Review: Better than the first
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2012
So the main character gets to meet her people and realize that they have a lot of expectations and the battles continue with the same enemies from the first one.Bad- New characters introduced and their are again a lot of them this detracts from the characters from the first one who we have not even gotten to really know yet.- Same villains nothing new and not resolutions against them. Gets to feel same old, same old.Good- Progression with the main arc is moving along with her gaining followers and finally getting some of her powers under control.- The gods start to make sense and you can see how Grandfather Shadow is placing his pieces on the board.- Characters are again written in a believable fashion. In one scene a character who gets the feeling their will be trouble leaves the town in the night, I felt this was very believable in a character who had not stack in getting involved at that moment.- Lots of battles and you see the main character start to change and mature, always a plus in a series.- World starts to come together as you get more glimpses into other parts of it.OverallI liked the sequel better than the first it was longer and you were able to see a lot more of the world. I disliked that it had the same villains and that the conflict was not really resolved. I am all for having a long range villain but in a book you need to have the person defeat someone beside just cookie cut out troops. And the price again not sure I will follow the series given both the price and the length of the books this one was better but still.