Review: Didn't enjoy this book, felt mislead by the cover and synopsis
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 31, 2014
Blades of the Old Empire is not a book that I enjoyed reading. The fantasy elements were uninspired, the adventuring was boring, and the romance was very weak where the only feelings being felt between characters was a basic sexual attraction that rarely proceeded beyond awkward leering. There were a couple of cool action sequences, and the book is easy to read with a good pace, but there is nothing else I enjoyed about this book.Also, I felt mislead by the marketing for this book. I was dragged into this book because the cover and synopsis make this book seem like this book is about Kara, an awesome Majat warrior doing awesome things, but that doesn't even come close to describing what this book is actually about. It's like saying the main character of The Lord of the Rings is Gandalf and the books are about his quest to become Gandalf the White. Yes Kara is an important character who does important things from time to time, but this is far from being her book, and there are many other characters doing many different things that are just as important, if not more important than Kara and the things she does. Kara probably belongs on the cover, but that synopsis really does a poor job at communicating what the book is actually about.