A review by marklpotter
Red Knight Falling by Craig Schaefer
4.0
I really like the way Harmony Black is developing and in this book Schaefer stayed away from writing about harming children. Unlike the Daniel Faust series, which I rated as three stars from the second book on due it becoming formulaic, Schaefer has upped his game here. The writing is always done well but the plot in Red Knight Falling was interesting enough that even without Schaefer's writing it would have been a great read.
The team dynamic that is being developed adds a layer to the world that isn't all that present in the Faust series. While the Faust series does have a lot of interpersonal relations, Faust himself is a loner and as such the interactions have a different slant to them. A first person loner character, when written well, doesn't have the properties to allow for the team dynamics that are being developed in the Harmony Black series.
I think that doing as spin off is always a risky move but it has really paid off in this instance. The world building continues and is as well done as in the Faust series and I think that something would be lost if both series aren't being read. For me that's not a downside at all, in fact I think it shows how well Schaefer has crafted his world.
The team dynamic that is being developed adds a layer to the world that isn't all that present in the Faust series. While the Faust series does have a lot of interpersonal relations, Faust himself is a loner and as such the interactions have a different slant to them. A first person loner character, when written well, doesn't have the properties to allow for the team dynamics that are being developed in the Harmony Black series.
I think that doing as spin off is always a risky move but it has really paid off in this instance. The world building continues and is as well done as in the Faust series and I think that something would be lost if both series aren't being read. For me that's not a downside at all, in fact I think it shows how well Schaefer has crafted his world.