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A review by songwind
Avempartha by Michael J. Sullivan
3.0
Like this book's predecessor, this was a very enjoyable read with several weaknesses.
The book has two primary story lines. The first is a rather straight-forward "save the village" tale. A young woman hires Our Heroes to help her father retrieve the special weapon with which to protect her village from the Terrible Monster.
The other storyline is a political/mystery story. The Church is looking for the long lost heir to the Empire, and has been shown to be ruthless in its objectives.
The two storylines intersect in a predictable fashion, but the characterization carries the book very well, and makes you care what happens in this straightforward fantasy read.
Sullivan's command of archaic verb forms has not improved. It's a fairly minor point, I grant you, but one that shouldn't be an issue in fantasy fiction. It's like the silenced revolver in The Bourne Identity - a factual error that shouldn't be in a book of its genre.
I enjoyed having another adventure with Royce and Hadrian, but am not sure I will be willing to read through four more books to find out how the overarching storyline ends.
PS - I got the Kindle edition of the book. There were some typesetting errors that resulted in some of the typeface directives being visible. If this sort of thing really bugs you, pick up the paperback instead.
The book has two primary story lines. The first is a rather straight-forward "save the village" tale. A young woman hires Our Heroes to help her father retrieve the special weapon with which to protect her village from the Terrible Monster.
The other storyline is a political/mystery story. The Church is looking for the long lost heir to the Empire, and has been shown to be ruthless in its objectives.
The two storylines intersect in a predictable fashion, but the characterization carries the book very well, and makes you care what happens in this straightforward fantasy read.
Sullivan's command of archaic verb forms has not improved. It's a fairly minor point, I grant you, but one that shouldn't be an issue in fantasy fiction. It's like the silenced revolver in The Bourne Identity - a factual error that shouldn't be in a book of its genre.
I enjoyed having another adventure with Royce and Hadrian, but am not sure I will be willing to read through four more books to find out how the overarching storyline ends.
PS - I got the Kindle edition of the book. There were some typesetting errors that resulted in some of the typeface directives being visible. If this sort of thing really bugs you, pick up the paperback instead.