Alright, I
admit it, I started a new series.
With as many
books as I’m reading, I really shouldn’t get started on anything that makes me
commit to another 6 to 8 books but I’ve been looking at this book for a while
and finally decided to read it when I finished the book I had been reading the
other day. The fact that I finished this one in a day and a half shows me I
make the right choice.
The
Dragons of Dorcastle surprised me in many ways. I have to make another
confession here. I knew this author, having read his Lost Fleet series. I loved
that series, so I picked up this book without ever reading the blurb on the
back. I had no idea what the story was about. I had read the title and the sub-title.
As I said, I had been looking at the book for some time but the actual story
was a surprise. It is almost a cross between steampunk and a dystopian YA
love-story. And, to top it off, any dragons are incidental.
Having said
all that, I would give it a 4.5 out of 5. Maybe even higher if I hadn’t felt
the story ended too soon. But don’t we always feel the good stories end too
soon? In all fairness, I wasn’t looking for military SF like his Lost Fleet
series. If it has Dragons in the title, I know I’m looking at a different kind
of book and the sub-title The Pillars of Reality is another clue that we have
moved into the realm of Fantasy. That was what I was expecting. I got much more
than my expectations.
It wasn’t a
perfect book. I don’t give 5s easily but it was close. I loved this book. I
admit, sometimes it’s just the mood you’re in when you read it, too. Whatever
the case, this one hit the spot.
From the
earliest moments of the book, the action caught my interest and kept me bound
up with Mechanic Mari and the Mage Alain as they move from one disaster to
another. They break the rules that say mechanics and mages don’t associate with
each other to solve the puzzles in front of them before they end up dead. It
had a great pace that kept me going.
I highly
recommend this book.
But that’s
just my opinion.
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