Last of the Chosen (Spirit of Empire, Book One) Review

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(More customer reviews)I started to title this review as 'Love and Hate', yet that wasn't accurate. Annoyance was the right word (though without the flair that love and hate holds).
LOVE THE BOOK:
I loved this book.... thought the story was fun with drama and humor and color. The characters drew me in, I wanted to hear more about them. The story was a good balance of pace, excitement, information, and new characters. I found myself just rocketing through the book and at the end in no time. While writing this review, I was trying to figure out what made this book a great read while several I've read lately have been not nearly as enjoyable.... what came to mind was that the writing seems fresh and the technique keeps me present in the story not wondering where the author was going or why they were writing about this or that topic... I was immersed in the story.
It is nice to see new writers come onto the scene. I read a lot and have felt like there are less and less writers that interest me in the sci-fi/fantasy genres lately. Perhaps it is because I'm not a fan of the vampire/werewolf stories and thus choose not to buy what seems like 90% of the new books in the fantasy realm (yes, I know this is a sci-fi book, I mix the two groups together).ANNOYED BY CLIFFHANGER:
My annoyance with the book is I am simply not a fan of great big cliffhangers. This story felt like it was going at a great clip and thennnnn stop! ...see what happens in the next episode. If the next episode were next week, fine, but when a next book is usually a year off (or per some comments in the reviews, maybe earlier summer) that is another thing. When I buy a book, I want the complete package, good writing, great characters, gripping beginning, definitive end that wraps things up. This book has so much of what I do like, the author just could have done a better job wrapping things up and still left open threads that would draw me to the next book.
And yet... still 5 stars. Why? Because, as I said, I really liked the story and enjoy the viewpoint of a new author like Mr. White.
Overall... I really look forward to more works by this author in the future.

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