A review by crystalmethany
Peace of Evon by Dorothy Tinker

3.0

What's wrong with being kindhearted?
When the kindness is directed towards the wrong kind of creature. Some things don't appreciate kindness.

Three stars doesn't quite seem enough to give this - if it were possible, I would say three and a half - but I'm sticking by the Goodreads system. I liked it, but I can't quite say that I really liked it.

Starting off, this book felt easy to read, albeit perhaps with a slight feeling of childishness at the beginning, however, as the book progressed, it more or less lost this. The writing style was by no means 'bad', but there was nothing about it that made it stand out or could bring me to find the plot particularly gripping. Personally, I found the storyline to drag a little, and in spite of various scenes which would in reality be dramatic and exciting - battles, escapes, ambushes - the lack of a special spark in the writing meant that these scenes weren't presented in a way that made them particularly exciting to read about. Towards the end of the book I was just beginning to tire of the writing, and needed something different. As I said though, I do not mean this to discredit the writer whatsoever.

The author has created a very interesting world, and unlike in some books, through the writing I believe I can feel that the author has crafted this world of hers to perfection, and that she understand all of its aspects and is confident in how it works. Similarly, the characters are interesting and develop nicely, but I still feel that I want to know more about them, particularly the second main character, Ferez. Of course, this is only the first book of a series, so there may well be plenty more of that to come! It very much concludes with matters clearly leading in the way of a sequel, with

Speaking of characters, I absolutely loved the variety of character names, plus the use of other languages in how side characters slip into their native tongues at random points was a very nice touch, and few were difficult to understand, even for somebody like myself who barely knows any German or Spanish. There was a glossary at the back too, so I wasn't left wondering when it came to the phrases I couldn't figure out.

Overall, I found this to be an enjoyable but not outstanding novel, and I am interested in seeing how the story progresses in the sequel, which I would read at some point in the future.