Review: OK, but not anywhere as well told of a story as Rua
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 21, 2013
I found the first book in this series, Rua, for free under the Amazon Best Sellers for Free list and really liked it. Nice spin on Irish folklore brought to modern times. I really enjoyed Rua. As for Rive, I have to say I was disappointed.I downloaded the sample before buying, which is about the first 4 chapters, and was interested in where the plot line was going so I decide to purchase it. I feel the story itself goes pretty well until about 70% through the book then it just seems like the author is in a hurry to tie this up and finish it off because everything comes to a head very quickly which is kind of odd because the book isn't that long. I could understand rushing a bit if the story was already at something like 325 pages but it's not so this just felt unnecessary. I also thought the "betrayer" of the story was kind of obvious when you stopped and thought about it for minute.I felt the Epilogue that is to further tie everything in that nice little bow was weak at best. Without giving away any major spoilers: At the end of everything Celeste is given a key to open something that she is told she will need to help in continuing on the Tuatha legacy, basically implying that whatever this key goes to is vital information, that is important, that NEEDS to be retrieved and used after everything goes down and it doesn't get opened until YEARS after the end when the Epilogue takes place.This story needs a good editing as well. There are several places where Rylan's name looses the "l" and it shows up as Ryan. There are quite a few places in sentences where small words are missing. This happened a bit in the first book but it wasn't too distracting. In this one there were enough instances where it was a distraction and I would stop to go back and re-read the line to make sure I was understanding what was being said or there were places where two words would be juxtaposed.All in all I think I would have been happier with book if the story hadn't, what I felt like, fell apart at the end and then this short Epilogue that was supposed to tie it all up nice and neat but really didn't explain anything. Also, in my opinion when Celeste does learn what her powers truly are and what she is, I thought it was just a bit much. If her powers were that and as Tuatha they can live forever there wouldn't be a need for four others.My honest recommendation, if you really liked the first book and just have to know how it ends and what happens, then yes, buy Rive. As of this review it's 2.99 and it's not unreadable, just don't expect as well told of a story as Rua.