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gailbird's review
2.0
This book has an interesting premise, and catches attention straightaway. The magic is decently fleshed out, and the "mystery" and ultimate accomplishment necessary to defeat the antagonist were sufficiently intriguing.
Unfortunately, I realised that I wasn't going to like this book by the time I got a quarter of the way through. However, I couldn't leave it unfinished, so I'm irrationally bitter about this book occupying my time, though that's my own fault. My dislike for it boils down to it not being my preferred form of literature--it was largely action, little characterization, and I didn't feel for the protagonist enough. On the grounds of sympathy and personality, I liked the villain better as a character. The protagonist didn't interest me. It could partially be due to my not having read the previous two books in the series, but frankly the writing style and content doesn't encourage me to think that I would like them any better.
The book as written is a fantasy-style alternate-history romp through colonial America that stands on its own merits as such. It just wasn't for me.
Unfortunately, I realised that I wasn't going to like this book by the time I got a quarter of the way through. However, I couldn't leave it unfinished, so I'm irrationally bitter about this book occupying my time, though that's my own fault. My dislike for it boils down to it not being my preferred form of literature--it was largely action, little characterization, and I didn't feel for the protagonist enough. On the grounds of sympathy and personality, I liked the villain better as a character. The protagonist didn't interest me. It could partially be due to my not having read the previous two books in the series, but frankly the writing style and content doesn't encourage me to think that I would like them any better.
The book as written is a fantasy-style alternate-history romp through colonial America that stands on its own merits as such. It just wasn't for me.
jshaden's review
4.0
I continue to enjoy this series where actual conjurers exist, following the adventures of one conjurer in Revolutionary era Boston. I really enjoy fantasies that are in a setting other than a generic "medieval" setting.
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