A review by steggellettea94
The Storm Runner by J.C. Cervantes

4.0

There was a lot I liked about this story: disabled main character, it was a funny and yet powerful story, the writing was ageless. There was really only one thing that kept this from being a 5, and that it my personal dislike of a certain plot line. The “main character knows nothing and yet is blamed for events” plot line. It frustrates me beyond belief. I would have added the adjacent “character is blamed for everything despite knowing nothing AND STILL people refuse to explain things,” but in this case it wasn’t as irksome. It still bothered me, but with the adjacent plot line, it made sense with the overall story; the gods are not good even if they represent good things. It made it easier to forgive that. And while my first issue can be seen in that light, it was extremely frustrating that people Zane saw as friends, that the readers were supposed to read as good did this.

Overall, a really good story, and still one I recommend in the Riordan Presents line up. I might not get the sequels until they come out in paperback, but I will still be keeping up with Zane.

(Side note: I love the trope of a bad guy in a suit. It’s kinda funny, especially when they’re a god known for their smell. I’m sure someone could give a good analysis of why bad guys often wear suits - or why Zeus in Percy Jackson wears one - but right now, I’m just living for it).