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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
I got this book for free as a part some deal to increase the audience for the authors.
Well, for me this is a book that is confirmation of every writer's workshop where I heard do not put prolog in the book.
So this one has a prolog titled The Great Iron War, and in it, I found two glaring scientific mistakes that really irked me. I understand that sometimes one has to twist the science to fit the narrative, but making the mistakes which every attentive reader of the news knew they are mistakes is too much.
Anyway, I tried to read a bit in the first chapter, thinking maybe the author has interesting characters or approach to the story.
Nope. The characters are standard with the standard approach to the story telling. So I stopped reading it.
Well, for me this is a book that is confirmation of every writer's workshop where I heard do not put prolog in the book.
So this one has a prolog titled The Great Iron War, and in it, I found two glaring scientific mistakes that really irked me. I understand that sometimes one has to twist the science to fit the narrative, but making the mistakes which every attentive reader of the news knew they are mistakes is too much.
Anyway, I tried to read a bit in the first chapter, thinking maybe the author has interesting characters or approach to the story.
Nope. The characters are standard with the standard approach to the story telling. So I stopped reading it.
I read Book 1 more out of duty than desire, but when I opened the pages of Lifemaker, I was pretty quickly hooked by the story.
In Book 1, the main character, Jacob, is fairly unlikeable. It made the book a bit hard to read, and it felt like the author was trying to push readers away from bonding with the main character. But now, in Book 2, he still has the same brash, abrasive, combative personality, but he is much more likeable. Within a few chapters, I was actually rooting for him instead of praying that I would get the book over with.
I love the concept of steampunk, and the way the author described the various vehicles and machines was beautifully simple. No fancy, in-depth explanations of complicated machines only an engineer would have a hope of understanding. Instead, the book focused more on the characters, and that's what made me like it so much.
The intro is a bit clunky and awkward, and it takes a while to build up steam (pun intended), but once the book gets going, it's great. I had to give it a 4-star rating because the writing just felt "off" in a lot of places. I can't explain why, but there was something about the sentence construction, the wording of certain phrases, and some of the expressions used that just didn't sit right with me. Perhaps it's the fact that the author is writing in more UK English than my American English brain is accustomed to.
Either way, VERY good Part 2, and definitely a book worth reading if you enjoy steampunk.
In Book 1, the main character, Jacob, is fairly unlikeable. It made the book a bit hard to read, and it felt like the author was trying to push readers away from bonding with the main character. But now, in Book 2, he still has the same brash, abrasive, combative personality, but he is much more likeable. Within a few chapters, I was actually rooting for him instead of praying that I would get the book over with.
I love the concept of steampunk, and the way the author described the various vehicles and machines was beautifully simple. No fancy, in-depth explanations of complicated machines only an engineer would have a hope of understanding. Instead, the book focused more on the characters, and that's what made me like it so much.
The intro is a bit clunky and awkward, and it takes a while to build up steam (pun intended), but once the book gets going, it's great. I had to give it a 4-star rating because the writing just felt "off" in a lot of places. I can't explain why, but there was something about the sentence construction, the wording of certain phrases, and some of the expressions used that just didn't sit right with me. Perhaps it's the fact that the author is writing in more UK English than my American English brain is accustomed to.
Either way, VERY good Part 2, and definitely a book worth reading if you enjoy steampunk.
This book read like something out of a movie. The scene when they were going through the mines and clearing them to get the Lifemaker through, had me holding my breath, as if I was actually seeing it. I felt bad for Whistler because he has those scars from the last book and he finds out his father was a demon. That has to be hard for a child. Then Jake's crazy ex-girlfriend comes back with a vengeance. Drugging him and he having to use all his willpower to fight her off, as she kept drugging him. I'm really hoping that Taberah and Jake get together since she is having his baby after all. This was a crazy rollercoaster of a read and I definitely recommend you read both books.