Last updated on May 14th, 2018
The Sword and the Promise by Jaffrey Clark has an enticing complex story with elaborate characters and excellent worldbuilding.
The Good
- Grand and complicated story
- Many intricate fabrics in this novel which weave together
- Well-written action
- It’s easy to build poor action, but Clark creates battles essential to the storyline.
- Deep characters
- Many characters are carefully constructed
- The characters beliefs and actions explained.
- Many characters are carefully constructed
- Scene setting is rather remarkable.
- One example, which as it continues shifts into character development.
- “A large, horse-drawn wagon carrying a few remaining hay bales slowly strolled into Oak Knoll. With a piece of straw in the corner of his mouth, Garrin occasionally snapped the reigns, staring straight ahead, lost in thought. He couldn’t shake the conflict…”
The Bad
- Definite switch of character viewpoint within a chapter without distinct markings except a paragraph break.
- “Once again, Corred was alone, staring up into the windows, wanting only to catch another glimpse of Olwen, wanting to know she was safe. Out of respect for the grief of Lord Wellman’s family, he resumed his walk through town.
From the back wall of the hall that led to her room, Olwen felt her pulse quicken…”
The Unsure*
- N/A
*My opinion: what I didn’t care for or do not prefer. This will not lower a rating unless it overly distracts from the story.
An impressive beginning of The Reaper’s Seed trilogy, I recommend “The Sword and the Promise.”
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