What can I say about this book. Well for one it was one hell of a ride from start to finish. There is a lot, and I mean a LOT going on in this book. Now that is not necessarily a bad thing, but how its all executed plays a major part into how the overall story will go down.
The first 10 chapters were so overwhelming to me, there was so much of this massive world being explained and unraveled that I started to feel like there wasn't going to be much left to tell if it kept going at this rate. I actually started taking notes about what was being explained to me, just to make sure I didn't get confused. There is this old medieval, high fantasy feeling but at the same time there is this modern non fantasy feeling going on, and at first I was not feeling it. I just didn't feel like the two styles was meshing well. As the story progressed though, it started to feel like it was all coming together, but it was initially a turn off.
I'm not a fan of guns, I don't care for them so I never gravitate towards them, and at first I was taken aback that they were in this, but honestly I feel like it was handled quite well. It was used in a manner of progression and something new coming to be in a world that never had such items, The story was in no way over run with them, but it was a great plot device for creating a growing world,
The magic system was actually really intriguing to me. The system is called Fabrications, and not everyone has them. but I love that the Martell went down the path that, with magic comes consequences. Understanding the Forgottens took awhile for me, but I think that comes down to the fact that the first 10 chapters had so much information being fed to me that I just got burnt out wanting to learn something else about the world, There was so many divisions, Nobilty, Scales, Forgottens, Skeletons and so much more, that it really did become a lot to take in.
The Moon portion was the part I felt I was let down in, I wanted so much more to be done with this, since it felt so important, It was constantly mentioned in the first half of the story and then just kind of fell to the way side and I really liked that part of the worldbuilding. So hopefully it will be touched upon in later books again.
Characters!!! Wow there was so many characters and I am so angry over the twist reveal at the end, but oh it was so good!! I loved our Main man Michael, half the time I was yelling at him to stop making stupid choices, other times I was shaking my head at what he had done in the past that came back to bite him in the ass, and other times I was just laughing my ass off at him. I seriously loved him by the end of the story. Dark was another character that I absolutely adored, and I cant wait to see him some more. I will say I am very confused as to what Michael's actual age is, I don't know if its my terrible math skills, or if it just wasn't explained clearly enough, but I would like to know haha. Each character really does bring something different to the story and there are plenty of them, but it never felt like to much, but I did at one point start to mix up a few of the ladies, because they only show up when necessary.
The end does really pick up and just starts throwing blows left and right at you. Betrayals happened that I never even considered as I was trying to figure it all out, and frankly I was hurt by it. People coming and going, dying and living, information being traded left and right, just so much, but it was handled in a way that made it easy to grasp, and I think that was why the first 10 chapters really built the world so quickly and so forcefully. While in the later half of the book, everything slowly comes to realizations and then bam you get punched in the face, and the next thing you know you're laying in your bed crying over some of the revelations.
Kingdom of Liars started out rough and I honestly almost put it down, but I'm glad I decided not to, for me it was worth continuing on. I am looking forward to the next book in the series, I cant wait to see what trouble Michael causes next.
The first 10 chapters were so overwhelming to me, there was so much of this massive world being explained and unraveled that I started to feel like there wasn't going to be much left to tell if it kept going at this rate. I actually started taking notes about what was being explained to me, just to make sure I didn't get confused. There is this old medieval, high fantasy feeling but at the same time there is this modern non fantasy feeling going on, and at first I was not feeling it. I just didn't feel like the two styles was meshing well. As the story progressed though, it started to feel like it was all coming together, but it was initially a turn off.
I'm not a fan of guns, I don't care for them so I never gravitate towards them, and at first I was taken aback that they were in this, but honestly I feel like it was handled quite well. It was used in a manner of progression and something new coming to be in a world that never had such items, The story was in no way over run with them, but it was a great plot device for creating a growing world,
The magic system was actually really intriguing to me. The system is called Fabrications, and not everyone has them. but I love that the Martell went down the path that, with magic comes consequences. Understanding the Forgottens took awhile for me, but I think that comes down to the fact that the first 10 chapters had so much information being fed to me that I just got burnt out wanting to learn something else about the world, There was so many divisions, Nobilty, Scales, Forgottens, Skeletons and so much more, that it really did become a lot to take in.
The Moon portion was the part I felt I was let down in, I wanted so much more to be done with this, since it felt so important, It was constantly mentioned in the first half of the story and then just kind of fell to the way side and I really liked that part of the worldbuilding. So hopefully it will be touched upon in later books again.
Characters!!! Wow there was so many characters and I am so angry over the twist reveal at the end, but oh it was so good!! I loved our Main man Michael, half the time I was yelling at him to stop making stupid choices, other times I was shaking my head at what he had done in the past that came back to bite him in the ass, and other times I was just laughing my ass off at him. I seriously loved him by the end of the story. Dark was another character that I absolutely adored, and I cant wait to see him some more. I will say I am very confused as to what Michael's actual age is, I don't know if its my terrible math skills, or if it just wasn't explained clearly enough, but I would like to know haha. Each character really does bring something different to the story and there are plenty of them, but it never felt like to much, but I did at one point start to mix up a few of the ladies, because they only show up when necessary.
The end does really pick up and just starts throwing blows left and right at you. Betrayals happened that I never even considered as I was trying to figure it all out, and frankly I was hurt by it. People coming and going, dying and living, information being traded left and right, just so much, but it was handled in a way that made it easy to grasp, and I think that was why the first 10 chapters really built the world so quickly and so forcefully. While in the later half of the book, everything slowly comes to realizations and then bam you get punched in the face, and the next thing you know you're laying in your bed crying over some of the revelations.
Kingdom of Liars started out rough and I honestly almost put it down, but I'm glad I decided not to, for me it was worth continuing on. I am looking forward to the next book in the series, I cant wait to see what trouble Michael causes next.