Review: A bit disappointed 😞
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 27, 2014
This isn't as great as his first two books but I did just spent the last four hours reading, with only the shortest of breaks. "Honor Crowned" has two giant flaws in my opinion. The first is the last thirty pages... It's difficult to explain how rushed it felt, only because after a teleportation (that isn't explained in the least) the plot is very clear cut, with one or two twists if you don't pay attention to charater development. I don't want to spoil the ending but I think many will agree with me, when I say it ends with a  classic fanasty feel. Not to say that's a bad thing mind you but unless Mr. Southwick chooses a different main charater I'll be overlooking the next installment.The second thing that bugged me about this story is the whole bonded, soulmate thing. Not only is Jen barely in this book, I get the feeling that she's only bonded to Rim to take the place of a love interest. She barely has a story of her own and the ending read like a "THE END", so she may never matter past being a filler charater... I'm fine with filler characters like soldiers and housekeepers but if you can't or won't flesh out the lead partner to a main charater, please don't drop a filler, just leave him/her blank.Over all I can pick up the first two books and read them back to back but I probably won't read this book again for a long while.