
The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps
Reviews

This book is getting a lot of notice right now. It's easy to see why. The author has a unique voice, and interesting characters. He depicts a largely non-white group of characters. He doesn't worry about using some slightly modern-sounding speech patterns and phrases. I like the setup and basic characters a lot. However, this seems a bit more like a fragment of a story, or a chunk of a novel, than a standalone story. And the story isn't told linearly, exactly. There were a couple of times I had to ask myself if where I was in the story was taking place in the current timeline, or in the past timeline within the story. I'm a little uncomfortable with this type of storytelling, largely because I hate being confused about what's going on. Not saying it's not a valid way to tell a story -- it's just a challenging way to tell a story TO ME. That's probably why it took me two or three tries to get through this book. Heck, at one point I was doing that thing with the Kindle, where you have the audiobook and the ebook*, and you're watching the words while you're listening to them being read to you. Again, it's not DIFFICULT, you just have to pay attention, and be willing to spend a little time figuring out what's going on. That said, I'd buy the heck out of a book that fleshed out more of this world. I'd love to know more about what's going on with the various characters, more about their background. It's sorta fantasy, and sorta SF. And there's a quiet love story that doesn't sit front and center, but peeks out here and there. You understand that sex is happening, but it happens offstage. I'll definitely watch for more writing from this author. *Yes, I bought the ebook AND the audiobook. I was committed to getting through this book.

4.5 stars. Beautifully written. Also really appreciated that this fantasy novella wasn't so white-centric (the characters are very specifically black) nor hetero-centric (straight-centric? not sure what the right word would be), which in my experience seems strangely rare in fantasy/sci-fi.

A tale of a dark forest, a trading caravan, and two heroes that would not be out of place in Homer’s epics. But the bad guys might be animals from outer space, the good guys aren’t actually in power and do not desire it, and no one cares what you want from them.










