Review: Slow Starter, but it got better.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 16, 2013
I liked the premise of this book. Centering on a wealthy university student who goes on an adventure that involves pirates, madams, and "good" creatures, this novel started by being overdone in language and over the top action. I found it a bit of a mess of characters and ideas for the first part of the book, but I stayed with it to the end.To begin with, I didn't connect with the student -- Ja Keen -- until about half way through the book. I wasn't sure if he was a villain or a hero. Similarly, the characters of Blackthorn and the Thayans.I gave it 4 stars because it finished strongly, if cryptically.