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Blood Of Innocents (2014)

by Mitchell Hogan(Favorite Author)

3.99 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Mitchell Hogan

series

Sorcery Ascendant Sequence

review 1: This review is for both books but the 2nd one stuck out more.Had potential but the dialogue, no the writing itself felt like it lacked editing. There were parts that could've been shortened, polished and or just altogether scrapped out. The wordings and language felt forced, clumsy. The whole book felt clumsy. I enjoyed it but I had to make myself plow through the less than okay writing. Even the so-called "scheming and plotting" of the characters were at best childish, not well thought out (for being smart, resourceful professionals...ahem!) and at worst dumb. Plenty of the chatacters (main and side) reasoning were very childish, at times illogical even and just overall clumsy. The plot was a bit jumbled, too. Or maybe I was too frustrated to follow, I skipped and skimmed... more a lot. I did like story despite all the cliches. It was entertaining but could only go so far. Will read the next books just so I can find out what's gonna happen.
review 2: This is a really disappointing follow-up to an otherwise good series (first book). The problem is with the change in the main character. He was enjoyable to read in book #1. There's some progession, he has developed motivations, he acts intelligently and bravely, his love interest is interesting, his interaction with his mentor and the world is interesting etc etc. All those things are terminated in the second book. The main character acts stupidly or naively over and over. All his conversations include or reference helping Miranda. When pressed by any other character he struts like a bantom rooster then backs down and apologises. The combination makes for a very monotonous and frustrating read. I'm not often compelled to write bad reviews, but this was a huge change to the first book, felt like the author was at a loss as to where to take the story, or didn't understand what was really enjoyable about the first book. less

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