A review by dani_bugz
Witchlanders by Lena Coakley
1.0
I usually don't go for books rated below 3.8-3.9, as generally I have been disappointed ( with some few exceptions; e.g. Talon by Kagawa and Everneath by Ashton). But, Witchlanders looked like an intriguing book, promising rich magic, deep characters and a plot filled with twists and turns, so I decided to give it a go. It did not deliver.
Ryder, our MC, was very wishy-washy and undecided, a massive whiner and had the depth of a teaspoon. I had hoped that, after the first few boring chapters, he would grow and show a bit more oomph, but he was just such a 2D character and I didn't care about him. Now if I thought our MC was 2 dimensional, our secondary characters weren't even passable. They were just there so stuff could happen, they didn't actually add anything.
On top of our mediocre cast of characters, the pace was incredibly slow (except for the end), the plot was not super well done and quite frankly I was just bored and annoyed by the whole thing. The one and only positive I have about Witchlanders was that it did have some pretty decent worldbuilding, and the author must have spent a fair bit of time there.
On the whole though, I would not recommend this book for adults; it may get by for pre teens, but anyone older than 12 should steer clear.
Ryder, our MC, was very wishy-washy and undecided, a massive whiner and had the depth of a teaspoon. I had hoped that, after the first few boring chapters, he would grow and show a bit more oomph, but he was just such a 2D character and I didn't care about him. Now if I thought our MC was 2 dimensional, our secondary characters weren't even passable. They were just there so stuff could happen, they didn't actually add anything.
On top of our mediocre cast of characters, the pace was incredibly slow (except for the end), the plot was not super well done and quite frankly I was just bored and annoyed by the whole thing. The one and only positive I have about Witchlanders was that it did have some pretty decent worldbuilding, and the author must have spent a fair bit of time there.
On the whole though, I would not recommend this book for adults; it may get by for pre teens, but anyone older than 12 should steer clear.