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buckeyebreezey 's review for:
Taken
by Benedict Jacka
Honestly, I can't decide whether this is 3 or 4 stars and probably it will change on a future reread.
I like Alex Verus. I like Luna and the apprentices. I miss Starbreeze. I actually enjoy much of what Jacka and his universe have to offer.
Unfortunately, I'm also a fan of the Dresden Files. And I'm having difficulty separating the two series. There is SO much similarity between the two. And maybe it's just fantasy tropes (the "good" council that really isn't, the pretty sidekick that might or might not have a romance, the "research guy") and it all kind of gets old. I want to read something different. Not a "what would happen if Harry Dresden lived in London with a slightly different power.
Allll that said, I do really enjoy how magic is treated a little differently here. Where it's a specialty and no one is uberpowerful of everything. Alex's divination powers and Luna's luck powers are incredibly interesting and subtle. I'm curious to see where Anne might go in the future installments of this novel because Alex seems to be collecting apprentices.
I like Alex Verus. I like Luna and the apprentices. I miss Starbreeze. I actually enjoy much of what Jacka and his universe have to offer.
Unfortunately, I'm also a fan of the Dresden Files. And I'm having difficulty separating the two series. There is SO much similarity between the two. And maybe it's just fantasy tropes (the "good" council that really isn't, the pretty sidekick that might or might not have a romance, the "research guy") and it all kind of gets old. I want to read something different. Not a "what would happen if Harry Dresden lived in London with a slightly different power.
Allll that said, I do really enjoy how magic is treated a little differently here. Where it's a specialty and no one is uberpowerful of everything. Alex's divination powers and Luna's luck powers are incredibly interesting and subtle. I'm curious to see where Anne might go in the future installments of this novel because Alex seems to be collecting apprentices.