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A review by pjonsson
Invisible Elder by T.S. Paul
2.0
This installment in The Federal Witch series was not really my cup of tea. I am sorry to say that I found it mostly boring.
The book takes off from where the last one ended which is with Anastasia running away to hide. Off course it falls on Agatha to track her down. As we readers, but very few of the characters in the book, knows Anastasia is not just a “simple” vampire but a Elder. Thus her disappearance is causing some consternation in various different circles and Agatha will not be the only one searching for Agatha. Add the usual vendettas and political machinations and we have ourselves a fine little mess.
So far so good. The problem is that a huge part of the book is spent on Anastasia remembering her previous life. Given that we are talking about a 1000+ year old Elder that is a lot of remembering. Yes, Agatha is searching for Anastasia but the book is really about Anastasia and not about Agatha.
I could live with the book being more about Anastasia than Agatha. I do like the character after all but I did not really like the constant flashbacks and remembering. If the author wanted to tell the story of Anastasia I think it would have been better done as a separate, out of the main series, book.
Of course Agatha finally catches up with Anastasia and some of the separate sub-threads involving the previously mentioned concerned parties are wrapped up in the process. However I found it a bit anticlimactic. It never felt like the grand finale where Anastasia would be revealed as a power not to be trifled with.
I actually felt like skipping ahead at times when reading the book. Not at all my cup of tea I am afraid.
The book takes off from where the last one ended which is with Anastasia running away to hide. Off course it falls on Agatha to track her down. As we readers, but very few of the characters in the book, knows Anastasia is not just a “simple” vampire but a Elder. Thus her disappearance is causing some consternation in various different circles and Agatha will not be the only one searching for Agatha. Add the usual vendettas and political machinations and we have ourselves a fine little mess.
So far so good. The problem is that a huge part of the book is spent on Anastasia remembering her previous life. Given that we are talking about a 1000+ year old Elder that is a lot of remembering. Yes, Agatha is searching for Anastasia but the book is really about Anastasia and not about Agatha.
I could live with the book being more about Anastasia than Agatha. I do like the character after all but I did not really like the constant flashbacks and remembering. If the author wanted to tell the story of Anastasia I think it would have been better done as a separate, out of the main series, book.
Of course Agatha finally catches up with Anastasia and some of the separate sub-threads involving the previously mentioned concerned parties are wrapped up in the process. However I found it a bit anticlimactic. It never felt like the grand finale where Anastasia would be revealed as a power not to be trifled with.
I actually felt like skipping ahead at times when reading the book. Not at all my cup of tea I am afraid.