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A review by getlostmatilda
King of Sword and Sky by C.L. Wilson
4.0
4 stars
As much as I love this series, King of Sword and Sky was stuck on my 'currently reading' shelf for two whole years. The storyline, world-building and characters are all top-notch, but I felt like it could have been written 100x more concisely to keep readers hooked. Instead, I felt exhausted after reading a few chapters and was constantly looking for other shorter books to read for a few hours instead. In the end, I read the first 60% and then listened to the last 40% as an audiobook on Scribd. The audiobook was average at best, so I kept it on 1.5x speed to get through it quicker. I think the character voices were just so far from what I was expecting, that it made it unenjoyable at times.
ALSO: it would benefit the series to have a cover update to bring them into this century. At the moment, they're dated and not appealing in the slightest.
I'll continue with the series, but I'm definitely not as invested as I was in the first two books. It feels like it's just being dragged out for the sake of filling five books instead of three.
As much as I love this series, King of Sword and Sky was stuck on my 'currently reading' shelf for two whole years. The storyline, world-building and characters are all top-notch, but I felt like it could have been written 100x more concisely to keep readers hooked. Instead, I felt exhausted after reading a few chapters and was constantly looking for other shorter books to read for a few hours instead. In the end, I read the first 60% and then listened to the last 40% as an audiobook on Scribd. The audiobook was average at best, so I kept it on 1.5x speed to get through it quicker. I think the character voices were just so far from what I was expecting, that it made it unenjoyable at times.
ALSO: it would benefit the series to have a cover update to bring them into this century. At the moment, they're dated and not appealing in the slightest.
I'll continue with the series, but I'm definitely not as invested as I was in the first two books. It feels like it's just being dragged out for the sake of filling five books instead of three.