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A review by kitvaria_sarene
Circle of Reign by Jacob Cooper
4.0
I don't remember how I found this book, but I didn't realise it was indie published until yesterday (when I had read, or rather listened to about 85% of it). With some indies you will notice soon that they haven't seen an editor yet, but this one could easily have come from a big trad publisher.
It is a solid epic fantasy, that has quite some of the normal fantasy tropes - just enough to make you feel at home, but also has some new things - so it doesn't feel like a carbon copy of other books.
I really enjoyed the characters, whom we meet as children (Reign is 9 years old at the start) and get to see grow up thought the first 1/3 of the book. I loved watching them grow and changed over time. My only gripe was that the good guys are too good and the bad guys too bad for my personal liking. I want a bit of grey area too - though I think that'll come true in book two.
I liked the world and the magic within the world! It didn't feel like I was fed infodumps, but I got enough knowledge to firmly settle me into the story. It was easy to understand, and yet not something I read often before.
The prose was fluent and didn't really stand out. I think some of the dialogue would have felt a bit stilted if it wasn't for the amazing narration by Kramer, but all in all I really enjoyed it.
There were quite some action scenes - some felt a bit like from an anime or a Jacky Chan movie - but in the good way. It never got boring, and I could vividly imagine it.
I thought some parts could have been a bit shorter, so I'll give the whole book 4 stars, and I'll be sure to continue the series!
It is a solid epic fantasy, that has quite some of the normal fantasy tropes - just enough to make you feel at home, but also has some new things - so it doesn't feel like a carbon copy of other books.
I really enjoyed the characters, whom we meet as children (Reign is 9 years old at the start) and get to see grow up thought the first 1/3 of the book. I loved watching them grow and changed over time. My only gripe was that the good guys are too good and the bad guys too bad for my personal liking. I want a bit of grey area too - though I think that'll come true in book two.
I liked the world and the magic within the world! It didn't feel like I was fed infodumps, but I got enough knowledge to firmly settle me into the story. It was easy to understand, and yet not something I read often before.
The prose was fluent and didn't really stand out. I think some of the dialogue would have felt a bit stilted if it wasn't for the amazing narration by Kramer, but all in all I really enjoyed it.
There were quite some action scenes - some felt a bit like from an anime or a Jacky Chan movie - but in the good way. It never got boring, and I could vividly imagine it.
I thought some parts could have been a bit shorter, so I'll give the whole book 4 stars, and I'll be sure to continue the series!