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A review by xphile
At the Queen's Command by Michael A. Stackpole
4.0
I do believe that the first part is much better than the second half, but I could not put this book down till the end.
The characters were fun and the setting was interesting. While it drew parallels to colonial history, it was written well enough to make it seem like its own world. The author also side stepped many of the pitfalls a book will have when starting a series, with you learning far too much about the world at once (making it dry and usually distracting from the plot).
I am very much looking forward to the next book and adding it to my "recommendation" list.
The characters were fun and the setting was interesting. While it drew parallels to colonial history, it was written well enough to make it seem like its own world. The author also side stepped many of the pitfalls a book will have when starting a series, with you learning far too much about the world at once (making it dry and usually distracting from the plot).
I am very much looking forward to the next book and adding it to my "recommendation" list.