Review: Would be great with a decent edit!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 6, 2013
Raventide is a complex yarn with a complex set of characters. It is very well written and many of the characters (e.g: Drayden, Elarien) are consistent. Others (Alaireth, the doctor) manage to pop in an out of the tale although the hows and whys are fuzzy, and still others (Delisandra,Nathaine) are simply confusing. And while the main plot line is consistent, I have to admit to being unable to decipher the two teams of bad guys, regarding both who was with which group, and what exactly they wanted.In essence, Drayden is a skilled researcher hired by Elarien, a young member of a very wealthy family and a talented actor, to unravel his past despite the family's efforts to thwart the investigation. The eventual discovery of that past takes us into a world of ghosts, demons, angels, and unnamed vicious creatures...A professional edit could turn this novel into a top-rate tale. It is worth the read in its present form too, despite its flaws.