Review: YMMV
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2014
The disclaimer Your Mileage May Vary: applies in a sort of everyone has different tastes type warning; I did not find most of the (IMO endless retelling of the same joke) humor appealing. I found not only the "Great Sehn" unlikable but Commander Marshal just more of the same one dimensional irritating character. The dialogue in almost all situations  just never felt as if the individuals were really involved with each other but as if their exchanges and inner monologues were just to hammer home a (IMO) condescending view of both genders and their relationship to each other. Even the villains  Ghell and "The Champion"  were wasted potential with no real history given or character explanations.The few instances that did make me chuckle /  smile were understated and brief (e.g.  names .... The Gryphon ...Pancake or the mayor  Rumpus Pumpus ). In fact passage describing the mayor in battle was quite amusing.My advice is to read the available sample before acquiring this novel. The author has vision and talent this particular offering simply did not appeal to me.