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A review by queenterribletimy
Valley of Embers by Steven Kelliher
3.0
I would give this book 3.5 stars, but since I can't I decided to give 3, though I intend to go on with the series.
I can see why people like this book so much. Kelliher built an interesting world, with its legends, and heroes, it has adventure and monsters roaming in the Valley, with only a few Keepers to stand against them. This book is delightfully dark and bloody.
On the other hand, I had a few problems with it. First, this book needs a proofreading badly, and some editing too. The characters are though interesting and well detailed, but somehow I couldn't connect with any of them. It might be my fault, though. Some explaining would have been good in the first part of the book too about what exactly Landkist, Embers, Faeykin, ect are, what this means. Though we get some info dump during the book, somehow it doesn't feel enough. I just can't decide if my mood was off during the read (which is true anyway) or the style of the author doesn't click with me. We'll see after book 2. I hope I will like this series as much as others seem to, because this story has so much potential: I want to see how they will interact with the other Sages, what are they like, if they are as complex as the White Crest seemed to be. I like it that in this story the villains aren't who what they seem to be and we face questions like: what is the right choice? Is there a right one? Is everyone just good or bad? Who is right? Can there be more truths than one? I hope Kole and the others will find their own answers.
I can see why people like this book so much. Kelliher built an interesting world, with its legends, and heroes, it has adventure and monsters roaming in the Valley, with only a few Keepers to stand against them. This book is delightfully dark and bloody.
On the other hand, I had a few problems with it. First, this book needs a proofreading badly, and some editing too. The characters are though interesting and well detailed, but somehow I couldn't connect with any of them. It might be my fault, though. Some explaining would have been good in the first part of the book too about what exactly Landkist, Embers, Faeykin, ect are, what this means. Though we get some info dump during the book, somehow it doesn't feel enough. I just can't decide if my mood was off during the read (which is true anyway) or the style of the author doesn't click with me. We'll see after book 2. I hope I will like this series as much as others seem to, because this story has so much potential: I want to see how they will interact with the other Sages, what are they like, if they are as complex as the White Crest seemed to be. I like it that in this story the villains aren't who what they seem to be and we face questions like: what is the right choice? Is there a right one? Is everyone just good or bad? Who is right? Can there be more truths than one? I hope Kole and the others will find their own answers.