Review: An exciting first book to kick off the series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 12, 2014
Simon has built an amazingly multifaceted world for his book “Oblivion’s Forge” and I found myself easily drawn into the scenes he described, to the point where I could almost visualise myself in these places. The plot was as equally complex, and I did have to concentrate when shifting from one character to another. If I had to nit-pick, I’d say better segues between characters and/or chapters, in some cases, would have been good.Saying that–I loved the way Simon introduced us to each of the main players. As a reader I came to know each one, their background and their hopes, dreams and fears, before they were all brought together for the final conflict.By the end of the book, Aona and its waring inhabitants seemed as familiar to me as our very own green planet and I can’t wait to visit it again. I think that Simon did a great job in introducing us to both the characters and an intriguing plot, dripping with good and evil, yet I can’t help but think that the best is yet to come.