A review by bellatora
The Gates of Sleep by Mercedes Lackey

2.0

Nothing happens. NOTHING HAPPENS. For dozens and dozens and dozens of pages. I think the entire book could’ve been shortened into a novella. Maybe Lackey should’ve saved the page space she spent describing everything and preaching about the evils of industrialism and used it to, y’know, develop characters. Everyone is so one-dimensional. I kind of have the feeling that Lackey loves to live in her worlds. Everything is described so lovingly, especially the daily domestic routine. It is charming in its own way, but not anything I want right now and since I don’t want to know about the minutiae of being a country Elemental Master than it simply couldn't hold my interest.