Genre : Fantasy

Sub Genre: Epic Fantasy



Rating : 3/5

One fine day I was investing(I don’t waste time) time on r/Fantasy, when I saw a post regarding some random dude giving a book for free after a “Writer of the Day” post. Something evil in me rendered a sly smile and I immediately went to amazon to grab the book for free. Then the angel in me, with rings on the head and the whole deal, felt bad and I sort of promised/told/assured the author that I am not a bad person and I will try to leave a kind word.

The story is about a extinct, or thought to be, race who plans to make a comeback. This story is about a lost kid who wants to find his identity/goal in life. The story is also about a scheme to enforce personal vendetta and sacrifice whoever comes in the way. And this is also about being haunted by tragedies of the past. So, in essence, there’s a lot of stuff going on in this “not a door stopper” book. Oh, I almost forgot to mention cool magic, an ‘assassin’s creed’ style roof hoping and some bad ass characters.

The book does give a feeling of being a prequel sometimes, that’s to say it hints a lot about the “big bang” like events to unfold and this book is just the tip of the iceberg. But for obvious reasons that’s not a bad intro to a world. Also, the cover blurb(or the goodreads description) does not do justice to the book. The book is a lot more than what these make it to be. Definitely recommended.

Read this for:

Well rounded characters.

The pacing is just about right.

The story has the whole aura of mystery, which keeps you going.

Magic system is very well developed.

Cons:

The book could have used more editing and proof reading. There are not noticeable mistakes, but sometimes things feels a bit off.

I wanted more things to happen. But pretty sure that’s not a bad thing for the book. Bad for me maybe.

Read an extract here:

http://www.terrycsimpson.com/books/the-quintessence-cycle/game-of-souls/game-of-souls-excerpt/