Review: too much ...all fantasy stereotypes thrown together
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 9, 2014
I had to think before I could say whether or not I liked this book.I did not dislike it. It had interesting enough characters, action, some suspense, I got drawn into the story, particularly when the protagonists were trapped in Vod'Adia, the Sable City. Then why can't I say simply that I liked it? Maybe because it was too much: it had dwarfs and dragons and mages and lamias and almost every other typical character created for fantasy. Aaa, and on top of that, devils, samurais and teleportation. So there were some sci-fi explanations somewhere. And a lot of descriptions of places and families and history that I could do without. The book had its moments, I especially enjoyed the chemistry and the banter between the translator-soldier and the Matilda Lanai, the Miilark guild apprentice. Who, for being trained to fight and kill, got tossed around and injured a lot. Overall, a story that could have been said in a quarter of the pages it has.