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A review by sayonion
The Color of Dragons by R.A. Salvatore, Erika Lewis
adventurous
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
What a disappointment from an established author!
The adventure part of the plot is okay, although Maggie is yet another frustrating heroine who has a ton of power, but barely manages to do anything of her own volition.
The romantic subplot has no real pull. Maggie and Griffin bicker until they're suddenly in love? The only reason I could see that they liked each other was that they were the main characters, so were required to be. The writing didn't make their emotions come alive.
The ending is ridiculous. Even though both Maggie's and Griffin's perspectives are available to the authors, the chapter is written from the perspective of the main character furthest from the action, and then the main action is accomplished by side characters while Maggie and Griffin basically just watch.
The throwaway at the end about Merlin is basically an insult to the reader. It takes focus away from the characters that we ought to care about by now, and for what? There's no point!
Oh, and this book is ridiculously poorly-edited, considering the author. Scenes changed in abrupt and confusing ways. There was a scene where the prince abruptly appears where he shouldn't, then disappears -- I think that was only because the prince's name was accidentally dropped in where a different character was meant to be. Pronouns were used immediately at the beginning of a scene, without mentioning who the pronouns were meant to refer to.
The adventure part of the plot is okay, although Maggie is yet another frustrating heroine who has a ton of power, but barely manages to do anything of her own volition.
The romantic subplot has no real pull. Maggie and Griffin bicker until they're suddenly in love? The only reason I could see that they liked each other was that they were the main characters, so were required to be. The writing didn't make their emotions come alive.
The ending is ridiculous. Even though both Maggie's and Griffin's perspectives are available to the authors, the chapter is written from the perspective of the main character furthest from the action, and then the main action is accomplished by side characters while Maggie and Griffin basically just watch.
The throwaway at the end about Merlin is basically an insult to the reader. It takes focus away from the characters that we ought to care about by now, and for what? There's no point!
Oh, and this book is ridiculously poorly-edited, considering the author. Scenes changed in abrupt and confusing ways. There was a scene where the prince abruptly appears where he shouldn't, then disappears -- I think that was only because the prince's name was accidentally dropped in where a different character was meant to be. Pronouns were used immediately at the beginning of a scene, without mentioning who the pronouns were meant to refer to.