Review: Great characters, unique story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 13, 2014
This is one of the rare character driven stories that also does a great job of world building with well developed plot lines.  I love character driven stories and the character development of Maelgyn and his accidental wife is realistic, fun, and unique.  The other characters are more than 2 dimensional and the author's unique take on dwarves, elves, etc was refreshing.  There was a nice balance between descriptions, action, and dialogue (I hate pages and pages of description, if you read enough fantasy you don't need 3 pages describing the castle, town, tavern, forest, clothes or whatever). The dialogue was excellent I thought and each character's words seemed unique to that character. The political intrigue was enough to keep me on my toes.  I also didn't notice any serious editing issues. This is a honest review and I do not know the author (see my profile for positive and negative reviews, I only mention this as this is the first review for this book and it seems to me that a lot of first reviews appear to be written by friends and family).  I will be looking forward to the next installment in the series.