kdecker1 's review for:

Vesselless by Cortney L. Winn

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Overall this was a good romantasy. I liked the internal strength of the main character  Nizzara, even though she didn’t seem particularly especially powerful in the duel ring (one of the main plot points in the book was to win all the kings duels so she could choose who she would marry). 

Dagen’s character was very interesting. He was a deathwalker; a king who was killed by a gun that brought his soul into the service of a death god who used him to siphon evil souls. 

Dagen and Nizzara growing romance through the book was great, especially the ghost falling in love with a live women aspect of it. So I mostly enjoyed the whole read. 

My main problem with the book was the lack of explanation which often left me confused on what was going on. One example of that was the duel schedule. It would tell us the last duel was happening in a couple of days, but then it would suddenly turn weeks later and boom, a duel was happening now. Not the last duel though like I was lead to believe. It wouldn’t explain how MANY duels were happening so I kept thinking ‘this is the last duel’ but then later they would have more. Time and schedules didn’t seem to make sense in this book. And that was not the only thing that didn’t have enough explanation.

Another thing that often threw me out of the universe was that it was a medieval setting with castles, swordsplay, taverns, and brothels but then it had random guns and cars? The timeline didn’t make any sense. 

Overall I enjoyed it, but it did have some flaws that need fixed.