keandrews95's review
4.0
The beginning was a bit slow and at times the plot lagged. It wasnt until the middle of the book that it picked up and everything began happening at a fast pace. There was so much lore and backstory that i wanted more of but didn't get. The universe was interesting and I wanted more of the action and mystery brought earlier into the story. There wer sections that felt empty and to many things that were vague. Still, interesting plot and some of prose was very pretty.
jamjimham's review
2.0
Received this book as a Goodreads giveaway.
From the summary I was really intrigued by this book. The setup i thought was done quite well. But the pace of the book was very quick. You follow Joff from being a child to an adult within a few chapters. Only getting snapshots into his life only when big changes are happening. This left Joff a little one dimentional for me and didn't help explain his motivations or actions to situations.
I won't go into the plot twist, only to say that I saw them coming and was not really surprised by what happened. Joff's reaction to these twists also didn't feel real as he switched on a dime without a whole lot of conflict.
I will say that as a concept this novel was interesting and there is something there. I am curious to see if this will become a series, and to see if it evolves.
From the summary I was really intrigued by this book. The setup i thought was done quite well. But the pace of the book was very quick. You follow Joff from being a child to an adult within a few chapters. Only getting snapshots into his life only when big changes are happening. This left Joff a little one dimentional for me and didn't help explain his motivations or actions to situations.
I won't go into the plot twist, only to say that I saw them coming and was not really surprised by what happened. Joff's reaction to these twists also didn't feel real as he switched on a dime without a whole lot of conflict.
I will say that as a concept this novel was interesting and there is something there. I am curious to see if this will become a series, and to see if it evolves.
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