A review by blainembentley
Stones of Light by Zack Argyle

3.5

As you can see from this rating I enjoyed this book more than the first book. I felt a lot more invested in this book than in the first book. For the most part the prose for me was a lot better for me in this book. The differing viewpoints did feel a lot more unique to me than they did in Voice of War. I think this really helped me connect better to the characters in this book. I also felt a lot more invested in the plot during the entire book. I think these things all contributed to me enjoying this book a lot more. Although the prose was a lot better for me, I still had some issues. There were several times where I felt that Argyle was trying too hard. There were lines, which I agree were well written, but for me, came at an awkward time and so felt too preachy. Another point of criticism I had was that I didn’t love some of his scene transitions. There were times it felt we switched points of view in the middle of a scene and it just didn't work for me. My last point of criticism is his action scenes. I don’t feel Argyle has quite nailed down writing good action scenes. For the most part there isn’t any sort of feeling of suspense for me, or if there is suspense, it lasts very briefly. Lastly, I just wanted to say that I loved the world building in this book. A lot more of the lore is revealed and explored in this book and I loved every word of it. 

I think this is an improvement upon Argyle’s first book. I am excited to continue to see where he goes as an author and can’t wait until the release of the next book in this series (which looks like it is currently anticipated for August of this year).