A Forest Of Vanity And Valour (The Levanthria Series)

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The characters themselves miss depth and would be better suited in a game of Dungeons and Dragons. In fact, the whole book feels like it could have been a transcript of a D&D campaign. Admission of guilt: Bought Forest of Vanity and the following three books mostly based on the covers and the fun Tiktoks from the author. It's some wonderful imagery and AP is a fun person to watch. Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Librarians Group is the official group for requesting additions or updates to the catalog, including:

I found the execution wanting. I felt the pacing really slowed me down and only being on a plane with nothing else to read could dedicate my attention to it. The dialogue at times felt jarring and unnatural, or like the author didn't trust the reader to understand what was going on and then made a joke about it. Spelling errors didn't help either. The first person perspective switching between different characters threw me for a loop too. He fridges the main character's romantic interest, I felt the characterizations were inconsistent towards the end, and he didn't wrap up the ending with any sort of explanations regarding these questionable character actions.Again, I really wanted to like this book. I am a big fan of fantasy, legends and even Robin Hood in general. While I do not wish to discourage the writer, as this seems to be his first book, it is a good example of self-publishing gone wrong. While this started out as one, it ended up being a very loose retelling and very little shooting of arrows after a specific incident. (sad face)

Authors, if you are a member of the Goodreads Author Program, you can edit information about your own books. Find out how in this guide. While this is a relatively short novel, I loved the story inside. It is a dark twist on the Robin Hood tale, and boy does it deliver. You can feel the dark parts while reading. Not a single chapter could be left out, as all chapters add to the story. The story is told from the 'me' perspective of two different characters, which I personally liked, but I know it is not everyone's cup of tea. Overall, I really enjoyed the book and I'm looking forward to reading the next instalments in the series! The author has a very good social media presence which intrigued me to read his series. I wonder if I can continue, thou'. Or only for the sake of seeing can he do any better?If you want a review on the story itself, I'm sorry, I can't give you one. I only got halfway through before giving up. Now, as a fan of myths, legends and lore, I adored the concept of these books, which was the second reason I rushed to buy them. Unfortunately that's where the positives end. Not the worst book I’ve read in 2023, but hella disappointing for how good it looked on TikTok and the cover is pretty legit. The quotes at the start of every chapter. In a positive sense give it a Skyrim or total war feel. However sometimes they feel redundant if they sarcastically applied or foreshadowed things in the book then it would have been more enjoyable to read them as they were from random characters who we weren’t introduced to. The abysmal writing style combined with the painful point of view and tense made this short book extremely difficult to get through. By the time I got to the halfway mark, I was reading it out of spite. Seriously. I read six books between starting this and finally finishing it. First-person is difficult to pull off, especially when there are multiple points of view, and this one flopped.