Jeff Seymour

The second volume in the dark epic fantasy series SOULWOVEN.Darkness is falling. The dragon Sherduan is free, and the fate of the world balances on the tips of its claws. Friends and brothers are separated. Apart, they travel through shadow.A young man born a monster wrestles with his heritage. New lovers cling to happiness as the world crumbles. A prince discovers that, in the end, his weakness may outweigh his determination. Two soulweavers find in homecomings not solace but soul-crushing ordeal. Those who stood before the black wall when Sherduan was summoned were chosen. But by whom? And for what? And will their courage create enough light to push back the darkness?

Soulwoven: Exile

Rachel Kanyid

First off, I'm going to just state here, I won this book in the Goodreads First Reads giveaway, and when I got it in the mail I was quite excited to read it...

It is a very beautiful book. I love the cover art, and the thickness of the pages... And now for the actual review.

I thought that it would be pretty great based off of what little I knew of it, so I dug in, and found that it really wasn't all that I had built it up to be in my head.

I really wanted to like this book, but honestly? It seemed like reading through a normal "fantasy story" based online roleplay. 

Lots of "fantasy book norm" characters were thrown in at very cliche intervals, and in very over-done situations--- and to make it even worse(for me personally), there was very little character development, which is something I really need in a story to completely enjoy it. 

Overall, it was an okay read, but the way it flowed was somewhat confusing at times, and I had to go back and reread some parts several times to figure out just what was happening.

I think, that this book might better fit an age category of 10-14 or so. Young readers who generally aren't used to and expecting the level of development, detail, and story flow that you might get from reading Tolkien, Jordan, Sanderson, Rothfuss, Martin, etc...

I probably will read any subsequent books, because I do enjoy the underlying premise of the story.. And would like to follow the story a little more... I just thought that over-all Soulwoven was very poorly developed, even for being from a new author..

Soulwoven: Exile

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