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A review by bhall237
Breach of Peace by Daniel B. Greene
3.0
“This was going to be bad. Recently, several attacks had been made against the Empire, all to send one message: a powerful resistance still lived. They worked in the shadows, sowing doubt in the sanctity of the Empire... This all fits the rebels' bloody pattern.”
I am a huge fan of Daniel B. Greene, so going into this new fantasy series from someone I watched regularly had expectations different than if it had written by someone else. I think it’s these expectations, along with some tried and true plot points and clichés that hit that just left me wanting so much more. I overall loved the story and namely the characters, mostly Khlid and her journey throughout. All of the side characters were relatively good, but didn’t do much besides be side characters for Khlid. This goes for locations and events, as well, and I feel this is something that comes from debut novels.
As much as I would love to give this a five star rating, there are simply too many clichés and not enough strong elements of the book to warrant a perfect rating, but not nearly enough negatives to make it unreadable, also. Simply put, this book is kind of right down the middle in terms of quality, but there is so much potential from Greene that I feel future books could excel into higher ratings.
I am a huge fan of Daniel B. Greene, so going into this new fantasy series from someone I watched regularly had expectations different than if it had written by someone else. I think it’s these expectations, along with some tried and true plot points and clichés that hit that just left me wanting so much more. I overall loved the story and namely the characters, mostly Khlid and her journey throughout. All of the side characters were relatively good, but didn’t do much besides be side characters for Khlid. This goes for locations and events, as well, and I feel this is something that comes from debut novels.
As much as I would love to give this a five star rating, there are simply too many clichés and not enough strong elements of the book to warrant a perfect rating, but not nearly enough negatives to make it unreadable, also. Simply put, this book is kind of right down the middle in terms of quality, but there is so much potential from Greene that I feel future books could excel into higher ratings.