Review: I liked it but needs a bit a polish
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 19, 2013
I will warn you that this does not start off with the usual fantasy intro but if you push through that, it opens to a rather interesting world and what I found as a good story.The plot develops and moves fast and maybe just a bit too fast at points.  There are several characters that seem to have been left behind to make room for new instead of some cleaner separation.  Now maybe those characters will be back in book two so it may be okay but it still left me feeling like to many doors were open at one time in the plot.  Some of the characters seemed to have some good/interesting personalities and could have added more from a story interaction perspective.Sometimes things mentioned as background to a scene almost feel like they are tossed in by accident or just a mistake, its hard to say.  Those things tend to be distracting to the main flow of what is happening distracting you from what is really important in the story at that given time.I enjoyed the story but really could not get into the story "flow" because of the above two distractions. I would have given it at least a 4 star rating if not for these two things above.Overall I enjoyed the story plot and am interested in seeing how things develop in the next book.I am hoping that the oddities I mentioned in the first book are removed to give the second book smoother flow, focus, and depth into the story and getting the interactions of the relationships to come out more.