Listened to on Audible.... It was a freebie..... ( )

I just couldn't get through it ( )

I got this book last year at a SCYS meeting on how to have a convention. I have never such high fantasy before and never a book based on a game before. It was definitely a little bit different then I'm used to. Salim and Neila are trying to find out who stole her father's soul. Salim is an interesting character with an unexpected history. Perhaps if I had ever played the game it wouldn't have been as unexpected, but with the no prior knowledge of how the world works I was caught off guard. I think the world building was okay but wonder if the author would have provided more information if he weren't assuming that there was some game knowledge. I feel the same way about some of the other character histories. There was definitely lots of action and adventure and it felt like it could be a pretty quick read. I didn't love it and I didn't hate it and never having played the game I can't tell if that kind of knowledge would have helped. ( )

I got this book last year at a SCYS meeting on how to have a convention. I have never such high fantasy before and never a book based on a game before. It was definitely a little bit different then I'm used to. Salim and Neila are trying to find out who stole her father's soul. Salim is an interesting character with an unexpected history. Perhaps if I had ever played the game it wouldn't have been as unexpected, but with the no prior knowledge of how the world works I was caught off guard. I think the world building was okay but wonder if the author would have provided more information if he weren't assuming that there was some game knowledge. I feel the same way about some of the other character histories. There was definitely lots of action and adventure and it felt like it could be a pretty quick read. I didn't love it and I didn't hate it and never having played the game I can't tell if that kind of knowledge would have helped. ( )

I got this book last year at a SCYS meeting on how to have a convention. I have never such high fantasy before and never a book based on a game before. It was definitely a little bit different then I'm used to. Salim and Neila are trying to find out who stole her father's soul. Salim is an interesting character with an unexpected history. Perhaps if I had ever played the game it wouldn't have been as unexpected, but with the no prior knowledge of how the world works I was caught off guard. I think the world building was okay but wonder if the author would have provided more information if he weren't assuming that there was some game knowledge. I feel the same way about some of the other character histories. There was definitely lots of action and adventure and it felt like it could be a pretty quick read. I didn't love it and I didn't hate it and never having played the game I can't tell if that kind of knowledge would have helped. ( )