I also suspect that any number of editing sins can be swept under the rug this way, too. I like it well enough, but I suspect that I like it more because I listened to the equally high-energy narration within the audiobook. Wanna change the world, one torn throat at a time? This is probably your book. :)īUT, let me tell you what it does right: Pace, high-energy characters, willingness to introduce some wacky SF elements, and the obvious build-up to some really Big Happenings later. We're here to focus on the Underworld chosen one syndrome. It's right out of Vampire Masquerade, only the names have changed and the number of houses decreased, but that's fine, too. Some of the dialogue reads out of a cliché manual, but the energy is bright and there seems to be real love from the author for the world he's building. Oh, my.ĭon't get me wrong, it's good for what it is, a fast-paced stereotype-laden action romp that tickles most of the fancies even as it fails to nourish. It's not hard to categorize this book, even for all the little quirks that creep in that is not all that standard for our UF craze.
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