C. L. Wilson

This book doesn't really work for me as a fantasy book or as a romance. My issue is that it wasn't a full story. It was like 1/4 of a story, and most of it was setup without payoff. Secondly the world building is just clumsy. It starts with a prologue explaining the world, which is always a red flag(and there is over a 1000 years of history plus poetry, I can't). It is steeped in unintelligible fantasy jargon that will only be used in the context of this series, and also a made up language( please pick one). It is also clearly based on eighteenth century Europe, and I am a sucker for eighteenth century Europe and courtroom drama, but that is not what this book is about. Reading this book was like constantly having blue balls, the pacing is so bad. It is a huge departure from one of the author's more recent series about the weather mages of mystral, which is more developed, and each book tells a complete story. If you want a good example of this author's work please read the Winter King, one of my favorite fantasy books.… (més)