Review: What a pleasant surprise!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 3, 2013
I picked up the book because it came up in a list when I was looking for something else entirely. I figured the title was interesting enough to take a chance. I'm so glad I did. Mr. Crichton's characters are well developed and completely likeable, the story line is fascinating and fast paced. I'm impressed with the amount of ancient Roman history in the story, which demonstrates the author's efforts to write a good book, he obviously did a lot of research, something we readers really appreciate. I think Edward Crichton is going to be a real star in the genre, and I think I proved my trust in this observation by just purchasing the second book in the series. I gave the Last Roman 4 stars only because I want a little more richness in the supporting characters. He started to develop them well, but not quite well enough. If book II is as good as good as the first one, I'll award it a five star review!