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A review by robinbridgefour
The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett
3.0
Hmmm…Where to start. It took me forever to get through this book and I got distracted by a lot of other things along the way.
I think Peter V. Brent falls into shortfall category a lot of male fantasy writers do. They are pretty good at worldbuilding and plot but really horrible at romance and writing women.
Inevera was fascinating in the previous book, she was a mystery and I was convinced she was an evil genius. But, in the Daylight Wars we get her PoV. Her past and many of the things that happened in the Desert Spear were rehashed and for me, it made them less, it made her less. Instead of being a mastermind she is just a woman trying to hold onto the power she has and the man she loves. It was also a little boring, I enjoyed learning a little bit about the Dama’ting but to go through scenes in the previous book again just from a different perspective…*sigh*
Leesha gets worse in every book for me as well. For someone so smart she sure is stupid. She didn’t exactly totally turn down Jardir’s proposal and there are Kraisans sent to protect his intended in the Hollow living on her land. Yet she decides after finding out about Arland and Renna to jump in the sack with someone. Um, didn’t she have enough complications happening in her life at that moment? Didn’t she think that the Kraisans would find out and there might be repercussions?
The title of the book is also deceiving. With a name like The Daylight Wars I thought there would be some movement on the human wars front with Jardir taking over more towns or a fight between Alrand and Jardir or something. But a good portion of the book was spent in Inevera’s past and then hanging out getting ready for the Princes to come lead the coreling armies when there was no moon. But even that fighting didn’t happen until 80% in.
I’m still on the fence about the entire Renna/Arland situation and as much as I want to root for them, I’m just not on board yet there either. All the romances seem a little forced. The one I like the best is actually with Rojer and his two wives.
There are a few cool discoveries made in this book and I did like how Amon got revenge on someone who had done him some grievous wrongs. But overall, I think a good 100-150 pages of this should have been clipped out to make it flow better. It seemed like PVB maybe didn’t have a clear idea of where he was going in the story and how to plot it out to give us the pertinent details when they were happening in the other books hence the rehashing in yet another PoV.
And then there is the cliffhanger at the end. Just when I was really getting into the story at the critical moment it just ends. Its like on a results show when you are waiting to see who the winner is and it cuts to commercial right when they are going to tell you. It isn’t a real cliffhanger so much as a you’ll have to buy the next book if you want to know who won.
I enjoyed the first two books more. But at least I didn’t have to suffer through another rape in this one so there is that going for it. I’ll most likely continue with the next book to see how things play out but they seem to keep getting longer so I’m currently not holding out much hope to make it through without rehashing from yet another PoV.
I think Peter V. Brent falls into shortfall category a lot of male fantasy writers do. They are pretty good at worldbuilding and plot but really horrible at romance and writing women.
Inevera was fascinating in the previous book, she was a mystery and I was convinced she was an evil genius. But, in the Daylight Wars we get her PoV. Her past and many of the things that happened in the Desert Spear were rehashed and for me, it made them less, it made her less. Instead of being a mastermind she is just a woman trying to hold onto the power she has and the man she loves. It was also a little boring, I enjoyed learning a little bit about the Dama’ting but to go through scenes in the previous book again just from a different perspective…*sigh*
Leesha gets worse in every book for me as well. For someone so smart she sure is stupid. She didn’t exactly totally turn down Jardir’s proposal and there are Kraisans sent to protect his intended in the Hollow living on her land. Yet she decides after finding out about Arland and Renna to jump in the sack with someone. Um, didn’t she have enough complications happening in her life at that moment? Didn’t she think that the Kraisans would find out and there might be repercussions?
The title of the book is also deceiving. With a name like The Daylight Wars I thought there would be some movement on the human wars front with Jardir taking over more towns or a fight between Alrand and Jardir or something. But a good portion of the book was spent in Inevera’s past and then hanging out getting ready for the Princes to come lead the coreling armies when there was no moon. But even that fighting didn’t happen until 80% in.
I’m still on the fence about the entire Renna/Arland situation and as much as I want to root for them, I’m just not on board yet there either. All the romances seem a little forced. The one I like the best is actually with Rojer and his two wives.
There are a few cool discoveries made in this book and I did like how Amon got revenge on someone who had done him some grievous wrongs. But overall, I think a good 100-150 pages of this should have been clipped out to make it flow better. It seemed like PVB maybe didn’t have a clear idea of where he was going in the story and how to plot it out to give us the pertinent details when they were happening in the other books hence the rehashing in yet another PoV.
And then there is the cliffhanger at the end. Just when I was really getting into the story at the critical moment it just ends. Its like on a results show when you are waiting to see who the winner is and it cuts to commercial right when they are going to tell you. It isn’t a real cliffhanger so much as a you’ll have to buy the next book if you want to know who won.
I enjoyed the first two books more. But at least I didn’t have to suffer through another rape in this one so there is that going for it. I’ll most likely continue with the next book to see how things play out but they seem to keep getting longer so I’m currently not holding out much hope to make it through without rehashing from yet another PoV.