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A review by knittyreader
Red Death by Jeff Altabef
5.0
I received a free copy through Netgalley, in return for an honest review.
Oh how hard it was to put this book down!
The characters were wonderful; believable, great, mostly likeable, but never perfect. My favourite character was Wilky, the 'strange', smart little brother. He reminded me of my Aspie husband all the time, although the husband is a little more talkative ;-) In the end, Wilky is the real hero of this book, together with Piers, although their sister is the main character.
The worldbuilding was dystopian, but kind of medieval too - mostly like a dystopian King Arthur tale. For me this was just as it should be, and Altabef made it all fit seamlessly together.
Then there was quite a lot of action, enough to keep this book fast-paced, while it slowed down enough to not get crammed. There was just enough romance, without it getting too much. And there were exactly the right amount of characters, although the writer and publisher seemed to think those might be a little much. I never had to use the character sheet though, to me it was all easy enough to follow, even with the different POV's.
Overall conclusion: everyone should read this book!
Oh how hard it was to put this book down!
The characters were wonderful; believable, great, mostly likeable, but never perfect. My favourite character was Wilky, the 'strange', smart little brother. He reminded me of my Aspie husband all the time, although the husband is a little more talkative ;-) In the end, Wilky is the real hero of this book, together with Piers, although their sister is the main character.
The worldbuilding was dystopian, but kind of medieval too - mostly like a dystopian King Arthur tale. For me this was just as it should be, and Altabef made it all fit seamlessly together.
Then there was quite a lot of action, enough to keep this book fast-paced, while it slowed down enough to not get crammed. There was just enough romance, without it getting too much. And there were exactly the right amount of characters, although the writer and publisher seemed to think those might be a little much. I never had to use the character sheet though, to me it was all easy enough to follow, even with the different POV's.
Overall conclusion: everyone should read this book!