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The Diabolic
by S.J. Kincaid
Probably one of my fastest and most enjoyable reads this year.
During these 5 days that I spent totally immmersed in the marvelous battle that the main character was fighting WITHIN herself were nothing more but a true pleasure. Despite the lack of my interest regarding secondary characters, wait... what were their names? Sonia? Donia? King Edormus? (Whatever), I managed to figure out the essential envoy that S.J. Kincaid aimed to deliver. Nemesis, the Diabolic, the protector and the... half human half creature was what allowed the book to win a position in my "worth to remember" shelf. Her astonishing development throughout the story was described with really high details and care. Due to factors from the outside environment, she undertook a transformation from ruthless and mentaly impenetrable THING? PERSON? to a fully concious and sensitive human being. Although never enigineered to do so, Nemesis's journey to the core of the galactic empire and the disguise as her master forced the protagonist to act opposite to her ASSIGNED nature. I appreciated that Ms. Kincaid put a big focus on Nemesis's explaination of her feelings and complecated inner thinking. "find a quote". This techinque was very useful to let the readers know how many difficulties the character had to go through in order to be able to complete her task.
Another character that also caugh my attention, though wasn't as stricking as Nemesis: Tyrus, the heir of the empire's king (shouldn't it be an Emperor?) The cration of his life-long secret that... Don't stop reading! I would never dare to spoil anything ;) ... he just isn't what everyone else believes he is was simply a fantastic possible decision to make by the author. The cleverness of the whole sheme that Tyrus planned at a very young age earned my respect and admiration for his person.
Certainly the most unexpeced and mind-blowing plot twist in the whole book.
Tyrus's romance with Nemesis was also something that kept me attentive and willing to learn more about their future relationship. Positively, it gave me an impresson that Ms. Kincaid prefered to expose their love through both of the characters' couragous actions rather than through a cliché scene with intesne romance. (nevertheless, there had to be one of the kind, both to make the "romance-lovers" readers satisfied and to solidify the belief that "somthing" is happening between those two.) Anyway, Tyrus, similarly to Nemesis, could find the strength within himself to stand up and not to let other ambicious characters treat him like a pawn in their game of throne ;)
Last but not least, this review would not be complete without me mentioning Ms. Kincaid's impressive skill of world-building.
Happening over many parallel dimensions where a trip to a neighbouring palace can take weeks, the setting emerged to be intriguing, yet not confusing. Everything seemed to belong and fit nicely. Most of the descriptions, especially those of building and royal palaces, were very original and fullfiled their main objective of making us, readers, feel a real part of it. I highly value books that .... to be continued :D
During these 5 days that I spent totally immmersed in the marvelous battle that the main character was fighting WITHIN herself were nothing more but a true pleasure. Despite the lack of my interest regarding secondary characters, wait... what were their names? Sonia? Donia? King Edormus? (Whatever), I managed to figure out the essential envoy that S.J. Kincaid aimed to deliver. Nemesis, the Diabolic, the protector and the... half human half creature was what allowed the book to win a position in my "worth to remember" shelf. Her astonishing development throughout the story was described with really high details and care. Due to factors from the outside environment, she undertook a transformation from ruthless and mentaly impenetrable THING? PERSON? to a fully concious and sensitive human being. Although never enigineered to do so, Nemesis's journey to the core of the galactic empire and the disguise as her master forced the protagonist to act opposite to her ASSIGNED nature. I appreciated that Ms. Kincaid put a big focus on Nemesis's explaination of her feelings and complecated inner thinking. "find a quote". This techinque was very useful to let the readers know how many difficulties the character had to go through in order to be able to complete her task.
Another character that also caugh my attention, though wasn't as stricking as Nemesis: Tyrus, the heir of the empire's king (shouldn't it be an Emperor?) The cration of his life-long secret that... Don't stop reading! I would never dare to spoil anything ;) ... he just isn't what everyone else believes he is was simply a fantastic possible decision to make by the author. The cleverness of the whole sheme that Tyrus planned at a very young age earned my respect and admiration for his person.
Certainly the most unexpeced and mind-blowing plot twist in the whole book.
Tyrus's romance with Nemesis was also something that kept me attentive and willing to learn more about their future relationship. Positively, it gave me an impresson that Ms. Kincaid prefered to expose their love through both of the characters' couragous actions rather than through a cliché scene with intesne romance. (nevertheless, there had to be one of the kind, both to make the "romance-lovers" readers satisfied and to solidify the belief that "somthing" is happening between those two.) Anyway, Tyrus, similarly to Nemesis, could find the strength within himself to stand up and not to let other ambicious characters treat him like a pawn in their game of throne ;)
Last but not least, this review would not be complete without me mentioning Ms. Kincaid's impressive skill of world-building.
Happening over many parallel dimensions where a trip to a neighbouring palace can take weeks, the setting emerged to be intriguing, yet not confusing. Everything seemed to belong and fit nicely. Most of the descriptions, especially those of building and royal palaces, were very original and fullfiled their main objective of making us, readers, feel a real part of it. I highly value books that .... to be continued :D