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A review by barb4ry1
The Road to Farringale by Charlotte E. English
2.0
Actual rating: 2.5/5
Cordelia “Ves” Vesper, an agent of the Society for Magickal Heritage, has an important job - she tracks down and rescues endangered magickal creatures, artefacts, books and spells.
Together with her new partner - the Waymaster Jay she must identify the source of a magickal disease that’s decimating Britain’s troll enclaves - and fix it. Simple in theory, tricky in practice.
The Road to Farringale is episode one of the contemporary fantasy web serial, Modern Magick. It's a quick and light read that doesn't require much brain power to get through it.
The story and the plot are simplistic and linear. The tone of the book is generally fun, but Ves' jokes and comments become tiring after some time.
Nice ideas are here, sentient (?) House being the most intriguing, but the execution is lacking. The book is 200 pages long. Plot-wise and concept-wise it's a material for 50 - 80 pages. Ves is very talkative and her comments about everything will charm some readers, tire others. Unfortunately, I'm in the second group.
It's an ok book for me. Perfect for a commute but rather unmemorable and simplistic. I'm sure that readers looking for lighter and accessible magical adventure will enjoy it much more than I.
Cordelia “Ves” Vesper, an agent of the Society for Magickal Heritage, has an important job - she tracks down and rescues endangered magickal creatures, artefacts, books and spells.
Together with her new partner - the Waymaster Jay she must identify the source of a magickal disease that’s decimating Britain’s troll enclaves - and fix it. Simple in theory, tricky in practice.
The Road to Farringale is episode one of the contemporary fantasy web serial, Modern Magick. It's a quick and light read that doesn't require much brain power to get through it.
The story and the plot are simplistic and linear. The tone of the book is generally fun, but Ves' jokes and comments become tiring after some time.
Nice ideas are here, sentient (?) House being the most intriguing, but the execution is lacking. The book is 200 pages long. Plot-wise and concept-wise it's a material for 50 - 80 pages. Ves is very talkative and her comments about everything will charm some readers, tire others. Unfortunately, I'm in the second group.
It's an ok book for me. Perfect for a commute but rather unmemorable and simplistic. I'm sure that readers looking for lighter and accessible magical adventure will enjoy it much more than I.