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A review by kzimm2024
The Maleficent Seven by Cameron Johnston
3.0
What can I say? It was a violent, bloody, drunken, muddy, vampiric, necromantic, demonic ride without the rape and pillaging. SO MANY PEOPLE DIED. And for what?
Plus side: It did have a few small humorous bites to it. Very few. And a very cool cover that sucked me in.
Its a demonic mystery with twists you don't see coming. But I found that I just didn't care enough to appreciate the twists at the end. This book probably works for other people, but not me. The world building and character development was great, which is why a 3.
It was:
1. Horrible people killing other people in revenge and then Black Herran (due to being pregnant) disappears causing these monsters to turn on each other and it all falls apart. Most everyone dies.
2. 40 years later, the new threat to humanity are the "good" people and the Goddess with the Falcon Prince- killing and stealing from all those against them.
3. Black Herran concocting a new plan to get the old monster crew together to fight this new threat- in which people die no matter who they are serving. No one wins in my opinion, even Maeven is denied satisfaction.
The different monsters are given great stories but ultimately most every one was SO evil that I wanted them all dead so people could just enjoy a simple life. But no, some still made it thru.
I only like Red Penny and the fierce eyed little girl intimating that the Vamp is full of shit. And the Orc was deceived into all this killing, that was a damn shame.
The hive was an interesting side story. I could say more but I am ready to move on. Unfortunately I purchased this one, I will have to review my life choices now.
Plus side: It did have a few small humorous bites to it. Very few. And a very cool cover that sucked me in.
Its a demonic mystery with twists you don't see coming. But I found that I just didn't care enough to appreciate the twists at the end. This book probably works for other people, but not me. The world building and character development was great, which is why a 3.
It was:
1. Horrible people killing other people in revenge and then Black Herran (due to being pregnant) disappears causing these monsters to turn on each other and it all falls apart. Most everyone dies.
2. 40 years later, the new threat to humanity are the "good" people and the Goddess with the Falcon Prince- killing and stealing from all those against them.
3. Black Herran concocting a new plan to get the old monster crew together to fight this new threat- in which people die no matter who they are serving. No one wins in my opinion, even Maeven is denied satisfaction.
The different monsters are given great stories but ultimately most every one was SO evil that I wanted them all dead so people could just enjoy a simple life. But no, some still made it thru.
I only like Red Penny and the fierce eyed little girl intimating that the Vamp is full of shit. And the Orc was deceived into all this killing, that was a damn shame.
The hive was an interesting side story. I could say more but I am ready to move on. Unfortunately I purchased this one, I will have to review my life choices now.