Brendan Walsh (1)

Series Info/Source: This is the first book in the A Fantastic Decade duology. I got a copy of this book through NetGalley to review.

Story (4/5): I stopped this about 25% of the way in. At that point I still had no idea what this book was about and new characters were still being introduced. We switched storylines between Dreden (who is the son of a poor professor) and spends his time wandering around town with two other friends and another woman who is working on editing a book (yes, it is just as random as it sounds). In between these two stories we hear from random other groups of people. The POV switches mid-chapters at some points with very little rhyme or reason for doing so. Oh, and the Prologue is told from the POV of a dragon (again no idea why).

I usually read books very quickly but was really struggling with this one. It seems written in a very immature way, that makes it strangely difficult to read. Add to that the fact that the story didn’t seem to have a point and the fact that I didn’t give one wit about any of the characters and it just didn’t work for me. This book needs some serious editing and work on pacing.

My Summary (3/5): Overall I have no idea why the other reviews of this book are so high, I feel like everyone else must have read a different book than I did. It definitely wasn’t something I was enjoying reading. I am giving it 3 stars because I didn’t finish it, but based on what I read it’s more of a 2 star type of book.… (mais)