Seize Your Copy Free The Darkness (Kings Dark Tidings, #1) Formulated By Kel Kade Released As EText

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, Rezkin is a little too perfect,
. Rezkin is too naive and too all knowing,
. Every girl falls head over heels for him,

But still an enjoyable book even with these big negatives, I read several reviews of this book before I bought it, The interesting thing is that most reviews were strongly positive, some all the way tostars, On the other hand there were a goodly number" of very bad readstar ratings, . . There weren't many in the middle, Upon reflection I've decided to goon it as I enjoyed the book, I plan to give a nod to what annoyed some readers as there are some, false notes here, But as noted "on the whole" I enjoyed it,

You will have seen versions of this protagonist before, He's raised from his first memories in a fortress by elite fighters, weapons masters and men he knows as the master teachers.
He is of course trained up onto the "perfect weapon", That gives rise to one of the complaints about the book, The hero "can" come across as almost a superman at times, No one can come close well one person gives him a mild workout to his skill, speed or ability.


Still that part of the book isn't too bad if you buy into the premise, I mean that he is this one of a kind warrior is part of the story so you need to buy into it to follow the author's story.
. . plot.

Far more problematic for me was the effect the protagonist has on females, they generally swoon and lose themselves to helpless lust or something, This really annoyed some readers as the book went on and on in some few scenes about the guy's sculpted muscles, startling face and so on.


Mostly I just found it laughable, Instead of bothering me it just caused me a few minutes of "oh good grief how silly is this" reaction.
I'd say just see if it bothers you,

Now as I said, I like the book, Once you get passed the things mentioned above and if you don't find them deal breakers the book is a fun fastmoving story, brain candy.
That's what I've been needing as I have been pretty burned out,

I can recommend this one with "see what you think" note,

Enjoy. This book is odd. The protagonist is an OP utterly badass master manipulator, who has all the combat skills, all the information, all the abilites.
Also he is extremely noble, the complete gentleman, totally irreproachable in terms of character, Also, very conveniently he lacks knowledge of basic modes of social interaction, though far from hindering him, it makes him more attractive.
The ladies swoon over him, the men admire him, entire institutions bow to him, basically he is the ultimate OP protagonist,

The story is meandering and rather pointless, There is no real climax, no real revelation of a larger picture or higher stakes, Basically its a story about a man being badass, And not in a good way, Wow. So there I was, work about finished, end of the day browsing Amazon New Releases, . . waiting to get home to I can finish How to Make a Murderer and Mr, Robot as I'm on the last episodes of both, And then I come across this, . . I've always said, I love me a duelwielding protagonist, So I see the cover, basic enough but the guys holding two weapons so I click, read the synopsis, not bad.
Let's check it out .

I never got to watch the ending of either show, as this book basically took up my night.
Read, went to hockey, had some beer, read some more,

God damn, what a book, Reminded me a bit of Weapon of Flesh series by Chris A, Jackson mixed with a little Swords Of The Phoenix Queen by A, J. Strickler if you liked either of those, read this, if you liked this, I'd say check those out,

But yes, I love how it began, I loved how it ended, Basically everything about this book give me the feels, we have Rez, our MC, who's known nothing else in life but the "Rules" he must follow and training his "skills" since birth.
When he's given an order at the start and follows through with it, he's suddenly left alone and with no purpose other then the lastRules his dying master bestowed upon him which is a twist in itself.


So he's thrust into the world, a weapon forged from birth, without any inkling on how the outside world works.
Oh he knows stuff, he was trained so well he could pretend to be anything, soldier, merchant, trader etc.
but he decides to just be himself, There were so many scenes that were outright hilarious, one that comes to mind is when he's sitting in an Inn and observes a couple having lunch.
They are holding hands and looking into each others eyes, he's confused as to why the woman is laughing during this interrogation and comes to the conclusion that the man is holding her hand and looking into her eyes to make sure she's not lying.
. . a good practice he thinks,

So here is our MC, the epitome of a warrior,

but he's unable to understand simple concepts like "friend".
He just knows he's supposed to protect and honor friends, so that's what he does, And this starts his adventure into the wide world, or outworld as he calls it,

One of the best parts of this book was reading how he's seeing certain scenarios, then seeing it from the characters around him perspective.
Loved these moments, he's just following his some few hundred Rules that were ingrained in him since birth and wondering why no one else is, others see him as either being honorable, noble and to some he's just purely murderous.
When he meets a thief who failed at his attempt to pick Rez's pocket, well, he's so disgusted with the poor attempt he decides to do something about it don't mess with the Raven.


