A young man is brought home from college to take care of his estate after his father dies. We follow Mungo, our main character, as he is trying to unwrap the questions he has about he father's death, the future of his family's estate that has been taken from him and revenge the death of his lifelong love.
Mungo is a smug, arrogant, never-do-wrong, good at everything, man who has made it his mission to exact vengeance on those who have done him wrong, which seems to be everyone. He must do this alone and without guidance because he has no friends for support which is not surprising as he alienates everyone. He makes contradictory choices that don't follow the belief system he has for himself and usually take him further away from his end goal.
I expected to see him grow throughout the book as most character do, but Mungo takes the same action for each challenge presented and it gets tiring. New characters are brought in by way of somehow offending Mungo and being enticed into a fight or dual of which they will always lose.
I wanted to enjoy this book, but each chapter in made me cringe further to the point of no longer caring that his life was falling apart. I fell there are only so many bad decisions that one person can make.
Unfortunately, this book was not for me.
Mungo is a smug, arrogant, never-do-wrong, good at everything, man who has made it his mission to exact vengeance on those who have done him wrong, which seems to be everyone. He must do this alone and without guidance because he has no friends for support which is not surprising as he alienates everyone. He makes contradictory choices that don't follow the belief system he has for himself and usually take him further away from his end goal.
I expected to see him grow throughout the book as most character do, but Mungo takes the same action for each challenge presented and it gets tiring. New characters are brought in by way of somehow offending Mungo and being enticed into a fight or dual of which they will always lose.
I wanted to enjoy this book, but each chapter in made me cringe further to the point of no longer caring that his life was falling apart. I fell there are only so many bad decisions that one person can make.
Unfortunately, this book was not for me.