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A review by wouterk
Breach of Peace by Daniel B. Greene
3.0
I think this was a great debut novel for Daniel Greene, so from that perspective a 4-star. From my perspective as a fantasy reader and in comparison to my other reviews a 3-star novella.
I liked the fact that we get a full story which gets sufficiently resolved. We get from a murder mystery to a conspiracy, with deduction, action and plot twists. The ending was slightly ambiguous, which was not for me. Looking at the description of the next book it is unsure whether this story really has any significance to it, except for a bit of context and yet it keeps a bit of a loose end. Who knows, I'll find out in the next book, but not having a clue leaves me somewhat unsatisfied.
I think the world is quite interesting, although some world-building is missing. Still, the societal structure which is pivotal to the series, I believe, is very well introduced. I think character work and world-building read natural. The thing I really did not like in the writing was the foreshadowing with phrases like 'this would be the last...' something. But that only happened twice.
All in all a solid debut, that will require some readers to be a bit forgiving for that, and personally looking forward to read the rest of the series.
I liked the fact that we get a full story which gets sufficiently resolved. We get from a murder mystery to a conspiracy, with deduction, action and plot twists. The ending was slightly ambiguous, which was not for me. Looking at the description of the next book it is unsure whether this story really has any significance to it, except for a bit of context and yet it keeps a bit of a loose end. Who knows, I'll find out in the next book, but not having a clue leaves me somewhat unsatisfied.
I think the world is quite interesting, although some world-building is missing. Still, the societal structure which is pivotal to the series, I believe, is very well introduced. I think character work and world-building read natural. The thing I really did not like in the writing was the foreshadowing with phrases like 'this would be the last...' something. But that only happened twice.
All in all a solid debut, that will require some readers to be a bit forgiving for that, and personally looking forward to read the rest of the series.