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A review by maddy_eich
The Crown Conspiracy by Michael J. Sullivan
3.0
This is a classic fantasy story, meaning it has political intrigues between kings, a mysterious wizard, lots of sword fighting and horse riding, and very few female characters. I’ll admit I read a lot of books that could be described that way, but this one wasn’t fun enough to excuse the flaws.
I’ve read that the Riyria series was originally self published before being combined into 3 longer volumes of 2 books apiece and then republished. Unfortunately it was pretty clear that these were originally self published. The plot progressed much too quickly with very little in the way of interesting plot developments. The original job our thieving protagonists take on takes a predictable turn, but from there on our they accomplish their quests relatively easily. Free a wizard from a magical prison? No problem, since apparently the entire kingdom is small enough to ride across in one day and no one stops them from walking into the prison and walking right back out. Bad guy imprisons the princess in a tower(a princess who is perhaps the only female character to have more than 2 lines of dialogue)? No worries just a quick rescue, a sword fight between good guy and bad guy and the good guy wins with no issues. The world and the characters are interesting enough that I can see potential in the overarching story, but I’m not inclined to continue based on my experience with the first book.
I’ve read that the Riyria series was originally self published before being combined into 3 longer volumes of 2 books apiece and then republished. Unfortunately it was pretty clear that these were originally self published. The plot progressed much too quickly with very little in the way of interesting plot developments. The original job our thieving protagonists take on takes a predictable turn, but from there on our they accomplish their quests relatively easily. Free a wizard from a magical prison? No problem, since apparently the entire kingdom is small enough to ride across in one day and no one stops them from walking into the prison and walking right back out. Bad guy imprisons the princess in a tower(a princess who is perhaps the only female character to have more than 2 lines of dialogue)? No worries just a quick rescue, a sword fight between good guy and bad guy and the good guy wins with no issues. The world and the characters are interesting enough that I can see potential in the overarching story, but I’m not inclined to continue based on my experience with the first book.