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A review by lezreadalot
Sunset Mantle by Alter S. Reiss
2.0
Eh. Not a bad book but there was nothing particularly good about it. Typical fantasy fare in a bunch of ways, but peppered with a bunch of stuff that I'm not too fond of. A dude who's SO much older than his love interest? Eck. Political intrigue and whatever? Meh. Weaponised male rage? Groundbreaking. And added to that, I was never invested in or even interested in the world that he built. It felt colourless.
I would have probably liked this more if I hadn't listened to the audiobook... but I did buy it, so I did listen to it. I was not fond of this dude's voice at ALL. So bland and annoying all at once. I'm so glad that 'Antach' is a made up word; at least I'll never have to hear it ever again in my life.
I did like Marelle, thought she was a neat character. Radan had the makings of a good antagonist, though I don't feel like we got to know enough about him. But Cete. Ugh. I actually liked the fact that he was an older guy, because you don't get too many of those in fantasy/adventure novels, but otherwise he was the most boring unappealing character in the world and I'm glad to say goodbye to him.
I would have probably liked this more if I hadn't listened to the audiobook... but I did buy it, so I did listen to it. I was not fond of this dude's voice at ALL. So bland and annoying all at once. I'm so glad that 'Antach' is a made up word; at least I'll never have to hear it ever again in my life.
I did like Marelle, thought she was a neat character. Radan had the makings of a good antagonist, though I don't feel like we got to know enough about him. But Cete. Ugh. I actually liked the fact that he was an older guy, because you don't get too many of those in fantasy/adventure novels, but otherwise he was the most boring unappealing character in the world and I'm glad to say goodbye to him.