Review: Someone else will love this book, I'm sure.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 1, 2013
Someone else will no doubt enjoy this book. Clearly many already have.That said, for me, it started on the wrong foot with the introduction or prologue or whatever it was supposed to be. It was practically a word salad of made-up names, places, concepts, and history that I hadn't yet been given any reason to care about in the slightest, so my eyes just kind of blurred.This is actually a shame, because once I got past that part, the writing itself is actually quite strong, and I think if the book had started more organically, I would have really gotten into it. But the poor start just left too bad a taste in my mouth. I know this kind of intro is still a semi-regularly used convention in fantasy, and I'm sure someone who really adores fantasy will love this book. I wish the author the best of luck. I might look through her catalogue to see if she's written in a different genre and give her another try.