Review: Not bad, but...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 28, 2014
Overall, this wasn't a bad book, it just wasn't brilliant. The storyline was interesting - the way the 'Chung' culture was woven in was done well. The characters, although perhaps lacking depth, were believable. However, as someone who loves to read fantasy that is strongly character driven, I got to the end of the story without really feeling any vested interest in the characters - except perhaps Arandur.I also found the story a little hard to get into at first. The author was obviously doing their best with their world building, but to me it felt like they were trying too hard. In the second paragraph Talon is described as "looping his reins quickly and skilfully over a branch", maybe I am overly sensitive, but that just felt like overkill to me. Not to mention that 'reins' was spelt 'reigns'. As the story continued I either became used to the author's style, or he stopped being so enthusiastic with descriptions and I found it much easier to read. However I was still annoyed by simple editing errors which could have easily been corrected - Indies author or not.Regardless, I am interested in how the story continues and will probably by the next book in the series.