Review: Very original storyline
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 7, 2013
I was going to give this book 3 stars because it never truly grabbed me, but I think that's simply because it's not completely my genre. The corporate espionage side of things was kind of dull to me while the fantasy section was fantastic! There was a dragon. Instant star for that alone.Letts wrote a hard book to categorize - Contemporary Fantasy is the closest I can come up with. There's not much out there to compare it to. It's like The Firm meets King Arthur. Although I wasn't a huge fan of the boardroom drama, I did like how the fantasy elements were woven in. They came slowly at first, just little glimpses like mysterious messages delivered with dire consequences and did I mention the dragon? As the story picked up steam I did become more engaged though there were some jarring moments that I looked at the characters and thought, "What!?!" (SPOILER - Sierra being grabbed by the throat, slammed up against the wall and then slapped across the face by another employee. How does she let that happen without immediately telling everyone, 'Hey, this guy just assaulted me! Get security!')All in all, though, it was a good read. Very different, very interesting. And the ending was great. It's a true ending, no real cliffhangers here, but it leaves a great set up for the next book to kick off immediate action.