Review: Council of Peacocks.....different take on a classic symbol
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 22, 2013
This was an interesting beginning to a series. Wisdom is a special kind of witty and jaded person because he's been alive for far too long. Like any immortal, he makes his share of mistakes over his very long lifetime. But he's insanely powerful, strong enough to overpower his father, a powerful Djinn.Over the years Wisdom has made plenty of friends and enemies, and the lines can be blurred with both. Echo is a woman he took by force and made into an immortal, but he clearly has strong feelings for. Propates is a male he'd turned into an immortal as well, but Propates becomes an enemy. He is actually leader of the Council of Peacocks.What I find most interesting is that Wisdom is not some altruistic character fighting solely to save mankind. He's a selfish jerk, to be quite honest, and most lives are expandable to him. But he does care for some, most definitely Echo and a few others among the hybrids he takes in to teach to use their powers.The author adds some bits of different mythologies and modifies them, which I'm certainly a fan of. What makes the end worthwhile for me is that Wisdom has to learn a lesson the hard way, the same as the youths he teaches. All in all, a good story despite a few grammar issues and I can't wait for the next in the series