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A review by mspilesofpaper
A Circle of Stars by Craig Montgomery
Did not finish book. Stopped at 43%.
It started well and the summary made it sound interesting and engaging. The cross between fantasy and SciFi is also good.
But God, the characters drove me crazy. At one point, they make an U-Turn in behaviour and become whiny and boring. I couldn’t care less about them.
The plot meanders. The summary made it sound like it’s quick paced with action and political intrigue and a dash of romance. Instead the romance is suddenly there without a suiting arc that builds it up. It’s pretty much insta love and I hate it.
The magic system is interesting but the author did info dumping at the begin and the reader has to be able to tell the different kinds of magic apart, which is difficult because the Greek words sound all the same to me. It might be easier if you read the printed version because there’s a diagram at the first pages but it’s a pain in the ass as eBook.
The writing is very modern. It feels though as if the author wrote the book at different times because the chapters feel off after a while. The writing style is different. (Which is something that I know from myself if I pick up a writing project after months or years.)
But God, the characters drove me crazy. At one point, they make an U-Turn in behaviour and become whiny and boring. I couldn’t care less about them.
The plot meanders. The summary made it sound like it’s quick paced with action and political intrigue and a dash of romance. Instead the romance is suddenly there without a suiting arc that builds it up. It’s pretty much insta love and I hate it.
The magic system is interesting but the author did info dumping at the begin and the reader has to be able to tell the different kinds of magic apart, which is difficult because the Greek words sound all the same to me. It might be easier if you read the printed version because there’s a diagram at the first pages but it’s a pain in the ass as eBook.
The writing is very modern. It feels though as if the author wrote the book at different times because the chapters feel off after a while. The writing style is different. (Which is something that I know from myself if I pick up a writing project after months or years.)