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nicoley3 's review for:
The Faceless Mage
by Kenley Davidson
I absolutely love Kenley's books and her writing style. (Read Traitor's Masque if you haven't yet!) Her stories are unique and very fun. Though I only "liked" this story instead of "loved" it because of two things:
1. I felt like the last 20% of the book should have been expanded some. Maybe I just like savoring character and plot development and no one else thinks this. But the stakes of the story raised only after I had read 80% of the book. It's a short read (271 pages) and I felt like once enough 'setting the stage' had happened and the story really started moving, it was suddenly over. (That doesn't mean the book wasn't good though--the story kept a very good pace--I just wish it had been longer overall, it went too quickly for me.) The good news is that this isn't a stand alone story and the next book is coming out in January, but I do wish we had gotten to see more character development/worldbuilding with the prince and other characters at the castle.
2. The romantic interest felt a little contrived and maybe rushed? Which ties into how short the events felt to me. I understand that there's only so much you can do with so many words, especially when you have to develop other important parts of the book too.
All that said, I loved Leisa's backstory, her character, and her abilities and I am excited to see her interactions and growth in the next book and learn more about Kyrion. He's pretty cool, too.
1. I felt like the last 20% of the book should have been expanded some. Maybe I just like savoring character and plot development and no one else thinks this. But the stakes of the story raised only after I had read 80% of the book. It's a short read (271 pages) and I felt like once enough 'setting the stage' had happened and the story really started moving, it was suddenly over. (That doesn't mean the book wasn't good though--the story kept a very good pace--I just wish it had been longer overall, it went too quickly for me.) The good news is that this isn't a stand alone story and the next book is coming out in January, but I do wish we had gotten to see more character development/worldbuilding with the prince and other characters at the castle.
2. The romantic interest felt a little contrived and maybe rushed? Which ties into how short the events felt to me. I understand that there's only so much you can do with so many words, especially when you have to develop other important parts of the book too.
All that said, I loved Leisa's backstory, her character, and her abilities and I am excited to see her interactions and growth in the next book and learn more about Kyrion. He's pretty cool, too.