kartiknarayanan's review
3.0
Bloodmoon is a step down from Bloodrush.
The world building, which gripped my imagination, in the first book, is now familiar and hence, not a stand out feature. I had mentioned in my review of Bloodrush that Ben Galley needed to focus on the story and characters in subsequent books as world building could take you only so far. Welp, in that respect, Bloodmoon is only average.
There were three separate threads and, of these, the machinations in London were the most interesting. And this speaks a lot about the blandness of the main characters.
Don't get me wrong though. Ben Galley's writing is still brilliant. And the world is still unique. But these are not enough to overcome the sense that nothing much is happening.
Maybe, Bloodmoon is just suffering from 'middle-itis' since it is the second book in the trilogy. Hopefully, Bloodfeud will be much better.
The world building, which gripped my imagination, in the first book, is now familiar and hence, not a stand out feature. I had mentioned in my review of Bloodrush that Ben Galley needed to focus on the story and characters in subsequent books as world building could take you only so far. Welp, in that respect, Bloodmoon is only average.
There were three separate threads and, of these, the machinations in London were the most interesting. And this speaks a lot about the blandness of the main characters.
Don't get me wrong though. Ben Galley's writing is still brilliant. And the world is still unique. But these are not enough to overcome the sense that nothing much is happening.
Maybe, Bloodmoon is just suffering from 'middle-itis' since it is the second book in the trilogy. Hopefully, Bloodfeud will be much better.
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