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A review by petermedeiros1988
Lesser Evils by Erin M. Evans
4.0
Your mileage may vary, but I got a huge kick out of this. It's got all your favorite Forgotten Realms stuff, and an intriguing and genuinely spooky mystery. The thing about the Realms books is that our heroes tend to be so powerful that it's hard for them to be ... spooky. But the big set-piece ending of this one (in which our heroes are sent on a mission to a hidden library, not searingly original but LOADS of fun) has a neat mystery behind it, a good reveal...
It's not perfect. The reason WHY our various heroes end up on this particular adventure is like half-important. And while the main cast - particularly Farideh and Tam - are great, there's a LOT of POV switches to the Hells. There's a lot of devilish intrigue, but part of me wishes we knew less about it and it was just tighter to Farideg's perspective. That said, the author is clearly setting things up for the next book, so it makes sense.
Again - for lots of folks this might be a two star. But it has warlocks and a talking book and mysterious library and unlikely heroes not getting along very well. It's my exact cup of tea. At it's best, Farideh and her sister's interpersonal problems set against adventuring... comes close to getting that much-sought-after-but-rarely-achieved Buffy-vibe.
It's not perfect. The reason WHY our various heroes end up on this particular adventure is like half-important. And while the main cast - particularly Farideh and Tam - are great, there's a LOT of POV switches to the Hells. There's a lot of devilish intrigue, but part of me wishes we knew less about it and it was just tighter to Farideg's perspective. That said, the author is clearly setting things up for the next book, so it makes sense.
Again - for lots of folks this might be a two star. But it has warlocks and a talking book and mysterious library and unlikely heroes not getting along very well. It's my exact cup of tea. At it's best, Farideh and her sister's interpersonal problems set against adventuring... comes close to getting that much-sought-after-but-rarely-achieved Buffy-vibe.