Review: Tournament of Chance by S. G. Rogers
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 14, 2013
From my blog On Starships and DragonwingsAn unjust king picks the wrong commoner to betray in Tournament of Chance by S. G. Rogers, a fast-paced fantasy story about a rebellion fueled by love and happening through time itself.I received a copy of Tournament of Chance for a blog tour.Title: Tournament of ChanceAuthor: S. G. RogersPages: 273 (ebook)Genre-ish: Fantasy + Time travel!Rating: ★★★★☆ - fast-paced story, some flawsStrengths:Tournament of Chance is a fast read, full of adventure and action. I really couldn't put the Kindle down :D.The plot of Tournament of Chance got really interesting with all of the time travel coolness ;-). Time travel can be kind of silly if done poorly, but I liked the mechanic that Rogers used.Great secondary characters! I loved that troll, he was so adorable <3. The main characters were pretty great as well, though they weren't nearly as adorable since they weren't giant trolls acting like mother hens; it's hard to beat really ;-).Weaknesses:Insta-love in a can, it causes cancer and global warming or something like that.... No seriously, the characters go from disliking each other to saying the L-word in a couple of pages and I just can't connect with a relationship like that. It weakens everything about a plot :-/.Tournament of Chance had too little description of what I think we can all agree is the coolest part: the dragons! In general the description was pretty light, but there was literally nothing beyond "and then they were dragons." There are lots of different kinds of dragons for the record! I need to know what these dragons look like :D.Summary:For the most part, I really enjoy Tournament of Chance. The writing was compelling and fluid and the plot was interesting. While the character development and description was a little disappointing, you could make the argument that I'm just picky with some things ;-) and you will really enjoy Tournament of Chance for what it is: an awesome adventure through time to stop an evil king before he's even born! I mean how much more bad-ass can a rebellion get?? I'm not just going to try to overthrow you, I'm going to try to make it so you were NEVER king :D Boo-yah! ;-) Remind me not to get on the wrong side of this chick! Anyway, if you are in the mood for a fast and fun read and don't mind insta-love, go grab Tournament of Chance.