A review by lenirlcosta
The Flames of Albiyon by Jean Menzies

2.0

I’m saddened to give this such a low rating. I love Jeans YouTube channel and this was one of my most anticipated reads this year (plus, I really wanted to support this self-pub) but it just wasn’t for me. I thought there was no subtlety to the prose, no depth to the characters, no chemistry in their interactions and, most importantly, there was basically no conflict. Besides the whole dragon egg hatching thing, which starts in the first chapter, nothing happens until the last 40 pages and then it’s over already. I wouldn’t have minded the slow pacing if at least the characters were more developed. To me, this read like a too long fairytale with snippets of adult scenes. In my opinion, it was much too obvious. For real, it was so obvious I spent the whole book trying to spot the red-hearing, trying to figure out who “really” was the villain because it just couldn’t be so simple. Turns out it could.

So yeah, this one was not for me. But I do wish Jean all the luck in her future writing endeavors. I’ll give them another go.