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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 5150837" data-attributes="member: 2205">I just finished it last night.&nbsp; I posted a review on my blog, but I'll recap here.Fun setting.&nbsp; Fun premise.&nbsp; I liked Corvis Rebaine as a character quite a bit.&nbsp; The plot was rock solid.What I think didn't work quite as well was the tone, which seemed to clash with the theme.&nbsp; Everyone was a little too light-hearted; too easy going, for the events that were actually going on &quot;on screen.&quot;&nbsp; It was hard to take the darkness seriously, even when fairly dark stuff was happening.&nbsp; Plus, the sarcasm really undercut the evil.&nbsp; Khanda felt more like Katherine Hepburn to Rebaine's Spencer Tracy rather than a soul-eating demon.&nbsp; And before Khanda came along and took all his lines, he was nearly indistinguishable from Davro in that regard.And then, when we got the POV of Audriss and his camp, it was almost eerie how the only thing that really changed was the names.Anyway... not an unfavorable review.&nbsp; I still enjoyed the book.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 5150837, member: 2205"] I just finished it last night. I posted a review on my blog, but I'll recap here. Fun setting. Fun premise. I liked Corvis Rebaine as a character quite a bit. The plot was rock solid. What I think didn't work quite as well was the tone, which seemed to clash with the theme. Everyone was a little too light-hearted; too easy going, for the events that were actually going on "on screen." It was hard to take the darkness seriously, even when fairly dark stuff was happening. Plus, the sarcasm really undercut the evil. Khanda felt more like Katherine Hepburn to Rebaine's Spencer Tracy rather than a soul-eating demon. And before Khanda came along and took all his lines, he was nearly indistinguishable from Davro in that regard. And then, when we got the POV of Audriss and his camp, it was almost eerie how the only thing that really changed was the names. Anyway... not an unfavorable review. I still enjoyed the book. [/QUOTE]

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