Review: Hang on for the ride…
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 12, 2014
It’s a good read with lots of action, great characters and an urban fantasy setting. I think it would be a much better read if I started at the beginning of the series, Chaos Born. The author does a good job on filling the reader in on the backstory, but I get the feeling (and from looking at some of the existing reviews) that I would have been even more enthralled if I had read Chaos Born first. So, that’s next on my list – probably followed by a re-read of this one.The heroine, Lora Blackgoat, is probably not someone you’d bring home to mother – unless mother was Lara Croft. Then there’d be some real bonding… The heroes, no, Dad wouldn’t approve of them, either. Even if he was Indiana Jones.Even entering on book 2 the world-building is outstanding – both complex and consistent. There are definitely a LOT of players, not quite enough to require you to take notes but still – there are multiple races, each with their own powers and power structures, and multiple characters with their own agendas and secrets and plots. It’s a lot to keep straight, but worth the effort. It’s pretty obvious that there are more books planned. And that’s a good thing.Chronicles from the Applecross seriesChaos BornChaos BoundMy only caveat – and it’s personal and silly – is the Applecross name. To me it sounds like a bonnet romance filled with blushing Amish women (and men), rather than a swashbuckling story with swords and demons.Copy received from Netgalley and publisher for an honest review.