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A review by bubblewombat
The Knight of the Moon by Gregory Kontaxis
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Finally back into this world, this time in the form of a novella about one of my favourite characters in the series - JOHN LONG ARM!!! COMMENCE THE CHEERING.
You may remember him as the former bounty hunter, a loyal friend and he's still all of that, but we get to see him during his "glory days" of bounty hunting, as he sets out on a quest to kill The Knight of the Moon to save his own life.
Firstly, yes, this is a prequel, but!! In my opinion you should go read The Return of the Knights first, then go back and read this so you'll know just how cool John is, you'll already know who some of the characters mentioned here will become in the future, and so everything will flow better.
If you want to read this first though, feel free to. I'm sure it'll grip you enough to make you want to continue reading the books that come after. It's also very self-contained, so the ending isn't a cliffhanger and doesn't directly continue into book one. And you get a complete story inside too.
Aside from John's PoV, we get another one in Nemesis, she's anger personified and gets punished unfairly for getting revenge on someone who wronged her. I feel really bad for her, she didn't deserve that.
Her romance with John was very fast, it seemed like they went from just making googly eyes at each other to going all the way without much progression in between, but it's also a novella so that's to be expected. I wouldn't say I ship it, but I don't mind it.
What I liked most was getting to know John a bit better, why he is the way he is and how what happened here shaped the future version of him. Here's to more John novellas!!!
*Thank you to the author for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*
You may remember him as the former bounty hunter, a loyal friend and he's still all of that, but we get to see him during his "glory days" of bounty hunting, as he sets out on a quest to kill The Knight of the Moon to save his own life.
Firstly, yes, this is a prequel, but!! In my opinion you should go read The Return of the Knights first, then go back and read this so you'll know just how cool John is, you'll already know who some of the characters mentioned here will become in the future, and so everything will flow better.
If you want to read this first though, feel free to. I'm sure it'll grip you enough to make you want to continue reading the books that come after. It's also very self-contained, so the ending isn't a cliffhanger and doesn't directly continue into book one. And you get a complete story inside too.
Aside from John's PoV, we get another one in Nemesis, she's anger personified and gets punished unfairly for getting revenge on someone who wronged her. I feel really bad for her, she didn't deserve that.
Her romance with John was very fast, it seemed like they went from just making googly eyes at each other to going all the way without much progression in between, but it's also a novella so that's to be expected. I wouldn't say I ship it, but I don't mind it.
What I liked most was getting to know John a bit better, why he is the way he is and how what happened here shaped the future version of him. Here's to more John novellas!!!
*Thank you to the author for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*