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The lost testament: soul eater's genre is Fantasy mixed with Thriller. The story is written in first person. It is the first installment in this series. The authors writing style is informal. It is not appropriate for young adults due to sexual scenes, offensive language and violent combat scenes. I give it 3 out of 4 stars.
This is the story of a man called Tyler Dawson who didn’t believe in God or anything else for that matter, he made one stupid action and quite literally his life turned upside down. He then was forced to go on a journey; to try to undo what has been done. Unfortunately for him, he bumped into new people or better yet, new creatures that just kept getting scarier by the hour.
I gave the book 3 stars because I liked most of it, not all of it. Some parts were well written and developed that I really enjoyed, but other parts were not written well or developed enough to the point of not being able to skip it. Also there were quite a fair amount of spelling and grammatical mistakes, plus most of the chapters' headlines were missing some letters that I just gave up reading the headline, I believe it’s a technical problem with PDF fonts in various devices.
I read a lot of fantasy books and reading this one didn’t disappoint, in fact, I admired the author's imagination and the world he created and the blend of human world with the supernatural world. In a fantasy book a good author must give the reader details and information about the paranormal world in order to create the image to live in it, but not too much to not bore the reader with details that aren’t needed that will just come up along the story anyway or aren’t necessary.
And of course most of the fantasy books include love stories, in this book there was a love story but unfortunately I didn’t feel it so I didn’t like it, because even though the writing style was good; the pace of the story was sometimes too fast and too confusing to the point that I felt like I started to the read the book from the middle. This is exactly what happened with the lovers' relationship that I felt like I missed a HUGE part of their relationship. And that just made me a bit disappointed due to my strong love for good romantic fantasy books.
I also didn’t like that sometimes they discuss a dialogue they previously had that didn’t occur in the book that made me more confused thinking I missed a page or something. In this book I didn’t like it's romantic story; the heroine is too strong and acts more like a mother than a lover to the hero, not to mention the fact of the age difference. Plus I always like the hero to be strong willed that is not easily shaken and the one protecting and fighting, but in this story he stayed most of the time; weak and in need of HER constant protection.
I also didn’t like the lack of a sufficient amount of the hero's history or background to know the hero and to feel compassion for what he is going through. I only knew his name and his age, that’s it. The same happened to the heroine, her name, what she is, that’s it, nothing about where she previously lived, who created her, nothing to really build a picture of, or give true depth to the person.
But I must admit that I was impressed with the story line, because it was really interesting and the developments of the events were well written. The plot was not expected or predicted at all and that just made me want to compliment the author for his work. I liked the humor in this book because I laughed when I read the sparkle comment and wanted to "hi five" someone. I also liked the reactions the humans did when they were first introduced to the supernatural world. Furthermore, I liked that the representation of the vampires is simple and adequate to what is already known about them, no weird new inventions that just don’t make any sense.
The book said a good message, and I'll put it that way (if your time is up and you're going down anyway; either you do it your way or go down with one hell of a fight). It's original and motivational. I'd like to conclude by saying that I believe the author should work on developing the characters and their relations and concentrate more on a suitable pace. Finally I want to praise the author on his great work and I look forward to read from him again.
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