Remnant

Christopher Russell. Remember that name. Only two books in and he shot like a rocket to near the top of my list of names in Fantasy!

Book One, Rebirth, was a tough four-star review for me. It was jarring and difficult at times. I almost DNF'ed it. But I pushed through, growing to enjoy it and giving it four stars. Well, there's no mistake about this one. It's an easy five-star book.

One of my favorite TV shows of all time is Friday Night Lights. Yes, it was about high school football but it was so much more than that. The characters were real. They acted like actual people do in real life. The show made me cry so many times. This book is a lot like Friday Night Lights.

The character work is phenomenal. It would be difficult for you to find another author who brings real characters to life with real issues, flaws, and dilemmas that is not named Brandon Sanderson. There will be characters that you love and that you hate. And your feelings for them may change multiple times during the course of the same book. The author acknowledges that the theme of this book is love and it's abundantly clear that's the case. There are two sections, one is a Graduation Day and another is a letter that someone reads, which absolutely broke me. I can not praise this book enough for its character work.

For all you action fans, don't worry. The action is still there and it comes about like an avalanche at times.

The pacing of this book is much better. In fact, it's just a million times better and deserving of more than even five stars! I'm so excited for more from this universe!