3 out of 4 stars
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Raven’s Peak
Review by Olabanji Damilola
Fast paced
Ravens peak is the first in the World on fire series, is fiction and is written by Lincoln Cole. The story consistently explored a constant fight between the good and evil forces in the world, between angels and demons. The story starts with a retired general of the good army who seemed to be in prison of his own volition and had a severe post traumatic disorder being recalled into the army to save a dire situation that included the life of his adopted daughter, Abigail. He was able to, however he sacrificed himself and his reward.
The story continued into how Abigail met her supposedly random stalker who turned out not to be random. Haatim and Abigail subsequently became the focal point of the story with Abigail introducing Haatim to a world hidden from him yet so part of his life and saving him more than once. They also had to work together for the remaining part of the book and they were a fine team.
I liked the way the writer introduced each of the characters allowing each part of the story to flow into the next effortlessly. I liked the pace of the book, the style of writing could sustain the attention of the reader and the next occurrence wasn’t easily predictable. I liked the story and the storytelling. I really liked the book propagating the idea that a spiritual realm controls the physical realm and that prayer works. I didn’t like that the book subtly introduces the idea that all religions aside demon worship have one goal, that they all fight against evil and are against demons. I wasn’t too comfortable with the idea of fighting sprits with guns and that then locking them up. I actually found that funny. I also feel that the first part of the prologue was too solemn; it really didn’t depict the pace of the book thus preventing me from anticipating the rest of the book until I started reading.
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The best part of the book for me was how engaging the story was. The least favourite part of the book was how gruesome the killings at Raven’s peak were.
I will rate this book 3 out of 4 stars, the story was good, the story telling was great however the writing could have been more skillful, more intellectually engaging, that would have been the icing on the cake.
Overall, it was a beautiful story.
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Raven's Peak
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