First Chosen Tears of Rage Book 1 eBook M Todd Gallowglas
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On her twenty-first birthday, Julianna, frees an ancient god from his thousand-year prison. In his "gratitude," the god names her his high priest and commands Julianna to lead his people to greatness once again. Unfortunately, it is a crime for her to worship one of the five ancient gods, a crime punishable by execution and the destruction of her soul.
First Chosen Tears of Rage Book 1 eBook M Todd Gallowglas
As the title implies, this book features a "chosen one". Yet, the author managed to kept this trope fresh by doing away with prophecies and getting right inside the minds of mythical beings as they force the "chosen" status upon main character, Julianna.The book starts with a bang and continues at breakneck pace, giving readers barely a moment to breathe. The action is tense and exciting, filled with swords and guns and sorcery. Julianna barely escapes death on multiple occasions. Despite her skills with a rapier and a strange time-altering magic, she is bested at every turn by entities far greater than she could imagine.
However, by the end of the book she is starting to master a new and far more deadly power, gifted to her by the god she set free. Yet enemies of that god are on her trail, and even her allies can't truly be trusted. A dark, violent road awaits her, and I am eager to see where it leads.
The only complaints I have with this book are that it's too short. That wouldn't be a problem in itself, but the author tried to include too many side characters and subplots, which, in my mind, only serve to shift focus away from the more important parts. Still, I find it admirable that he managed to cram in an entire original mythology, presented with just enough mystery to keep me guessing, and with a welcome twist where good/evil don't necessarily aligned neatly with light/dark.
This is a strong first entry in what promises to be a thrilling and imaginative series.
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First Chosen Tears of Rage Book 1 eBook M Todd Gallowglas Reviews
I downloaded this book during a promotion for free. Any fantasy I have read without getting a recommendation from someone I trust has been pretty terrible. These two things left me quite skeptical about First Chosen. I was wrong.
Gallowglas managed to create a believable world, even if the introduction to it came pretty quickly over the first couple of chapters and was therefore a bit hard to follow. The main character follows the standard formula a fiesty young person who tends to break the rules, but is also good at heart suddenly fines themselves thrust into real responsibility and rises to the challenge to become a true hero. Still, Julianna is an ejoyable and likable character.
There were a few typos here and there (a missing the, sent instead of scent, etc.), but not enough to distract from the storyline.
Basically, First Chosen was an enjoyable book that kept me going back for more. I will definitely be buying the rest of the books in the Tears of Rage series.
I truly enjoyed this story. It was different, and yet very relatable. I thought the main character was excellent. I love that she was a female. I was concerned going in that it might be either "here is female that needs to be saved" or "watch how amazing this chick is" but found her to be a well-rounded, complex character, that didn't fall into a fantasy female subtype.
There were a couple of places where the pacing was weird, and I thought the story could have been slowed down just a tiny bit in order to give more character development as well as make the changes the main character was dealing with seem more drastic. Also, personally, I would have liked a little more information about the world in this book. You do get that information to some degree in time, but a couple of times I felt like I had to make myself feel like something was a big deal without the reason in the world being fleshed out. (If that makes sense, trying for no spoilers)
I immediately downloaded the other books in the series after finishing it.
I wasn't sure at first if First Chosen was "my kind of fantasy." It's a little darker than I usually enjoy, and there are a few more fight scenes than I tend to like. But the imagination of the world-building hooked me, and I love the strong female protagonist in Julianna. Our daughters should be taught that girls can do anything a boy can do (might take a different procedure, but it can be done) and that they don't have to sit around waiting for some guy to rescue them or make their lives complete. Julianna teaches us that. She shows us that courage is more important when life gives us unexpected crises than are money or who you know. But she knows the value of friends and leadership, too. She's a very strong heroine.
The fight scenes are extremely well done. There are hints of Greek and Roman mythology, Celtic legend, and time travel. The plot and subplot lines are intricately woven, the world of mankind, magic ("speaking miracles"), gods with their followers and the agnostics, aengyls, daemyns, and faerie creatures is rich and well thought out. This is a book that assumes an intelligent audience and much that we learn about the different types of creatures comes from later books. But the storyline stands alone, and the subtle mysteries pull the reader along. No unsatisfying cliff-hangers here. But there are sufficient details left uncertain to make us want to run out and read the next book. I read the first three in a single week. But then I went back and re-read more leisurely because there were whole new levels to the story after I knew what came later. The series stands up well to multiple reads, and the new edition has very few typos.
Some reviewers have complained about the book being a tad short, but the length is clearly shown in the description. As the first in a series, I think it did a very good job of setting the stage, introducing the characters, and giving us an impelling plot we can care about. It felt like the right length to me.
I think the Tears of Rage series is a great example of how High Fantasy should be done. I've enjoyed it as much as I did the early Robert Jordan Wheel of Time Series, and I think the characters are done as well as Tolkien's LotR.
Of the first three books in the series, Arms of the Storm is my favorite, but I think First Chosen is a really strong first book in the series.
As the title implies, this book features a "chosen one". Yet, the author managed to kept this trope fresh by doing away with prophecies and getting right inside the minds of mythical beings as they force the "chosen" status upon main character, Julianna.
The book starts with a bang and continues at breakneck pace, giving readers barely a moment to breathe. The action is tense and exciting, filled with swords and guns and sorcery. Julianna barely escapes death on multiple occasions. Despite her skills with a rapier and a strange time-altering magic, she is bested at every turn by entities far greater than she could imagine.
However, by the end of the book she is starting to master a new and far more deadly power, gifted to her by the god she set free. Yet enemies of that god are on her trail, and even her allies can't truly be trusted. A dark, violent road awaits her, and I am eager to see where it leads.
The only complaints I have with this book are that it's too short. That wouldn't be a problem in itself, but the author tried to include too many side characters and subplots, which, in my mind, only serve to shift focus away from the more important parts. Still, I find it admirable that he managed to cram in an entire original mythology, presented with just enough mystery to keep me guessing, and with a welcome twist where good/evil don't necessarily aligned neatly with light/dark.
This is a strong first entry in what promises to be a thrilling and imaginative series.
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