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Emmett IV

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Mediocre, at best.

Total
3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-26-25

Simon Vance makes this palatable enough that I finished it, but if it had been anyone else reading this I probably would have returned it. The story is a dark fantasy mystery. Dark as in blood/sex magic, spirit possession-type sorcery. It has an element of “life magic” that is alluded to but only comes out at the very end of the book, it remains completely undeveloped… which is a lot of the issue with this story. There are large portions of the plot that lack depth, planning, and cohesion. This lack of cohesion leads to a confusion plot in which the characters make these huge “logic leaps” to move the plot forward that leaves you wondering how the actual f they reached that conclusion. So much so that you remain distracted for the next several minutes wondering how they drew their conclusion based on the limited information they had that you miss the next few minutes of the story and when you realize that they’ve just lost you, you eventually just give up and consciously decide the roll with the random conclusion they drew just so you can be done with the book. The books starts to speak of a balance of “life” with death, referring to the types of magic but leaves the life magic so tragically undeveloped that the author missed a good opportunity to make this book something far greater than just a string of tropes and shock-value sexuality and shock-value horror. I kind of regret listening to this book to its confusing and entirely unfulfilling conclusion. Only stuck with it because I am running out of decent literature to listen to and didn’t have a better alternative and finding a better alternative requires a significant time investment, so I staved off the search for a few more days by allowing this to play out… and now that I have, I realized that it wasn’t worth it. I should have jumped shipped and kept shopping.

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Dark, yet captivating and deeply moving

Total
5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 12-19-24

Loved this series. Couldn’t turn it off and when I did it left me needing to come back to it. I was impressed at the depth of the psychological and emotional complexity of the characters and wasn’t left feeling dirty, in spite of the dark nature of some of the events in the book and some of the subject matter. This book, without intending to, provides a social commentary that is poignant and relevant. The author did an exceptional job of addressing the nuances of consent, sex, love, privilege, racism, trauma, nature/nurture, and so much more without feeling preachy, “woke,” or condescending. You can connect with these characters on an emotional level and you can feel their pain and their happiness. EXCELLENT series.

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Wonderful, gripping series

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 12-17-24

Beautiful, deep, thrilling, and tragic. This series has it all. Fantasy, magic, monsters, and even social commentary. Excellent series with a great story and highly developed and sophisticated plot.

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Excellent epic fantasy

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 08-05-24

All of the critical elements present. Good story pace, logical progression, plenty of mystery and suspense, action, angst. Definitely going to download the rest. Hopefully book 5 is out by the time I’m done with book 4.

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Excellent story

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 07-06-24

Sometimes it feels like you’re in a video game as you go through this story with the characters, but for a non-gamer, high fantasy fan that is only mildly interested in sci-fi, I still really loved the story and highly recommend this series.

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Excellent series

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 07-06-24

Sometimes it feels like you’re in a video game as you go through this story with the characters, but for a non-gamer, high fantasy fan that is only mildly interested in sci-fi, I still really loved the story and highly recommend this series.

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Excellent series

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 07-06-24

Sometimes it feels like you’re in a video game as you go through this story with the characters, but for a non-gamer, high fantasy fan that is only mildly interested in sci-fi, I still really loved the story and highly recommend this series.

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Excellent book

Total
5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 05-06-24

I started with the Lords of Alecia series and liked it so much I started these. This performer is excellent. The story is great, it’s actually easier to get started with than the Lords of Alecia series. Free m what in understand I should have started with these but I honestly don’t think it mattered, the two separate stories stand alone well enough.

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Great series

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-03-24

Book 1 gets off to a slow start, but from there, the series maintains momentum without being redundant or just another series of problems to overcome. The story flows well, like actual literature and not some litrpg trash.

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Solid 3 4 stars

Total
4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 03-24-24

I’m not a fan of Kate Reading and usually don’t listen to books she reads, but I’m running out of decent fantasy options and she’s everywhere. Her performance in this book doesn’t seem to bother me as much as it has in others, so there’s that.
About the book, I’ll say that it has a decently creative story, interesting magic system, easy enough world for newbs to fantasy to pick up, enough romance that Kate Readings usual audience might like this book, and enough of everything else to not make it not just a love story. That said, the story was a bit slow, only just enough movement to keep me from turning it off and only just got good in the last few chapters. So here’s to giving book 2 a try.

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