Review: Great new world
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2011
Legacy by Chris Adonn is Book One of the Balancer Chronicles.  The Balancer Chronicles is an urban fantasy series - with a unique twist.  The world imagined by Chris Adonn contains vampires, and hags, and supernatural creatures of all sorts; but also an immortal race which exists alongside humans, and this race is the Balancers.  The Balancers have been created to keep the supernatural elements in the world in check, and they live their long lives battling supernatural creatures, or humans who are trying to expose supernatural creatures to the rest of the world.  The Balancers live a human life, generally without realizing that they are any different from anyone else,  but when they die they are reborn as Balancers and are then immortal.  The author has done a beautiful job of world-building, and it is easy to visualize the world and accept it as reality.  I love the concept.Legacy, the first book of the series, introduces Katrina Blake who is just learning about the Balancers, via a journal she discovers in the family estate.  The journal tells the life story of James Blackburne, a Balancer who is connected to Katrina though she does not realize it.  James details his life, and his companions, including another Balancer called Wolfgang, and a vampire called Bas.  The story moves slowly, partly because it is told via a journal, and partly because James spends a huge amount of time explaining the Balancers' history and  his history for Katrina.  As mentioned earlier, I think the author does a great job of setting the stage in this book;  now that I know all about the Balancers, I am ready to dive right into the action!