Jamie Collins's Reviews > Issola

This was a pleasant read, and Vlad’s narration is amusing, as always. I enjoyed Vlad's odd partnership with Lady Teldra.

But the story was just not my cup of tea. It’s too abstract: an incomprehensible metaphysical contest involving the Great Weapons and the gods and the Jenoine, who are described as “a vastly powerful race of extradimensional creatures”.

There has always been a lot of magic in this series, too much for my taste, but usually Vlad keeps everything grounded enough for me with that business of No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style.

I’m still willing to continue with the series - overall I am enjoying it.