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The Veredor Chronicles #1
The Sword of Light
A mysterious shadow has been cast over the Kingdom of Ortaria. A young man leaves his village to search for answers. His adventure takes him across a dangerous land of magic, monsters, wizards and warriors.
232 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 3, 2013
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February 4, 2014
Awesome read. Entertaining and full of fast action and adventure. This book captured my attention from beginning to end and I'm looking forward to the rest of the series!
September 29, 2014
So the truth is that I gave up on this book at 13%. I just figured there are so many books out there that I want to read, there is no point wasting time reading something that isn't working for me.
I also knew that I had given up on this before starting the last book I read (volume 2 of The Grisha) but I couldn't mark it as read previously as this would then have been the book that made me hit my reading challenge for the year - and would have made me feel a fraud as I didn't actually finish it.
As always, any book that I don't finish only gets 1 star
I also knew that I had given up on this before starting the last book I read (volume 2 of The Grisha) but I couldn't mark it as read previously as this would then have been the book that made me hit my reading challenge for the year - and would have made me feel a fraud as I didn't actually finish it.
As always, any book that I don't finish only gets 1 star
April 8, 2016
Why I like it
Magic & wizards
Young hero
Action
Escapes
Easy read
Characters are good people
Stella & Red
Azagord
Kiarn
Entertaining ****
Magic & wizards
Young hero
Action
Escapes
Easy read
Characters are good people
Stella & Red
Azagord
Kiarn
Entertaining ****
August 10, 2016
I got sucked in by the beautiful cover art. Don't fall for the same trap!!
The plot might have been interesting, but it was unfortunately buried by mountains of plodding sentence structure stilted dialogue. If you could see past that, you'd also notice lots of oddities. For example, characters who started out as a farm boy and a circus performer suddenly became adept with a sword with little to no practice. A character who had been imprisoned in a dungeon for 3 years is able to ride for long days and fight immediately upon release with no difficulty. Characters who can barely get along are also referred to as "friends." Oh, and the author appears to believe that a single ' is the same as a double " when signifying dialogue.
I honestly don't like being harsh in my reviews. However, if I'd read an honest review first, I never would have bothered with this book.
The plot might have been interesting, but it was unfortunately buried by mountains of plodding sentence structure stilted dialogue. If you could see past that, you'd also notice lots of oddities. For example, characters who started out as a farm boy and a circus performer suddenly became adept with a sword with little to no practice. A character who had been imprisoned in a dungeon for 3 years is able to ride for long days and fight immediately upon release with no difficulty. Characters who can barely get along are also referred to as "friends." Oh, and the author appears to believe that a single ' is the same as a double " when signifying dialogue.
I honestly don't like being harsh in my reviews. However, if I'd read an honest review first, I never would have bothered with this book.
April 23, 2014
It's an action packed story and a good read for all ages. Four stars plus one because it was free.
September 28, 2014
I'm not usually one for fantasy but this one had me all the way. Feel-good, positive read.
August 19, 2021
This book is very very obviously LotR meets Eragon meets GoT and is so heavily troupey. HOWEVER, I had such a good time.
This was a solid book. I enjoyed it. The characters were easy to get attached to. It was fast paced. It was so interesting. The battle scenes were written well. Whole sections of this was so interesting and fun.
I just wish it was twice the length. I wanted more between each scene. It was a little too rushed. I wanted to see Eben and Red's friendship developed, I wanted to know more about Red and Stella and their time in the circus, I wanted more build up between the reveals, the battle scenes and the tense moments. I wanted longer battle sequences.
This could've been a really amazing book had it been a decent normal length of like 300 - 400 pages.
This was a solid book. I enjoyed it. The characters were easy to get attached to. It was fast paced. It was so interesting. The battle scenes were written well. Whole sections of this was so interesting and fun.
I just wish it was twice the length. I wanted more between each scene. It was a little too rushed. I wanted to see Eben and Red's friendship developed, I wanted to know more about Red and Stella and their time in the circus, I wanted more build up between the reveals, the battle scenes and the tense moments. I wanted longer battle sequences.
This could've been a really amazing book had it been a decent normal length of like 300 - 400 pages.
March 9, 2018
The story was enjoyable but there were parts of the book that I skimmed.
August 6, 2019
amazing!
this book easily captured my eye and it is safe to say that this book will keep a place in my heart
this book easily captured my eye and it is safe to say that this book will keep a place in my heart
dnf
June 25, 2020Not badly written but it had an incredibly generic plot so I got bored.
July 1, 2021
interesting
August 20, 2015
I have to say, I struggled with this. I almost considered stopping after the first quarter. A somewhat limited vocabulary, combined with a few overused words and somewhat wooden and stilted dialogue served to make this a very slow read. In some places, some abbreviations would have made the dialogue and, by extension the characters seem far more realistic.
