Review: Part I starts a little slow, but really picks up from there.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2014
Review courtesy of All Things Urban Fantasy.Combined Review for Parts I & II:A triumphant revival of the serial format, THE KRAKEN KING offers exotic locations, breathtaking sexual chemistry, and and a sweeping, political adventure that offers intrigue and danger on every page. Dickens would be proud, Meljean Brook has brought the serial into the modern day.I’m enough of an impatient reader, I wasn’t eagerly anticipating a serial. And to be honest, I finished each part of THE KRAKEN KING dying to leap into the next. Brook offers a satisfying amount of character development and action in each part, however, with smaller triumphs and challenges that also work very well towards the ultimate story. Though THE KRAKEN KING AND THE SCRIBBLING SPINSTER started a little slow for me, as Ariq’s point of view contained a lot of unfamiliar names and political history, once Zenobia appeared on the page things really took off. Zenobia and Ariq are both wonderful characters, and their personal chemistry and depth is what makes the gothic romance and adventure really work.As much as I enjoyed these two sections individually, I can see how they will work seamlessly together as one heck of a final compilation. An edge-of-your-seat adventure in whatever format you choose, I for one won’t be able to resist THE KRAKEN KING serials as they come out. Next up, THE KRAKEN KING AND THE FOX’S DEN, I can’t wait!Sexual Content: References to sex.