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Stringer's prose carries the reader along quickly and errors are minimal. The content is dense and imaginative. The most positive aspect is Stringer's intense worldbuilding. Omniverse building?
The only negative worth mentioning is the author's effort to catch readers up on his universe. It's a common issue at this point in some series, that problems are inflated to a cosmic scale and the solutions can seem arbitrary to the mere mortals reading it. To correct for this, some exposition from a coup ...more
The only negative worth mentioning is the author's effort to catch readers up on his universe. It's a common issue at this point in some series, that problems are inflated to a cosmic scale and the solutions can seem arbitrary to the mere mortals reading it. To correct for this, some exposition from a coup ...more
And the journey continues....
Details: Fragmented Control Book four in The Salvation of Tempestria Series by Gary Stringer Published March 2022. For the best experience, this series should be read in order.
Plot: When a fragment of a powerful device ends up in the hands of a wizard who has proven himself not to be kind or capable of the power he possesses, history must be rewritten to correct this mistake.
Thoughts: The gang is all back, including Dreya, Kat, and Mandelee in this fourth installment ...more
Details: Fragmented Control Book four in The Salvation of Tempestria Series by Gary Stringer Published March 2022. For the best experience, this series should be read in order.
Plot: When a fragment of a powerful device ends up in the hands of a wizard who has proven himself not to be kind or capable of the power he possesses, history must be rewritten to correct this mistake.
Thoughts: The gang is all back, including Dreya, Kat, and Mandelee in this fourth installment ...more
Even though I’ve read the first book in the series, it’s been a while ago, so I was completely lost when reading this fourth installment. The massive info dump at the beginning was supposed to catch new readers up to speed, but I struggled to get through it. I’m not a fan of “telling” or the narrator constantly referring to the reader as “Gentle Reader” because it’s distracting and takes me out of the story.
Once I got further in, however, I found the characters and plot interesting. I remembered ...more
Once I got further in, however, I found the characters and plot interesting. I remembered ...more
