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Book Review: Fractured Familes
Pearl of Wisdom Saga #2
Author: Jason Rice
I got this as an advance review copy in exchange for a fair review. I was not disappointed. My expectations based on the first book were met.
Book two is extremely long, just like book one was. It definitely lives up to the Saga moniker, just as I like it. I remain impressed by how all the various characters move around the board in the world Mr. Rice writes. I am reminded in some ways of the game of risk. I've heard of others comparing this to Game of Thrones, but I have yet to see what on earth they are on about, not having been exposed to that yet.
Some of the characters I'd like to smack upside the head for their choices, which means that we've got characters acting true to human nature in the story. By the end of the book we lost one of my favorite characters, though I will enjoy seeing the current king get his comeuppance. Several parties are clearly formed with their own bids for the crown of the kingdom while meanwhile a greater war is ramping up in the background. I greatly enjoy stories where what seems to be a problem is dwarfed by something truly more important (like the possible extinction of the human race). I really enjoy how no character is truly safe. Everyone is likely to have their head handed to them with the way the perils are written.
Sex does play up in this book as it did in the first, but it is not needless. It is used, in my opinion, to illustrate the characters and their relations. I was extremely impressed by how Leimur has turned out. I also really liked the interplay between the Grizzly and Elisa. I thought that was a very nicely done roundback to her past.
Book three I look forward to.
Pearl of Wisdom Saga #2
Author: Jason Rice
I got this as an advance review copy in exchange for a fair review. I was not disappointed. My expectations based on the first book were met.
Book two is extremely long, just like book one was. It definitely lives up to the Saga moniker, just as I like it. I remain impressed by how all the various characters move around the board in the world Mr. Rice writes. I am reminded in some ways of the game of risk. I've heard of others comparing this to Game of Thrones, but I have yet to see what on earth they are on about, not having been exposed to that yet.
Some of the characters I'd like to smack upside the head for their choices, which means that we've got characters acting true to human nature in the story. By the end of the book we lost one of my favorite characters, though I will enjoy seeing the current king get his comeuppance. Several parties are clearly formed with their own bids for the crown of the kingdom while meanwhile a greater war is ramping up in the background. I greatly enjoy stories where what seems to be a problem is dwarfed by something truly more important (like the possible extinction of the human race). I really enjoy how no character is truly safe. Everyone is likely to have their head handed to them with the way the perils are written.
Sex does play up in this book as it did in the first, but it is not needless. It is used, in my opinion, to illustrate the characters and their relations. I was extremely impressed by how Leimur has turned out. I also really liked the interplay between the Grizzly and Elisa. I thought that was a very nicely done roundback to her past.
Book three I look forward to.