Review: Sequel continues to entertain
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 31, 2011
If you're reading this review wondering whether the series is worth starting, the answer is yes.  Read further at your own peril; spoilers (for the first novel) follow."Soul of Tyrants" starts off with Mazael as Lord of Cravenlock, the Old Demon banished from his lands.  Still, Mazael's position is precarious; his new liege and former lord are at odds, with Cravenlock stuck in the middle.  The Old Demon is off stage, plotting death and the rise of the Destroyer.  To maintain peace, Mazael seeks to wed his sister Rachel to Gerald, youngest son of Mazael's former lord, Malden.  In return, Mazael agrees to help in the fight against the Dominiars, a monastic order reminiscent of the Templars which is at odds with Malden.  The involvement of serpent people and Mazael's half-demon half-siblings further complicates the situation, and lays the stage for a new confrontation with the Old Demon's evils.The story continues to be highly entertaining.  Mazael has enough BAMF qualities to spare, and the mysteries are a bit better done in this novel than the prequel.  That balances out against the lack of Mazael's internal strife that characterized "Demonsouled" and the continued minor issues in proofreading, less acceptable in a for-money novel, to maintain a four star rating.  Overall, an entertaining read filled with well executed traditional sword and sorcery elements.