This author sucks BAD

Great concept, mediocre writing, mostly boring characters, and the worst bloody ending possible! I know there’s ten more books in the series, not to mention at least two more series following this one, all about the same person, but the rest of the books in this series are read by a different narrator, and are not free. The other narrator is horrible as far as I can tell. So, the mc is a branded ‘coward’ and outlaw, who wanders the wilderness trying to make up for his failure to save his dead wife. He is driven by his mission to stop the return of the Frostborn. Now there are two women who follow him in his quest, (along with four or five other people). Both of them end up falling in love with the mc, BUT he doesn’t really love either of them. The way the storyline and character arcs progress, any reader is expecting and hoping that the mc falls in love with Calliande, who joins him in the first book, and who we’ve gotten to know and like. Instead, he ends up laying with the other woman at the end of this book, which, aside from the fact that it is no longer a PG series, is insulting! She’s unlikable, cruel, and only cares about power, and we only met her in the previous book! She doesn’t have any character arc, at least not yet, and if the author had to include sexual content, it would make WAY more sense and be more rewarding to the reader if it was Calliande instead. As it is, I was so mad when I finished this book, that even if I wanted to endure a terrible narrator for the rest of the series, not to mention buying the books, it would not be worth it.

I really like the concept of the series, how the survivors of King Arthur’s realm fled through a gateway to another world, and the author did a decent job, but if only someone like Brandon Sanderson had written it instead. The mc isn’t very interesting, even though he fights with a staff. I’ve seen staff wielding mc’s pulled off well before, but nope, the author couldn’t manage it. He also doesn’t know much about medieval combat or weapons. And armour! This is a pet peeve of mine, that so many people think studded leather armour is actually a thing! Well I hate to burst your bubble, but it’s not! What people think is studded leather in historical manuscripts is actually a type of armour called Brigandine. Look it up. This misconception has lead to leather armour being widely accepted as historical and realistic. It’s not.

This series, and this book in particular, is very disappointing. The concept is great, but it is executed so poorly that it is not worth it in my opinion. Just listen to the first four books and then write the rest of it yourself. If you’re a medieval enthusiast, and a student of the great writers of this genre, such as Sanderson, you can probably do better than Mr Moeller. Good luck!

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