Review: Imaginative and Adventurous
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 23, 2012
Truth's Evil Light is the first Urban Fantasy book I've ever read, and one of the few books I've read in the fantasy genre. I received a free copy of this book so that I could write a review and I'm very glad I did. Since it is the first I've read in this genre, I don't have very much to compare it with, however, I found the book very entertaining and interesting. The main character, Cheveyo, is a bit sarcastic, which I did find rather tiresome after a while, however this did not interfere with the story. The story is heavily plot-driven, which I imagine is probably the case with most fantasy genre books. There is an underlying romantic subplot that I found compelling as well.The plot is pretty complicated. One problem that I had was remember who was who, and how they fit into the imaginary world. There is a glossary at the beginning with a list of who's who but it's difficult to go back and forth all the way to the beginning and there was no way to click directly on that glossary.I found the imaginary world (Tweentown) quite intriguing. It really got my imagination going. I don't want to spoil the plot and say too much about what happens in this imaginary world as I really feel this is one of the most important elements to the story, and perhaps this is the case with all or most books in the fantasy/urban fantasy genre.There was only one complaint I had, and this was more an element perhaps of my own personal taste in writing style, and again may be quite common in this genre, but that was the tendency of the writer (Michaela McGregor) to begin sentences with prepositional phrases. I started to notice it after a while and found if distracting. The minute I would start to get caught up in the story I would notice this pattern, which became predictable and got on my nerves. If it weren't for this one glitch that, as I said, may be a matter of personal taste, I would have given this book five stars. I would still, however, have had to work very hard to figure out what was going on in the story. It is complicated, interesting, definitely great escape material. It is written well, even if it isn't written in a style that I like. It is extremely well edited. There were no grammatical issues or spelling or typographical issues whatsoever. The story hung together perfectly, with surprise twists and turns to keep you guessing. Sometimes I did feel that something happened that I missed, and had the feeling that I needed to go back and reread in order to keep up with the story but that is difficult with a kindle version, which was the version that I read.One last thing. I found several very memorable quotes that made me stop and think. Some of the magical, supernatural realities of this world that McGregor created also made me stop and think. I felt it really freed up my imagination to go on creative journeys, right along with Cheveyo and her adventures.Overall, this is an entertaining, action-packed, heavily plot-driven, escapist type of story that I would recommend to people who enjoy this genre.