Review: Gargoyles!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 29, 2014
The Gates of Oblivion, by Melissa Tani and Luis Robles, whisks readers away into a land of magic, replete with all manner of dreamy beast. Kings and queens, dragons and gargoyles, all have a part to play in the sometimes dark, always magical, narrative. I appreciate that Tani and Robles dared to make a race of gargoyles one of their focal groups, because there has certainly been a dearth of gargoyles in the recent magic and fantasy genre craze.One particular feature of the novel that I enjoyed, was that at the onset of each chapter exists a drawing. Pen and ink with pencil, the sketches capture an element of the story in an interesting, anatomy-esque style. The sometimes vague and intriguing figures, as if drawn on old parchment, help set the narratives tone.If you are ready to briefly live in a world of dragons swelling with magic and setting forth to wreak havoc upon it, and a world in which beings with names like bliss, melody and harmony leave their mark upon it, The Gates of Oblivion is for you. Tani and Robles set out to tell a story that guides their readers on a journey through a fantastical, magic land, and they succeed.