Lack and white as most UF which is good because Greek mythology wasn't either. The women are very strong and intelligent, both good and bad and complex. It this is in a Greek pantheon and that fits right in. The only possible sexism is that two female characters talk about sex constantly.
I think the love interest stuff was too much, too soon and too fast as well but she was every bit his equal. Something felt a little off about the story, though, mostly in the first half but I'm attributing it to first book awkwardness. Best of all, Ravirn learns from his mistakes and he grows during the course of the novel which earns major points from me. He has good supportive friends and the good folks are full of snarkiness and sarcasm.
The action never stops and the hero is constantly being injured so severely he's often incapacitated but I love that so it worked for me. The three Furies were also fabulous in a frightening way. I absolutely adored his familiar and the vegetarian troll. The characters are strong and interesting, although the main character isn't always that bright considering what a good hacker he's supposed to be. Recommended for fans of those books as well as general fantasy readers.Ī good first novel, with reasonable sounding tech even 6-7 years after it was written. We have a love interest, minions (as I mentioned), magic and a dry sense of humor that seeps out of the story.
I keep going back to the Dresden Files as a comparison for this story and I think it's apt. I could have used a few breaks from the action myself, but readers who crave that sort of thing may really like this one. One event after another spins our hero in circles. I don't know what I'd do for entertainment without the chaos that follows in your wake." pg 196, ebook So when one of the Fates comes to him with an idea of how to change reality through a particularly nasty computer program, his adventure truly begins. The closest comparison that immediately pops into my mind is Harry Dresden's skull- Bob.īut unlike Dresden, Ravirn's magic is coded and can be bugged. They're curious creatures, full of attitude and spunk. The wizard's minions act like computer programs and execute directives given to them.
Ravirn uses magic like programmers use code- it's a unique magic system and author Kelly McCullough should be very proud for coming up with it. They're painful, inefficient, and hideously dangerous." pg 81, ebook "I'm a thoroughly modern sorcerer, a code-warrior, a programmer.
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