C. J. Daley
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I received this novella to judge for SFINCS. Opinion is my own, and does not represent that made by the team.
This is posed as humorous fantasy, and it certainly delivers just that. It’s enjoyable, witty, a little inappropriate, and adventurous. I love the idea of a team of adventurers just being awful at it. They may end up being in the right or wrong place at any given time, and lord only knows how they’ll fumble it. Beden just wants to prove himself. He just can’t seem to get things right. Oz, his wizard companion, cannot keep his pants on long enough to cast a spell, and his remaining partner is all brawn and no brains. So when they get buddied up with another group led by Jyden, they can’t seem to mesh. She’s hard headed, determined to lead, and breaking the group apart with her personality.
The character work is fun, with witty banter, and each person being unique in their own abilities (if you can call them that). My only gripe is that as it’s titled “episode one” it does feel like the first piece of something, not like it’s own story. The ending and really only the start of explaining the world feels more like a couple of chapters of something rather than it’s own novella.
Personally a 4/5* for me as it’s fast and fun and real easy to read
I received this novella to judge for SFINCS. Opinion is my own, and does not represent that made by the team.
This is posed as humorous fantasy, and it certainly delivers just that. It’s enjoyable, witty, a little inappropriate, and adventurous. I love the idea of a team of adventurers just being awful at it. They may end up being in the right or wrong place at any given time, and lord only knows how they’ll fumble it. Beden just wants to prove himself. He just can’t seem to get things right. Oz, his wizard companion, cannot keep his pants on long enough to cast a spell, and his remaining partner is all brawn and no brains. So when they get buddied up with another group led by Jyden, they can’t seem to mesh. She’s hard headed, determined to lead, and breaking the group apart with her personality.
The character work is fun, with witty banter, and each person being unique in their own abilities (if you can call them that). My only gripe is that as it’s titled “episode one” it does feel like the first piece of something, not like it’s own story. The ending and really only the start of explaining the world feels more like a couple of chapters of something rather than it’s own novella.
Personally a 4/5* for me as it’s fast and fun and real easy to read
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I received this novella to judge for SFINCS. Opinion is my own, and does not represent that made by the team.
Take this with a grain of salt/sand/ashes/world making crystals (if you will)…as this story unfortunately did not connect for me. I found it to read as disjointed, often jumping between times while also switching characters in a way that did nothing but confuse me. The scenes are often very short, perhaps a couple hundred words each, and it felt like I couldn’t sink my teeth into anything. Like I was constantly trying to connect or understand but then it changed again. Even after finishing, I’m not quite sure what the plot is.
Perhaps just not my style, writing taste, or the wrong story for me, as I actually highlighted quite a bit that I thought was fantastic. Quotes and odds and ends that hit me as profound. As I received this to review, it wasn’t an actual kindle version, so I couldn’t upload them to goodreads sadly.
Personally a 3/5* for me. Just not to my taste.
I received this novella to judge for SFINCS. Opinion is my own, and does not represent that made by the team.
Take this with a grain of salt/sand/ashes/world making crystals (if you will)…as this story unfortunately did not connect for me. I found it to read as disjointed, often jumping between times while also switching characters in a way that did nothing but confuse me. The scenes are often very short, perhaps a couple hundred words each, and it felt like I couldn’t sink my teeth into anything. Like I was constantly trying to connect or understand but then it changed again. Even after finishing, I’m not quite sure what the plot is.
Perhaps just not my style, writing taste, or the wrong story for me, as I actually highlighted quite a bit that I thought was fantastic. Quotes and odds and ends that hit me as profound. As I received this to review, it wasn’t an actual kindle version, so I couldn’t upload them to goodreads sadly.
Personally a 3/5* for me. Just not to my taste.
