Review: Refreshing change
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 19, 2012
I really enjoyed this book and bought the 2nd in the series while only 1/2 way through the first as I knew I would want to go right on in to the second without pause. The characters are all well developed and they behave as I would expect people to behave when in their situations. There are several strong female characters and the main male characters act like men without being overly macho most of the time. The politics in the story are well written without being overly long or boring. We get the gist of what factions exist in the world without endless back stories and histories. The world is interesting in that sabers exist alongside muskets and blasters and there is plenty of magic to go around.The writing was well done and I didn't run across any obvious typos or editing errors. The book flowed along smoothly and not once did I feel that I was bogging down or getting bored with the story.I felt that this book was a refreshing change from the standard Scifi/fantasy genres as it took elements from both but never pigeon-holed itself into either category. It reminded me a bit of the Star Wars legacy as it combined technology with spiritualism and magic and had similar characters in the rogue type character, Rook (Han Solo) and the princess Tryss (Princess Leia)as well as similar supporting characters. It was never overtly a copy of Star Wars but there were definitely reminders of it throughout the book but in a good way.I highly recommend this book and hope the author keeps putting out more in the series as I have grown to really like the characters and would like to see more of them in the future.