Not a real newsletter this month. I’ve been busy with research work.
Don’t worry, though. (Seriously, I’m pretty sure none of you were.) I’d like to take this vacant space to promote CN Rowan’s first book, which comes out TODAY! Actually, yesterday. I planned to send this yesterday but … my review follows.
Get the book from The audio book is available in all audio book retailers – Audible, Kobo, Chirp, etc as well as from CN Rowan’s Shopify store.
Did you ever wonder what it would be like to be an 800-year-old man?
Let me clarify: how about an 800-year-old magical powerhouse that takes no s**t and gives no f**ks?
Got your interest now, have I? Thought so.
There’s lots to love about this book. Although there is clearly a single point of view character, this is no lone wolf. He is clearly part of a team with excellent chemistry without overwrought romantic entanglements to inject artificial drama. Their witty banter between themselves and their foes is fresh and relatable, like a bunch of pros that have been doing this dirty work for a long time, and nothing can ruffle their feathers.
The plot has many excellent twists and turns. I could only put together the final reveal just as the protagonist had, which is 1) expert tension-building and 2) believable logically, as it meant I followed the breadcrumbs just like he did.
But something that unexpectedly impressed me was how the protagonist’s inner monologue always stopped to drop wry comments on the situation, no matter how crazy-go-nuts everything was. I’m not sure this was the intended effect, but it really put me in the mind of a somewhat curmudgeonly 800-year-old, who has been everywhere, seen everything, and it all reminds him of something in the murky depths of his memory. Being tortured to death, albeit not quickly enough for his liking? Why, this is just like the time that …
If this is remotely your genre, do yourself a favor, and pick up this book.
Get the book from The audio book is available in all audio book retailers – Audible, Kobo, Chirp, etc as well as from CN Rowan’s Shopify store.
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