Review: A good enough read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 15, 2013
Having read many fantasy books, I found these two books lacking in that they didn't compel me to want to finish reading them.  I had expected more and sad to say that I was disappointed.  The writing style didn't truly appeal to me although the books were well written but I found them a bit dark and dreary and the story wasn't expansive enough to hold my attention.  I like a book to have both light and dark dimensions to it, times when you hold your breath and hope that the outcome will be positive and that the villain gets his just rewards and the side of good comes out on top and reaps huge benefits for the efforts and sacrifices made.  I felt that there weren't enough characters and enough sub plots to enrich the telling, not enough suspense and too much seclusion which I felt left the book lacking.  Perhaps it's just me but in all honesty, the books just didn't appeal to me.  EK