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ladynovella 's review for:
Age of Myth
by Michael J. Sullivan
Audiobook re-read Dec. 2018 - Got the audiobook from the library and of course I loved it! Tim Gerard Reynolds is one of the best!
**Review based on eARC from NetGalley**
I've come to the point that I will read anything that Michael J. Sullivan writes, so when I learned that he was writing a prequel to his Riyira stories (well, more like a "super-prequel" - it's a prequel in the sense that The Silmarillion is a prequel to The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings), I jumped at the chance to read the eARC.
And it did NOT disappoint. Sure, it took me a while to get used to the fact that these characters lived centuries before Royce and Hadrian, but after I learned about Persephone and Raithe and Maeve, I came to love them just as much. Especially Persephone. I hear so many complaints that there supposedly aren't enough interesting female heroes in fantasy (whether or not that complaining is justified is another discussion altogether), but Persephone blew all those arguments out of the water. From her first appearance, she is the hero of the story (and the fact that she's a woman isn't even a huge deal - not the ham-handed way I've seen other writers try to shove Strong, Female Characters(tm) in their novels). Her actions are perfectly natural for her character. She takes charge because that's just what she does and no one on her side questions it. She has fears and flaws like anyone else, and she acts on what she believes is right.
Raithe's story is compelling as well, though I don't want to spoil too much. Suffice it to say that he is certainly someone to keep an eye on in future installments of this series.
Yet another brilliant novel from Sullivan and I look forward to reading more!
**Review based on eARC from NetGalley**
I've come to the point that I will read anything that Michael J. Sullivan writes, so when I learned that he was writing a prequel to his Riyira stories (well, more like a "super-prequel" - it's a prequel in the sense that The Silmarillion is a prequel to The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings), I jumped at the chance to read the eARC.
And it did NOT disappoint. Sure, it took me a while to get used to the fact that these characters lived centuries before Royce and Hadrian, but after I learned about Persephone and Raithe and Maeve, I came to love them just as much. Especially Persephone. I hear so many complaints that there supposedly aren't enough interesting female heroes in fantasy (whether or not that complaining is justified is another discussion altogether), but Persephone blew all those arguments out of the water. From her first appearance, she is the hero of the story (and the fact that she's a woman isn't even a huge deal - not the ham-handed way I've seen other writers try to shove Strong, Female Characters(tm) in their novels). Her actions are perfectly natural for her character. She takes charge because that's just what she does and no one on her side questions it. She has fears and flaws like anyone else, and she acts on what she believes is right.
Raithe's story is compelling as well, though I don't want to spoil too much. Suffice it to say that he is certainly someone to keep an eye on in future installments of this series.
Yet another brilliant novel from Sullivan and I look forward to reading more!