The characters themselves were very unrealistic throughout. From the start, they were overly-trusting, seeming to form close relationships with little to no effort. As well, there was very little in the way of ‘show’ and much more ‘tell’, which caused me to struggle to form any kind of attachment to any of the characters. Both the good and bad characters were very limited, with the bad guys just being bad ‘because’. By contrast, the protagonists are too good, with no flaws whatsoever, not even inexperience. The main character, Eben, begins as a boy adopted by a hunter (reminiscent of the Wheel of Time) but very quickly becomes what appears to be an unmatched swordsman. While personally I find this by far the most annoying aspect of the book, it seems understandable.
Such a rapid and unrealistic development would seem to be symptomatic of over-excitement on the part of the author; he knows where the story is going, but is not willing to explain in detail how it gets there.
In short, I would not recommend this book, but with a little more plot development in the middle of the book and a few more tweaks, it'd be a much better novel.
‘The Sword of Light’ by E.J. Gilmour is the first in The Veredor Chronicles.
The characters themselves were very unrealistic throughout. From the start, they were overly-trusting, seeming to form close relationships with little to no effort. As well, there was very little in the way of ‘show’ and much more ‘tell’, which caused me to struggle to form any kind of attachment to any of the characters. Both the good and bad characters were very limited, with the bad guys just being bad ‘because’. By contrast, the protagonists are too good, with no flaws whatsoever, not even inexperience. The main character, Eben, begins as a boy adopted by a hunter (reminiscent of the Wheel of Time) but very quickly becomes what appears to be an unmatched swordsman. While personally I find this by far the most annoying aspect of the book, it seems understandable.
Such a rapid and unrealistic development would seem to be symptomatic of over-excitement on the part of the author; he knows where the story is going, but is not willing to explain in detail how it gets there.
In short, I would not recommend this book, but with a little more plot development in the middle of the book and a few more tweaks, it'd be a much better novel.
‘The Sword of Light’ by E.J. Gilmour is the first in The Veredor Chronicles.
September 24, 2014
1.5 stars
It was a free download from Amazon and the plot seemed interesting so I decided to give it a go...but sadly the development of the story wasn't well done.
The character were flat, none of them had their own unique personality, the events felt rushed and not very credible either.
I don't know the author and I don't know if he/she wrote more books but this one had the feeling of a debut novel where the style and world building needed a very good polishing.
I am not going to continue the series.
It was a free download from Amazon and the plot seemed interesting so I decided to give it a go...but sadly the development of the story wasn't well done.
The character were flat, none of them had their own unique personality, the events felt rushed and not very credible either.
I don't know the author and I don't know if he/she wrote more books but this one had the feeling of a debut novel where the style and world building needed a very good polishing.
I am not going to continue the series.
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June 17, 2016got to 10% (a very short book)
On-the-nose dialogue, lots of infodumps, and wordy ways to say things (e.g., something like "he reached over with his hand and drew his sword forth" rather than "he drew his sword"). The characters had no personality, and the red-haired and bearded man's name was Red. Lots of passive voice, too.
I think the sword was magical.
On-the-nose dialogue, lots of infodumps, and wordy ways to say things (e.g., something like "he reached over with his hand and drew his sword forth" rather than "he drew his sword"). The characters had no personality, and the red-haired and bearded man's name was Red. Lots of passive voice, too.
I think the sword was magical.
May 12, 2016
It seems as if this book was published before being fully edited. There's a good story in there but the stilted writing and minimal character development/inconsistencies make me think that the wrong version was published or something like that.
April 18, 2014
It was a good book, however it was way too fast for everything that was happening in it. The story was not fully developed, there needed to be a lot more detail and in-between scenes; most of the book was comprised of battle scenes.
March 31, 2016
I don't like to be harsh in a review but this book could have used a LOT more polish before making it to publication. I barely made it through the first chapter before I had to put it down. I couldn't bring myself to continue on.
December 19, 2016
Enthralling tale of magic, mystery and adventure.
As a newbie to Goodreads I figured it would be good if I start by delving into some of the fantasies that have been on my to-read list. Sword of Light didn't disappoint.
As a newbie to Goodreads I figured it would be good if I start by delving into some of the fantasies that have been on my to-read list. Sword of Light didn't disappoint.
October 21, 2020
A fun and enjoyable read. It had heroes and heroines. It had wyverns and muchrons. It had sorcery and knights. Something for everyone. Even the animals were heroes.
Unfortunately the flow was a bit stilted. I like the storyline but it didn't just move comfortably in the telling.
Unfortunately the flow was a bit stilted. I like the storyline but it didn't just move comfortably in the telling.
May 25, 2014
I loved this book I'm now reading the next hope it's as good
June 4, 2015
Good story. Personally, I could have done without the pictures. It felt like they were there to make the book longer.
August 19, 2014
Flat characters and very jumpy. Very little understanding of the motives of the characters and no development. Not recommended.
October 6, 2014
loved the pace and the action very well written
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