Two Renegade Realms

This book was so much better than the first one! The characters were more believable in their actions and the plot was more engaging. I was pleased to see some action in this book, however mild it may have been, and I do look forward to finishing the series. I also loved the spiritual examples that I saw throughout the book, very inspiring:-) However, this book seemed to move both too fast and too slow at the same time...and that is not necessarily a ‘good' thing or ‘bad' thing. It moved too fast, in the scenes that were short and choppy where it seemed like the author was in a hurry to get to the next scene, making them seem unfinished.The ways that Two Renegade Realms was too slow were in the story, on how it kept dragging out and the characters kept finding more pieces to the puzzle before they could put them together, and the pieces were acquired too easily. I would have preferred to see either a considerable amount of more action or some explanations to certain “pieces of the puzzle”, so to speak. Even with all of the above, I still enjoyed this read and rate it 4 out of 5 stars, but I am warning older teens, like 15 and up, this might not be for you as the action is not “upper teen” worthy.

A Quick Tip to the Author: Another thing that might have made the story pick up speed, would be if you showed us the story rather than telling it and had had some more dialogue between the characters and less self examination.

“I received this book from the author/publisher for the purpose of this review. All comments and opinions are my own.”

DNF - PG 70

Why?

Okay, I'll admit, I was probably in a bad mood, but this quote on page 67 set me off.

‘Cantor stepped between the girl and the stranger.'

Then, in an effort to motivate myself to read more, I skipped ahead and, with this quote, had the exact opposite happen.

‘The invasion riveted Cantor's attention, but he knew when the ladies withdrew and left the viewing of slaughter to the men. He had experience with Bixby in battle and counted her as reliable in the middle of bloody chaos. But as the Lymen slashed through everything in their path, he sympathized with her need to turn away.'

Blech.

Also, the little hints of romance felt so out of place - and, quite honestly, unpleasant - that I just was getting frustrated. Finally, the contract for book three fell through and the author currently cannot self publish, so even if I finished this, there's no telling when the end of the story would actually be published.