Review: Another Fun Tompa Lee Adventure
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 9, 2014
Having read the Trial of Tompa Lee a few months ago, I was eager to move into the second book and continue on with the story. After seeing Tompa triumph over injustice in the first book, she continues on her crusade of fighting for the little guy, although it's not necessarily her this time. She continues to impress me as a strong, independent, and honestly written character. Hoornaert isn't afraid to reveal her weaknesses as often as her strengths, which makes her much more "human" and accessible to readers. As with the first book, I was occasionally distracted by the romantic passages and the discussions of her love life, as they seemed almost unnecessary or forced in to appeal to some demographic of the readership. I think Hoornaert writes a heck of a good book, which is precisely what I thought in Book 1, and the action and plot developments are perfectly entertaining on their own. The action between the Shons and the Klicks was exciting and I didn't know how the story would end, which is why I basically read the darn thing in three days. I liked the concept of Keevie killing her to become a god, but I feel like the fact that she had been raised to such "goddess" levels was a bit under-explained or undersold in the narrative. My critique of the first book was much the same; there seemed to be a few too many leaps of the plot that left me flipping back through pages to see if I had missed anything, even though I hadn't. That being said, I will definitely be reading book 3, and would be very interested to see even more of this world/character storyline, as Hoornaert writes it with passion and energy that makes for a very fun and lighthearted read for anyone who digs fantasy and science fiction.