1/5 stars
Synopsis
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The book started with the main character ranting about how much she hated necromancers. Then the book talked about why she hated them, and how her father died.
The main character talked to some witches and found out who the necromancer was, then went to go find him. She had to go to a casino that a Chinese mafia owned. She was then ambushed by werewolves, which she killed easily. The necromancer came in next and told her that the death of her father was necessary, and she couldn’t possibly defeat him. She tried anyway.
The necromancer teleported away and the main character was angry and frustrated. As the main character was leaving, she was shot in the eye with a silver bullet.
The main character got angry and destroyed the people who were trying to kill her. She eventually made it to the owner of the casino. She wanted to kill him because he was the one who gave the order for her dad to be killed. She killed the vampire owner. The necromancer wanted to talk to her again. He had a polar bear shifter with him and the shifter and the main character started fighting.
The polar bear knocked the main character unconscious. She had a pleasant dream while unconscious of fishing as a bear with her bear family. She woke up to find him nearly chomping on her neck, but then he suddenly burst into flames and ran away. The main character then realized that one of the witches had come to save her, and then the witch and the necromancer started fighting.
The necromancer fled once more, and the main character vowed to find him again even if it took another decade.
The story then jumped twenty years. The main character was guarding a church and a strange woman came in asking about the priest. He wasn’t there, so she asked to wander around. The main character noted that she smelled strongly of marijuana, and resolved to keep a close eye on her. Then the book ended.
Review
I was not impressed by this book. The book was written in a passive voice. The entire book was in a passive voice. I’m glad the book was so short, otherwise it would have been extremely tedious.
The main character didn’t grow or change throughout the entire book. She was still the brash, rude, violent character at the end that she was at the beginning. I would have liked to see her grow or change at least a little.
I felt like the story wasn’t coherent. The scenes didn’t flow together well. They felt choppy and incomplete. Actions taken by the characters weren’t described, so I frequently had to fill in the gaps. Also, the book jumped forward in time. At the end, there was a random “twenty years later” that was only a few paragraphs long. I believe there was a jump in time at the beginning of the book too. The jumps in time further reinforced the feeling of the book being disjointed.
There were some things in the book that I didn’t understand the point of. For example, what was the point of the dream the main character had while unconscious? It was so random that the book wouldn’t have been impacted had the author left it out.
I wish the book had a little bit better world building. The main character’s father was killed by a “raging zombie.” Apparently this type of zombie was different than a plain old zombie? I don’t know why, and it was never explained. Are the witches, vampires, werewolves, etc. known or unknown to humans? This book didn’t really have much involvement from humans, but it would have been nice to know whether or not magic was hidden in this world. The main character, as a werebear, aged slowly, had super strength, and could heal from nearly everything. Are werebears the only ones who have those abilities? If they are, the main character was kind of a broken character. She was ridiculously overpowered, and had virtually no weaknesses. Maybe her anger issues counted as her weakness? But I didn’t feel like that really hindered her. She only became more ferocious and powerful.
I felt like the book had an interesting idea, but I don’t think it was executed well. I felt like the majority of the story was just summarizing. The writing in the book needed to be in an active voice to keep the reader interested in the story. In my personal opinion, if authors write an overpowered character, that character must have a weakness. Otherwise, what will make the reader invested in the story? If the character is so overpowered that nothing can touch them, why should the reader care what happens?
Fireheart Books 