Book #10

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"The Sleeping God (Dhulyn and Parno #1)" by Violette Malan

Rating: ♣ ♣ ♣

A well-plotted book with a slightly slow beginning and a too drawn out ending.

I liked all the House intrigue and plotting but, in my opinion, the book would've benefited from being shorter - it's 476 pages long - and more condensed. Also, the POV jumps - please, authors, please, don't jump between people's POV from one paragraph to another. It's confusing as hell when I can't be certain who is actually talking before I see the speaker's name.

I loved the characters - but there is a "but" again. I loved all of them - except for Dhulyn and Parno, the main characters. I thought they were the weakest links. Too self-righteous, too good at everything to be simple Mercenaries and not elders of the guild. Gun, Mar, Dal, Karlyn, the Tarkina... All of these characters were more interesting than the main two. Maybe because Dhulyn and Parno reminded me too much of Magiera and Leesil from Hendee's "Dhampir" series.

To sum it up, I liked the book a lot and I would be interested in reading the next one in the series - but more in the hope of seeing Dal-eLad, Mar-eMar, Gundaron and Karlyn-Tan again than Dhulyn and Parno.