure, you get a lot of "hey, vampires" scenes and stuff, because, well, there's vampires. However, it's not like, "HEY LOOK AT THIS VAMPIRE, AND THIS ONE, WHEEEEE VAMPIRES" all the time, which would have been a huge turn-off.
I'm not sad I've read this, and I'll certainly read more from Ridler.
This is the 2nd book by Ridler that I've read, and I think I enjoyed this one more than Blood & Sawdust. That's not to say it's perfect, far from it, but it's a interesting read, with some enjoyable characters and situations.
Again, we're tossed into a gritty world, and the plot centers around no holds barred fighting. Where the hook in Blood was
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a fighter who couldn't be killedThe meat and potatoes of this story is a fairly stereotypical trainer/trainee relationship and build up to The Fight, of course with some novel situations and changes. Remember, vampires.
Overall it was good. The vampires felt like they were an integral part of the story from the beginning, rather than something added on later to pull in an audience, which was pleasant. They're also not over-used as a plot device. Sure, you get a lot of "hey, vampires" scenes and stuff, because, well, there's vampires. However, it's not like, "HEY LOOK AT THIS VAMPIRE, AND THIS ONE, WHEEEEE VAMPIRES" all the time, which would have been a huge turn-off.
I'm not sad I've read this, and I'll certainly read more from Ridler.