Winterbirth | Paperback

I found this slow going at first - there are lots of characters and it seems to take a while to set the scene. But I'm glad I kept going - it builds up to a exciting conclusion and I will definitely read the next book.

Only for real fans of the genre, this novel is well researched and Brian Ruckley has obviously put lots of time into it, but it is too slow paced for the average reader, it took me about 2 months of stopping and starting to finally complete the novel, the characters are a little shallow in depth and could have been pulled from almost any wartime fantasy series, some of the other races mentioned may bring some depth and interest in later on but only one appears in this novel, the Kyrinin, who seem to similar to the Huanin (medieval time humans) to interest most greatly, the trilogy needs to develop much quicker in the next novel to keep interest going, the dialogue is also above average but by no means inspiring, must improve.