Sean
This is classic, epic fantasy at every level. Good battle scenes, interesting magic, with a side of political intrigue. It only gets 3 stars because there was just too much going on that it made it difficult to really engage with any one part. Viktor is a strong character but I wish this had been more focused on him and maybe one or two others rather than there being 20 different narrators. I checked the cast list at least once a chapter for probably the first 500 pages. That being said, it’s a fun, fast read in an interesting world and I’ll consider continuing the series.
This is classic, epic fantasy at every level. Good battle scenes, interesting magic, with a side of political intrigue. It only gets 3 stars because there was just too much going on that it made it difficult to really engage with any one part. Viktor is a strong character but I wish this had been more focused on him and maybe one or two others rather than there being 20 different narrators. I checked the cast list at least once a chapter for probably the first 500 pages. That being said, it’s a fun, fast read in an interesting world and I’ll consider continuing the series.