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The Mad Trinkets
by Cameron Scott Kirk, Cameron Scott Kirk
"The Mad Trinkets" opens up with death, violence, and sexual violence. If this doesn't deter you, then you may enjoy this novel as these themes are recurrent throughout the story.
Throughout the first half of the novel, five trinkets are introduced- small pieces of metal made into necklaces that give the wearer randomized supernatural powers. Each wearer/main character is rejuvenated and gets additional different abilities, which aren't known until the the person wearing the trinket figures it out. The kicker though? Wearing the trinkets will slowly make the wearer go mad, desiring power and often causing death and destruction to achieve it.
Most violence in novels doesn't bother me, but this was gratuitous. One trinket is "phallus shaped," so of course, the man that wears it has a fascination with his own d***. A whole character devoted to this power, with added sexual assault, did not add much to the story.
I thought of this as an old-fashioned European fantasy as I read it. Travelers on the road, kings, knights, peasants, serving girls with big boobs... that kind of thing. One of the first characters introduced is based off of Vikings- every description of her was basically Brienne from Game of Thrones. She was one of the stronger characters throughout the whole story, and I enjoyed traveling with her throughout the land of White Cloud.
... and then there were Maoris. As in, they are actually called Maoris, have the Maori greeting of hongi, and traditional Maori tattoos. As I write this review, it occurs to me that the author could be from New Zealand.... but within a fantasy world, having a real cultural group represented felt really out of place.
As a three-star review, I felt that many parts of this story were strong. I enjoyed many of the characters, and I thought the author weaved the stories of each of these characters together really well. Parts of the story dragged, but other parts were fast-paced and interesting and made up for it. As mentioned above, if you start this book and enjoy the first few chapters, then this book continues in the same way and will be an enjoyable read. If you don't enjoy the first few chapters, then the book is probably worth skipping.
Thank you Netgalley and The Mage's Lantern for an advanced copy of this e-book. "The Mad Trinkets" will be released on Sept 07, 2021- check out the author's website at https://www.themageslantern.com for a pre-release event with author Cameron Scott Kirk on September 6th!
Throughout the first half of the novel, five trinkets are introduced- small pieces of metal made into necklaces that give the wearer randomized supernatural powers. Each wearer/main character is rejuvenated and gets additional different abilities, which aren't known until the the person wearing the trinket figures it out. The kicker though? Wearing the trinkets will slowly make the wearer go mad, desiring power and often causing death and destruction to achieve it.
Most violence in novels doesn't bother me, but this was gratuitous. One trinket is "phallus shaped," so of course, the man that wears it has a fascination with his own d***. A whole character devoted to this power, with added sexual assault, did not add much to the story.
I thought of this as an old-fashioned European fantasy as I read it. Travelers on the road, kings, knights, peasants, serving girls with big boobs... that kind of thing. One of the first characters introduced is based off of Vikings- every description of her was basically Brienne from Game of Thrones. She was one of the stronger characters throughout the whole story, and I enjoyed traveling with her throughout the land of White Cloud.
... and then there were Maoris. As in, they are actually called Maoris, have the Maori greeting of hongi, and traditional Maori tattoos. As I write this review, it occurs to me that the author could be from New Zealand.... but within a fantasy world, having a real cultural group represented felt really out of place.
As a three-star review, I felt that many parts of this story were strong. I enjoyed many of the characters, and I thought the author weaved the stories of each of these characters together really well. Parts of the story dragged, but other parts were fast-paced and interesting and made up for it. As mentioned above, if you start this book and enjoy the first few chapters, then this book continues in the same way and will be an enjoyable read. If you don't enjoy the first few chapters, then the book is probably worth skipping.
Thank you Netgalley and The Mage's Lantern for an advanced copy of this e-book. "The Mad Trinkets" will be released on Sept 07, 2021- check out the author's website at https://www.themageslantern.com for a pre-release event with author Cameron Scott Kirk on September 6th!