The Other Magic
Darkness stirs in a world that is ill-equipped to confront it.A prophesied king is born, but not all will benefit from his foretold conquests.In a realm where only clerics are permitted to practice magic, Kibure, a mere slave, draws the attention of much more than just his master after wielding an unknown force in a moment of desperation. In a twist of fate, Sindri, the priestess hired to strip Kibure of his power, defies the law, revealing designs of her own. But trust is in short supply in a land ripe with deceit. This wayward pair will have to work together if they hope to evade capture at the hands of the Empire's most potent wielders.Halfway around the known world, Prince Aynward's knack for discovering trouble drives him deep into conspiracies within which he does not belong. Too arrogant to accept counsel, he will have to learn the hard way that some actions have consequences that cannot be undone...
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Passage to Dawn is a 3-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2019 with contributions by Derrick Smythe.
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I didn't even reach the 5% mark. I tried hard with this one, but it was definitely not to be. It wasn't holding my attention at all. I got through the first chapter and realized I wouldn't be finishing the book, but tried a bit more. But ended up (like I knew I would) deciding to stop reading.
It was the case of the writer thinking they were capable of writing lengthy sentences and thinking it would work because they're writing a fantasy book – it's even more seen when it's a high/epic fantasy book. It's a very, very common thing to have long sentences for fantasy because I don't know, apparently fantasy = long sentences. Some authors do it well and I'm not too annoyed by it. Personally I think we could without long sentences in fantasy or anywhere else. Like learn where to end one sentence and begin another (of course, I'm including myself here). Smythe, unfortunately, is not an author who knows how to masterfully create long sentences.
That was mostly the reason for dnfing the book. I could tell I would have this issue the entire way through and I wasn't interested in having to slog through a near full paragraph and it just being one sentence. Plus, the characters didn't capture my interest from the beginning.
