It’s been a while since I read the third book in the Destroyermen series, so much of the book for me was trying to remember who all of the characters were and what all of the situations were with the battles that took place and the political wranglings. That made reading this book more challenging than it would otherwise be. Because of that I felt lost half of the time. Setting that aside, this book had a lot of what I like about this series. The characters are well developed and likeable. The quality of the writing is quite high and the battle scenes are well done.
Besides not being up to speed on everything going on, the only real negative is that this is a long novel where not a whole lot happens in the first two thirds of the novel. Most of the intrigue and action happens in the final third of the book. It’s okay to set the table and then deliver later, but the bigger problem was that the novel is both very long and there was little happening for most of the book. The pace should have been quicker and parts of the novel should have been trimmed to make this a tighter read. Overall, this was a fun and enjoyable novel and I look forward to reading the next book in the series without waiting so long.
