Review: Steampunk Fantasy
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 9, 2011
This is Book 2 in the Halcyon Trilogy, I did not read Book 1.  I did feel a little like I was missing things when reading this book.  There were references to things that obviously happened in the first book and I didn't always understand what was going on.Fantasy is my favorite genre, but I had a hard time getting into this novel.  There was so much of the same thing going on, travelling here, getting into a fight.  Travelling there, getting into a fight.  It was usually the same person they were fighting.  A lot of the characters were flat and uninteresting.  Lorenzo and his wife didn't start feeling real and engaging to me until almost the end.I loved the huge bird for riding and the pet tiger, I wish they had been used more.  I enjoyed the bits of humor that came through here and there throughout the story, if only it had been used more as well.I see from other reviews that some people did really enjoy this book, so if you enjoy fantasy and steampunk, give this one a look.