The Forever King by Ben GalleyMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is a 3-star review. That is an accurate estimate of my experience with this book.
The writing and general story structure were pretty good. However, the book had two significant flaws that were hard to overlook.
- there really wasn't much effort put into creating an emotional connection with any of the characters. The protagonists get victimized early on in the book with only a middling amount of character development to form the basis for an emotional connection.
- there is an inconsistent representation of power. On a related note, the balance of power is also inconsistent.
The magic users have lots of power, but they still work with ordinary fighters. Towards the end of the book, the fighters seem to be largely irrelevant to the ongoing fight while the magic users do all the heavy lifting. Equally, the protagonists have dragons that are quite powerful. There really doesn't seem to be that much of a need for normal infantry.
The first half of the book was really good, but the back half was a bit of a chore to finish. I don't have any plans to continue this series.
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