pauladavila95 's review for:

Malice by John Gwynne

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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The amount of action scenes balance the slow lulls of the story, which I very much enjoyed. John Gwynne takes time to develop his characters and set the story and the world for the next book. I found the start of the book (and therefore the start of this saga) a bit confusing and didn’t fully understand the conflict of the story. It seems like this was done on purpose. There were a lot of characters to follow and remember, which added to the confusion, but Gwynne did a good job of reminding you who is who throughout the story. The end of the story wraps up with a bang and the author isn’t scared to kill off any of his characters - a good sign of a fantasy story. Will definitely read book 2.