A review by dromwald
Darien by Conn Iggulden

5.0

This was one of those books, along with another I'm currently reading, that I picked up and put aside as something I would read at some stage in order to meet my Goodreads reading challenge. Imagine my surprise then to find that I absolutely loved this (And these pleasant little surprises in reading are always moments of gold for me). This gets 5 stars from me not because it is original, or because the characters made me fall in love with them, or because the world building is fantastic or because it contains some deep, meaningful message. It has faults, the motivation of a couple of the characters is questionable and the world created is serviceable rather than unique. Yet the fact remains that the story gripped me throughout and the threads of narrative holding the whole thing together just sort of 'worked' for me.
There are some nice little twists worked into the main storyline and I was left at the end of this first book anxious to read more of the characters stories.
Needless-to-say I will be keen to continue my journey and to discover more works by this author.