Review: The bad guys are not that bad
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 17, 2014
I have my fair share of books that always makes the hero of the book seem like the all around good guy who life just crapped on over and over and still he comes out on top with everyone liking him.  The Songreaver's Tale series puts a good spin on things in that in games and books a Necromancer is the bad guy.  In this series the Necromancer isn't the bad guy, he's just a guy that follows a different god and is more than happy to be left alone.  So yes it is a a nice twist that would make me want to read more.  That being said the major issues that sprung to me is the inconsistencies of theme of the story.  One moment he gets screwed over by one religious group, then he goes and gets screwed over by a prince of another country and then he get almost killed by a commander of a foreign country because he worships a different god.  And the thing is that there is no closure in any of this, it happens he runs away new problem and the original issue is forgotten.  The other main issue that bothered me was that for a pseudo Necromancer he wasn't living up to the title. He rose one dead body and learned a couple of fairy magic, but besides causing a couple illusions he doesn't do much.  I was half expecting an army of dead working for him.  Lastly for a main character it didn't feel like he was doing much to fit that profile and he deserved more of a secondary role.  "I'm the hero of the story, but I haven't done anything worth bragging about." is the feeling i'm getting from him.