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A review by kzimm2024
The Elf Tangent by Lindsay Buroker
4.0
Certainly a unique little story- with math and economics and the "Twisted" (zombies)!
Our heroine is promised to another county in an arranged marriage and is kidnapped along the way by the elves to help them solve a little zombie problem that has bee plaguing their people for CENTAURIES.
This book read a little YA on the first few pages with the banter between Aldari and Theli in the library so I stopped reading the book to come back weeks later. And for some reason I read it differently this time- and it was very enjoyable. I realize now that what I was missing in my other series was humor. When that is missing from a well written book, for me it falls flat. Humor gives it that extra spark of fun. This had good humor, not laugh out loud but enough to spark the story for me.
Banter with Theli:
“Why don’t you just stab me through the heart with your logic and kill me here?”
“Have I mentioned how delightful it is that you’re always implicating me in your hypothetical deaths?”
Banter with Hawk:
Setvik sneered, pointed at Hawk’s crotch, said something curt, and stalked back toward the camp. “He says the mercenaries are ready to go,” Hawk said.
“Are you sure? It sounded… cruder.”
“There were embellishments."
I enjoyed Hawk and Aldari was a strong and smart heroine, good combo, and THANK you baby jesus that this was a standalone story and not 5 books in the making! I got worried after 70% and we still didn't have a solution and I have to say, the ending was a bit of a rush trying to pack all that amazing action and puzzles into the last 10% of the book. Why make it so hard?
All in all, an enjoyable read if you like elves :)
Our heroine is promised to another county in an arranged marriage and is kidnapped along the way by the elves to help them solve a little zombie problem that has bee plaguing their people for CENTAURIES.
This book read a little YA on the first few pages with the banter between Aldari and Theli in the library so I stopped reading the book to come back weeks later. And for some reason I read it differently this time- and it was very enjoyable. I realize now that what I was missing in my other series was humor. When that is missing from a well written book, for me it falls flat. Humor gives it that extra spark of fun. This had good humor, not laugh out loud but enough to spark the story for me.
Banter with Theli:
“Why don’t you just stab me through the heart with your logic and kill me here?”
“Have I mentioned how delightful it is that you’re always implicating me in your hypothetical deaths?”
Banter with Hawk:
Setvik sneered, pointed at Hawk’s crotch, said something curt, and stalked back toward the camp. “He says the mercenaries are ready to go,” Hawk said.
“Are you sure? It sounded… cruder.”
“There were embellishments."
I enjoyed Hawk and Aldari was a strong and smart heroine, good combo, and THANK you baby jesus that this was a standalone story and not 5 books in the making! I got worried after 70% and we still didn't have a solution and I have to say, the ending was a bit of a rush trying to pack all that amazing action and puzzles into the last 10% of the book. Why make it so hard?
All in all, an enjoyable read if you like elves :)