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A review by bybookandbone
The Sons Of Mil: The Innisfail Cycle: Book One by L.M. Riviere, D. Lea
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
3.5
3.5/5
I'm absolutely delighted to read an epic based on Ireland's mythology, and not to see it completely bastardised.
There's so much that's great about the Sons of Mil. The author does a great job with the lore and setting up a sort of mystery as to who wants Uná dead and why.
I really did enjoy the book.
However, there's a few points that brought the rating down. One is that I don't think a reader from outside Ireland will have the easiest time picturing where everything is. I'm from here and a lot of the towns and places were sort of names in an amorphous blob. I really think a map would have helped (and not just because I love fantasy maps). I'd have loved to see a map of Ireland with the different place names and boundaries.
There's a romance that comes completely out of no where. There was a line 'He's in love' and I said outloud 'uh.. is he?'. They have no chemistry, or really that much interaction in the grand scheme of things. One day we are just told they're in love. I don't feel it.
I received an arc copy. I am leaving this review voluntarily.
I'm absolutely delighted to read an epic based on Ireland's mythology, and not to see it completely bastardised.
There's so much that's great about the Sons of Mil. The author does a great job with the lore and setting up a sort of mystery as to who wants Uná dead and why.
I really did enjoy the book.
However, there's a few points that brought the rating down. One is that I don't think a reader from outside Ireland will have the easiest time picturing where everything is. I'm from here and a lot of the towns and places were sort of names in an amorphous blob. I really think a map would have helped (and not just because I love fantasy maps). I'd have loved to see a map of Ireland with the different place names and boundaries.
There's a romance that comes completely out of no where. There was a line 'He's in love' and I said outloud 'uh.. is he?'. They have no chemistry, or really that much interaction in the grand scheme of things. One day we are just told they're in love. I don't feel it.
I received an arc copy. I am leaving this review voluntarily.