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A review by laelyn
Blade of Dream by Daniel Abraham
2.0
I'm one of those people who heard about Daniel Abraham's Kithamar series because of his Expanse fame, which is probably why I went into this series with high expectations. Sadly, I struggled a lot with the first book in the series, but I did hear from early reviews that the second one was actually much improved.
I don't really agree with this, as I struggled only mildly less with this second entry, "Blade of Dream". Now, I can see Abraham is a skilled writer, it's just that his particular, generally more detached writing style isn't my personal cup of tea. I did like the main characters in this one much, much more than the ones in the first book who I never managed to warm up to, but in the end, I didn't really connect with them either. I'm more of a character-focused reader so I have a hard time staying interested in the plot of a book if I just don't feel for the characters involved. The pacing is also rather slow, which in this case didn't help, because I wasn't really interested in the goingson already. The world-building is interesting though, and while this series clearly isn't for me, I still recommend people check it out.
Many thanks to orbit and Netgalley for the arc!
I don't really agree with this, as I struggled only mildly less with this second entry, "Blade of Dream". Now, I can see Abraham is a skilled writer, it's just that his particular, generally more detached writing style isn't my personal cup of tea. I did like the main characters in this one much, much more than the ones in the first book who I never managed to warm up to, but in the end, I didn't really connect with them either. I'm more of a character-focused reader so I have a hard time staying interested in the plot of a book if I just don't feel for the characters involved. The pacing is also rather slow, which in this case didn't help, because I wasn't really interested in the goingson already. The world-building is interesting though, and while this series clearly isn't for me, I still recommend people check it out.
Many thanks to orbit and Netgalley for the arc!