Review: Review by Wm. B. Miller
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 7, 2013
Hero for Hire is Rick Riordan's Olympians -- but for grown-ups. Witty, chock-full of pithy, wise sayings and observations, and inventive in both plot and subplots, Hero for Hire is an extremely well-written novel of Greek-hero style adventure. Woven in and around one another are lyrical passages reminiscent in their lyricism of Guy Gavriel Kay's writing. These are threaded with plucky, fresh dialog that easily holds the reader's attention and makes him appreciate the character development that is unfolding page by page. The novel has enough typographical errors that it would benefit from the attention of a skilled proofreader (I volunteer), but is not at all rife with errors, and they did not -- for this reader -- notably detract from the enjoyment of the read. Cynthia Pratt is talented, folks, make no mistake. And this engrossing first book in the Eno the Thracian series makes me want to read the next book in the series. And at $0.99 cents? A complete steal! Cynthia could charge $4.99 without any pangs of conscious. The novel is worth that, and more. I can't imagine what this author's works will look like five years from now, but I sure intend to find out!