Narrated by Mikael Naramore
Spoilers in book cover if you care to look carefully
Genre: Horror/fantasy
Summary:
Errol’s still deep into the job of semi-deputy Warden. He’s around to fight off monsters, in whatever form they arrive.
Additional Comments:
- The story picks right up where the last one ended.
- A lot of the world-building went into the first story, so I’m guessing you should start there, even though these are essentially mini-mysteries. It’s still an intriguing, dangerous world.
- Not much happens with the overarching plot. Errol’s brother, Tom is still missing. I’m guessing that will be addressed at some point in the future.
- Some of the side characters kind of blurred together, especially the performers.
- The mystery’s solution comes to Errol a tad too quickly.
- The narrator has a nice voice and decent pacing. I still listen at 2x speed.
- There are some loose ends which will be addressed in future volumes no doubt.
- As with many fantasy writers, Hardman’s not afraid to kill off his share of small time characters.
- The tie-in to the new creature type wasn’t very subtle.
- (Not to be confused with Warden of Fal series by Kyle Alexander Romines. I just happen to be listening to two very different series concerning MCs that are Wardens.)
Conclusion:
Interesting fantasy with some lighthearted moments even if there’s still gross stuff that happens to poor Errol during the course of his Warden duties.
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