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Book review: Pride
Feb. 3rd, 2010 12:57 amToday's book review is Pride by Rachel Vincent.
This is the third in the werecat series. The ongoing characters and situation aren't too well explained. It ends fairly well for an episode, but the story arc is definitely ongoing.
The world remains internally consistent and pretty believable except for the initial assumption of people who can change shape into black panthers. The main plot is driven by politics almost sickening enough to be from the real world. There's a bunch of gore, violence done by people genuinely out of their minds, and cannibalism, but the real monster is the guy who will pervert justice to achieve his own ends. It's a bit contrived, but it hangs together pretty well. There's plenty of tension and excitement. The romantic tension is actually better in this one than in the last one, since it's not just driven by the heroine's refusal to talk to her boyfriend about her issues. The characters continue to engage me and hold my attention in the story; even though I suspect I wouldn't have been interested in them in the first place if they weren't werecats, I'm hooked now, and this book definitely kept me engaged. It's maybe a hair better than Rogue, but on the whole, if you like the series you'll enjoy this episode, but if it wasn't doing anything, it probably still won't.
8 out of 10.
( plot summary )
This is the third in the werecat series. The ongoing characters and situation aren't too well explained. It ends fairly well for an episode, but the story arc is definitely ongoing.
The world remains internally consistent and pretty believable except for the initial assumption of people who can change shape into black panthers. The main plot is driven by politics almost sickening enough to be from the real world. There's a bunch of gore, violence done by people genuinely out of their minds, and cannibalism, but the real monster is the guy who will pervert justice to achieve his own ends. It's a bit contrived, but it hangs together pretty well. There's plenty of tension and excitement. The romantic tension is actually better in this one than in the last one, since it's not just driven by the heroine's refusal to talk to her boyfriend about her issues. The characters continue to engage me and hold my attention in the story; even though I suspect I wouldn't have been interested in them in the first place if they weren't werecats, I'm hooked now, and this book definitely kept me engaged. It's maybe a hair better than Rogue, but on the whole, if you like the series you'll enjoy this episode, but if it wasn't doing anything, it probably still won't.
8 out of 10.
( plot summary )