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A review by esdeecarlson
Scorpica by G.R. Macallister
4.0
[This book was provided to me by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review]
4 stars
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book! The beginning was a rather slow start, but the story just keeps building and building in a way that slowly sucked me into the narrative, so that by the halfway mark I was hooked.
This is a sweeping epic fantasy, which will particularly excite those who enjoy long-term macro-plots weaving together across leagues of space. Those who enjoy political machinations in their fantasy will have a very good time with the five queendoms presented here, and the way their interactions change when a natural (magical) disaster occurs and girls, inexplicably, stop being born.
I also really enjoyed the characters, each of whom I felt was a fully realized person and not merely a cog in the enormous machine of this plot.
My only real gripe is that the climax felt strangely rushed after the slow but delicious buildup that was the meat of the novel. Perhaps this is intended to set up a twist at the start of the sequel, where new point-of-view chapters will reveal new information to us, because I was left feeling as though something was missing.
I definitely recommend this book to fans of epic fantasy, and I’m very curious to see where the series goes from here.
4 stars
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book! The beginning was a rather slow start, but the story just keeps building and building in a way that slowly sucked me into the narrative, so that by the halfway mark I was hooked.
This is a sweeping epic fantasy, which will particularly excite those who enjoy long-term macro-plots weaving together across leagues of space. Those who enjoy political machinations in their fantasy will have a very good time with the five queendoms presented here, and the way their interactions change when a natural (magical) disaster occurs and girls, inexplicably, stop being born.
I also really enjoyed the characters, each of whom I felt was a fully realized person and not merely a cog in the enormous machine of this plot.
My only real gripe is that the climax felt strangely rushed after the slow but delicious buildup that was the meat of the novel. Perhaps this is intended to set up a twist at the start of the sequel, where new point-of-view chapters will reveal new information to us, because I was left feeling as though something was missing.
I definitely recommend this book to fans of epic fantasy, and I’m very curious to see where the series goes from here.