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Thread Slivers (2013)

by Leeland Artra(Favorite Author)

4.08 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Leeland Artra

series

Golden Threads Trilogy

review 1: Artra's series follows Ticca, a "Dagger" or trained warrior for hire with an iron-clad ethic, and Lebuin, a budding mage, as they uncover the past of their world and attempt to solve the mystery behind the death of one of Lebuin's mentors. The investigation leads them into the middle of a coming war between age old enemies. Artra's world-building, combat scenes, and plotting are very good. However, there is something about his writing- perhaps a sort of detachment- that makes it difficult to really empathize with any of the characters. We don't really have any deep feeling about what makes them tick. The closest Artra got to a great character was Lebuin, but that gets sidetracked on a year-long fantasy expedition to the in-between, which magically allows him to grow out of... more his petulant-dandy phase overnight (literally), a phase that would have been interesting to watch develop! Instead, there are major jumps in character development that reduced my investment in the story.At the same time, the way Artra always introduces new characters in another's perspective before including chapters from their POV greatly reduced the usual frustration of multiple POV fantasy tales by making us already invested in their role. Also, the indices at the back of the book are very cool and reveal just how much thought Artra put into building a consistent and novel world.I think this book is interesting and worth reading, especially given the fact that this was originally a self-published novel from a newbie fantasy author.
review 2: One of my favorite elements of Thread Slivers (Golden Threads Trilogy) was the lead female character. Ticca is a very strong and driven female. She desperately wants the approval of her superiors and peers. Ticca’s need is to be the best she can be, and her long held and achieved wish is to be a Dagger and to fit in with her Dagger peers. She relishes sitting at the Dagger table in the Blue Dolphin though when she does, the other Daggers don’t sit with her. So much for acceptance at the cool table. None of that matters once the story gets going. Seems the life of a Dagger, or at least Ticca’s life, is as dangerous but less glamorous than she might have imagined when she’s hired to protect and escort Lebuin.When Ticca, Lebuin and his servant Ditani come together, no one is quite sure who to trust which adds an element of excitement for the reader. When faced by the ancient evil, will one of them betray the others? We do get a bounty of internal dialogue to the point where it is a bit much but we don’t really get to know the characters as a result. As much as we know about the trio, much of who they are develops over the course of this story so that the ending feels less a cliffhanger and more like we’ve only read half of the first novel. Thread Slivers (Golden Threads Trilogy) (Volume 1) really feels as though it ends at an awkward place. It must be difficult for an author creating such a completely new world to self-edit and contain the facts necessary to lay out a cohesive world and strong characters. Artra’s writing style lends itself to a promise of an interesting future in, at times, laborious first novel.If you are a lover of epic fantasy, you will find Thread Slivers (Golden Threads Trilogy) (Volume 1) by Leeland Artra a solid start to a promising series. The second novel in the series is out this month. less

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