A review by klambchop
Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio

5.0

3.5 stars because it’s slow. I find myself teetering between continuing the series or just giving up. No because it’s bad but because I can tell it will be a big investment due to its pace. There’s plenty of world building and subtle promises that things are really going to pick up, but will that be next book? Or the third? Fourth? I mean he could probably write 10 books at this pace. We know it’s going to end up at some grand place due to Hadrians narration from after he “does so much good and so much evil” but will we enjoy the ride and will it fulfill the promises? At least the author is churning the books out at a reasonable pace.

Update:

Not sure what happened but this book was much more enjoyable the second time round. So excited for the rest of the series.