Peter Newman

Following Peter Newman's brilliant debut, THE VAGRANT. This is the much-anticipated sequel, THE MALICE.

The Malice

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i wish goodreads would let you click a half star instead of full stars when you want to give a book .5 stars. Anyways i'm totally going with an unpopular opinion here and rating this 2.5 stars.

This book just didn't do it for me, which is ugh so sad. One of my biggest problems was that at a point everything was just so anti climatic. Look, You spend chunks of the book just travelling with Vesper and you get just one chapter, one measly chapter (I'm really not kidding) of Vesper finally at the breach and her mission is over before the end of the chapter. This book has Twenty Nine chapters. It's almost like things just happen in the book and you're like 'umm okay is that it?"

Also like the Vagrant in between chapters you get story from years past, unlike the Vagrant where that eventually ties up with the main story, this one just leaves you with more questions. I'm still not clear on how Massassi's gets her "powers", heck i'm still not clear on who she is. It was just confusing really. 

Then the writing, i dunno i can't say Peter Newman's writing is the best at times, description wise i think he's pretty good but sometimes it feels like you're reading unfinished sentences. 
All in all for me Peter Newman frankly fails to deliver for this book. I heard it's a trilogy so maybe the next book does way better than this.

Vince Nguyen

Following Peter Newman's brilliant debut, THE VAGRANT. This is the much-anticipated sequel, THE MALICE. In the south, the Breach stirs. Gamma's sword, the Malice, wakes, calling to be taken to battle once more. But the Vagrant has found a home now, made a life and so he turns his back, ignoring its call. The sword cries out, frustrated, until another answers. Her name is Vesper.

The Malice

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