Review: Short but good start
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2012
Okay so this is a story about a world were the only magic seems to come from gods. Some of the gods are imprisoned and when one gets out he chooses a chosen one. That is pretty much the whole story for this first book. Now there a lot of battles and close calls with a ton of characters introduced but really those two sentences sum it up.Bad- Short I felt like it was just a little over 100 pages- Price for the price it could of been longer if this is how the books are going to be priced by the time you get to 600 pages well you do the math- No info dumps you kind of have to learn the world as you go along while some like this it can be frustrating trying to figure out who anyone is and what they are talking about. Eventually you get it but the first little bit is annoying.- Lots of characters they seem to pop out of the woodwork all talking about a history you have no idea of.Good- It is a gripping plot and moves with a fast pace.- Interesting world with all the gods both lesser and greater and their interactions.- Characters are fleshed out with both good and bad points and I cannot remember one of them doing something stupid to further the plot.- Guns and swords this is one of the better mixes and I always find authors who use this time period of turbulence to have interesting worlds. On this note the world does seem to be thought about and planned out.OverallI found the book enjoyable the characters believable in a fantasy setting and the setting itself to be interesting. I would recommend this book to those who read the genre however the shortness of this first book and it's price would have me recommend other books before it.