Review: If only!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 20, 2013
Raventide is fantasy, dark fantasy, a little bit of horror, mystery, and romance (...kind of). Drayden is a historian, or artifact investigator, who is hired by a very confused young nobleman for a very large sum of money. Drayden begins to help the young man uncover his past, but soon enough (...about halfway through...) I realized Drayden was the confused one, and Elarien helps him figure out what he really wants from life.The beginning was somewhat confusing but quite intriguing. I enjoyed the characters and their relationships.Then about halfway through, it got more confusing, and although the scope of the mystery may have gotten broader, my interest dwindled. I could never keep the factions straight and couldn't remember who was part of which faction, and even by the end I wasn't sure what everybody was after. I wasn't even quite sure who lived and who died, and since there was a character who was able to control others -- even though he was a cool character -- I couldn't even be sure who was really part of it or not.Seems to have a lot of potential, if cleaned up by a good edit. Sadly I was just confused and irritated by the end, and did not find the ending very satisfying.