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A review by is_book_loring
Fated by Benedict Jacka
3.0
Fated appears to be compared with Dresden Files (which I had read and abandoned after third book or somewhere around), and therefore recommended to Dresden Files's fans, something that if I had known of before I started the book, probably would lead me to never read this book. Maybe there are similarities, I am not sure, because I can't remember much about the dreadful Dresden Files series. This is what I will say with certainty, Alex Verus was not the irritating, insufferable Harry whatever Dresden or I'd had thrown the book far, far away from me.
This first book in the series was sort of hmm, underdeveloped, the writing was a bit awkward and rough, the sideline characters were inconsistent, seeming to mostly fill the roles needed for the plot. Luna's characterization especially, was so weird, it felt like the writer didn't know who he wanted her to be, yet maybe. The magic system was also kind of vague. It was as though the writer was still stumbling, groping around in a bed rich with ideas that could potentially lead to interesting places. That was the reason I enjoyed Fated despite the very much necessary smoothing for the series onward, and because I just love, love any kind of power that centered around mind (it's divination, in this case) and the essential must for the protagonist to be cunning and resourceful to survive.
This first book in the series was sort of hmm, underdeveloped, the writing was a bit awkward and rough, the sideline characters were inconsistent, seeming to mostly fill the roles needed for the plot. Luna's characterization especially, was so weird, it felt like the writer didn't know who he wanted her to be, yet maybe. The magic system was also kind of vague. It was as though the writer was still stumbling, groping around in a bed rich with ideas that could potentially lead to interesting places. That was the reason I enjoyed Fated despite the very much necessary smoothing for the series onward, and because I just love, love any kind of power that centered around mind (it's divination, in this case) and the essential must for the protagonist to be cunning and resourceful to survive.