Name: Twelve Jackals: Illicitum Book One
ISBN: 9782492762000

Moud Adel

In a divided land where rival factions struggle to gain control using the unique talents of their respective realms, Rakamai and people of Kala curb their use of magic, because to do otherwise steals years from their lives. But when a new alliance turns into a bloody betrayal and threatens open war, Rakamai vows to get revenge and secure the future of his people. To do so, he'll need to fully embrace the magic of his people, and bring his own considerable powers to bear. After all, a short future is better than no future at all.

Twelve Jackals: Illicitum Book One

In a divided land where rival factions struggle to gain control using the unique talents of their respective realms, Rakamai and people of Kala curb their use of magic, because to do otherwise steals years from their lives. But when a new alliance turns into a bloody betrayal and threatens open war, Rakamai vows to get revenge and secure the future of his people. To do so, he'll need to fully embrace the magic of his people and bring his own considerable powers to bear. After all, a short future is better than no future at all.

Sade A

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I admire authors who self publish. Obviously not the easiest of feats to actually you know put words on paper and decide to throw it out there for people to read convinced as you are that you've written something at least worth while.
So big ups to this author for doing this.

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That being said, I'm just going to say, this book is a NO from me. The writing is atrocious. The story has no point. Like why exactly is this even called 12 jackals? Those Jackals barely show up. 
There is some needless social and political commentary that just happens for absoultely no reason in relation to the story, speech is stilted, overly protracted sentences that do absolutely nothing for the story except the objective was to increase the word count by any means necessary:
"Retan carried the boy and helped him bathe" -this sentence rightly should have ended here but the author extends it for some weird reason to include, "by taking the water out of a bucket with a cup then pouring it over his body." I mean why? I'm thinking this book had to reach some sort of specified word count because honestly why?

Another weakness in this book is the author's unusual fixation with either telling or spelling out how the veins were bulging in people's hands or necks, people puffing their chest out, and shouting. Why was everyone shouting?? So weird.
"Yamen crossed his arms against his puffed up chest"

"Rakami turned around with his chest thrust out before him"

"Rhett jutted his chest out"

"The Lunardis crossed her arm over her chest...Amalia crossed her arms in front of her chest...Rakami crossed his arms over his chest...Rondai crossed his arms over his chest"

"Rhett's veins popped appearing more detailed on his arms, neck and forehead"

"...his veins popping on his neck as he pushed slowly.

"Rakami's veins bulged on his neck"

"The veins in the Averetti's neck popped out"

"His anger spread into his veins, forcing them to bulge on his neck"

There's even some random part where characters go into some absolutely not relevant to the plot debate on capitalism and communism. I was like wtf????

This book ends with some sort of question mark but then the blurb for the next book in the series is apparently about something entirely different.

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All in all, not a good book. This author can obviously put words on paper but telling a good, even cohesive story is something that needs to be desperately worked on cos this books is absolutely not it. 
Random: The only thing this book has going for it, is the gorge cover page. 
Would not recommend spending your money on it but it's on Kindle Unlimited so if you do want to read it, i'd advise you read it from there.

Twelve Jackals: Illicitum Book One

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