Review: A fun read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 26, 2014
So this is book two of the series I did not write a review for book one but many of the same points can be made for  both  books. This series follows Arthur who has the blessing or curse to be have 5 summoned creatures bound to him. So now that we have the basic premise how about we get to the nitty gritty.Good1: Interesing premise and somewhat original now the whole bounding thing has been done but in this context it seems both fun and interesting. The fact is that this is a party book with very little time focused on any one character instead you get them all interacting because well they can't really go anywhere with Arthur.2: The characters come across as individuals and that takes some doing given the amount of characters we have in this book. But it does happen it also is a plus that they all seem to have an interesting back story and that makes it fun to read about them.3: The world building is somewhat lacking but you still get some interesting parts with the different deals that the magic organizations have to make.4: The interplay of Sil and Shey makes for good drama and is one of the reasons I kept reading. You find yourself more interested in the characters than you do in the overall plot. Which is fun sometimes you read a book and really you just want to find out how things turn out in this you actually do want to find out how the personal story is told.Bad1: The author sometimes defaults to a telling you what happened instead of showing you. Sometimes he will say the people had a conversation and this was the result. Or even a fight sequence that they won. This is just not good. I don't want to be told I want to be immersed in a story by telling me what happens instead of actually showing me it just makes that impossible.2: The POV is all over the place you get it sometimes from a person perspective other times you are like an over the shoulder person just getting the highlights.3: Proof reading would of helped a lot in this book. Lots of errors with punctuation and spelling or weird word placement.4: Arthur gets lost a lot in the story. Other people are all more powerful and more dynamic characters I just rarely felt he was driving the action. The end battle is a great example. Others take up FAR more of the battles and when the main character is lost then the reader is lost and confused.Overall.It was a fun book I was interested enough in the story to keep reading even tho the bad things would of turned me off of a less original book. I would recommend to people who like urban fantasy but are okay with reading a rough draft of an author who is learning his craft. I will continue with the series with the hope that the books will improve. Also please do not do a split personality character that has been done to death and usually results in a less than stellar book.