REVIEW
The one word to describe this book perfectly is “underwhelming.”
Will Wight is an author that I have been very much looking forward to discover as his other series, Cradle, is promised to be a novel that closely resembles that of the anime, Naruto.
To my surprise, seeing this series free on Audible really intrigued me. Of course, if you’ve seen my review for the other “first book” it wouldn’t be much of a shocker that I also began reading this. Although, in all honest, reading this was a combination between the pressure of its incoming removal in Audible’s member list and the desire to see a comparable difference between Of Shadow and Sea.
It is a given that I enjoyed Of Shadow and Sea better than this book for it’s darker atmosphere and assassin focused storyline; however, this book is not without its own unique demographic and interesting story flow.
As you might already sense in the flow of my initial writing, I did not enjoy this book much (or at all, if I’m being really honest). The characters lack any special distinction and they felt completely bland and two-dimensional. I didn’t connect to any of them, which is surprising with the amount of characters that are included within the story. Additionally, the story’s pacing seems cluttered or perhaps, for lack of better words, weirdly placed. It is quite distracting and the swapping between the perspective of time is poorly done that the two time periods collides with one another and causes a chaos of confusion.
There is the magic system and the magical beings within the story that complete caught my attention; however, I do not think it enough to continue the series. I find the parallel stories to be completely unique and this took me by surprise since I never truly was able to read such a uniquely done concept until this series, but I do not think to be worth the time spent in reading a lengthy 6 book series.
