Wings of Twilight

I've really got mixed feelings on this book. I do like the idea behind it. Basically, it is a role reversal version of a typical dungeon crawl style adventure. The brave human warriors, out to rid the world of evil, are now the bad guys while the vile monsters are really just creatures that want to be left in peace.

That's all good, but there was little wiggle room beyond that for the villains and heroes to move in. If the story pegged you as one, that's what you were and I was really hoping the line would be blurred - where each character had good and bad aspects and they all lived in that grey area. There were no subtle clues whether someone was a good guy or a bad guy. In fact, this story has all the subtlety of a jackhammer.

During the first introduction of our human, Strom, he shows misogynistic tendencies, and eventually proves himself to be a racist and pretty much deserving death. Honestly, I had hoped that this book really would blur the lines like it promised, but the lines in this book were as clear cut as they are in most fantasy novels - it's just that the groups stand on different sides of the line.

On a final note, I do know that this was a self-published book, but I really wish the author would have gotten himself a good editor. There were several times when I had to reread a description of something because it made no sense at all, as well as there being a handful of grammar mistakes and capitalization errors that - even for someone like me - were easy to pick up on.

(Originally posted on my blog: http://pagesofstarlight.blogspot.com/)