There is so much in this book though that we have yet to discover too, why was he sent there as a baby Why was he ordered to do what he did at the start Who is he anyways The author gives you some hints as to who Rez could be and that name is important too, but we still don't fully know.


Anyways, loved the action, there's no shying away from combat for Rez, he just does what he has to do as long as its part of his Rules.
Liked how Rez learned new terms on his journey, I actually lol'd when he was told he had a girl friend and he likened it to a promotion, from friend to girl friend.


Need booknow, can't wait to continue our journey with Rez aka, the Raven. Plot Concept:
Execution: ½
Pacing: ½
Writing style: ½
Characters: ½
World:
Enjoyment:
Cover:

Pros:
“Bone snapped and flesh parted as hot blood spewed out from a jagged wound.
” THAT, friends, is the first sentence, And it successfully it got me excited,
It had an intriguing beginning,
The fact that it was meant to be epic fantasy got me excited,
Im struggling to think of the pros, here, honestly,
Uhhhh it has a high average rating so maybe Im missing something

Cons:
I present to you the reasons why the book took me almostmonths to complete.

While the book started out strongly, it went downhill really quickly,
Rezkins personality lacked depth, Yes, I understand that that was the intention towards the beginning, but his character did not progress with this LONG book.

I didnt particularly care for any of the secondary characters either, They all felt like generic, cookie cutter characters,
It felt to me like Rezkins borderline inhuman abilities were given to him simply for the sake of convenience.
At one point, he has blueprints memorised, WHICH CRAZY SCHOOLS MAKE YOU MEMORISE THE MOST FREAKING RANDOM BLUEPRINTS
He also singlehandedly takes onwelltrained warriors and is barely breaks a sweat.
I could go on with these examples all day, but you get the idea,
The female characters had no substance whatsoever, No, I do not expect them to be powerful warriors, but I do think they should have more depth to their personalities and NOT ONLY EXIST SOLELY TO SWOON AND HAVE PETTY FIGHTS OVER THE conveniently very goodlooking MAIN CHARACTER.
deep breath, Zara,
Having finished the book, I still dont know what the plot is supposed to be, Hence why I was bored and didnt retain any information from large chunks of the book while reading,
those are all of my words,

Overall ½ “Good men want only the power to make things right, Great men seek to make things right and gather the power to do so, Great leaders find those who are worthy of wielding power and set them to the task of making things right.
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Rezkin grew up in extremely brutal conditions, being trained at a very young age to withstand all forms of physical pressure.
His trainers were ruthless, putting him through various trials that tested and surpassed his limits, He grew up being part of an organization that enforces the king's will upon the realm, The members of this organization, due to the vigorous training they receive, are extremely powerful, Rezkin was the product of this environment, so he's obviously not someone to be trifled with, In fact, due to some bizarre reason, Rezkin is the strongest man out of all of these people, and once he gets the "chance" to leave this fort and go out into the real world, he has to discover what his purpose in life is, since he's pretty clueless when it comes to knowing why he even exists.


When I read the blurb of this book, I was left pretty intrigued with the story.
A man who is a sturdy, disciplined fighter, being thrust into the world after years of living in a secluded environment, having to discover his purpose while facing danger and conspiracies that threaten the stability of the entire realm, all story aspects that quickly drew me into this book.
However, a few chapters in, and I was already rolling my eyes, Characterization wise, Rezkin is extremely onedimensional, with pretty muchvulnerabilities, He is the definition of an "OP" character, You can throw Rezkin into an army offully armed men, and all it takes is a page or two for him to kill them all while remaining unscathed.
There are no consequences or high stakes in this story, because even if all hell is breaking loose, Rezkin can pretty much annihilate all danger while probably eating a sandwich at the same time.
This leavesroom for suspense, because we aren't truly afraid of anything, since we can pretty much guess where the story will go.


Rezkin is pretty much some sort of high functioning sociopath, or maybe close to one, since he has no true ability to feel any emotion.
His entire moral compass revolves around following the set of rules he had hammered into his brain while growing up.
For example, one of his golden rules is to always protect and honour his friends, That sounds nice on paper, but he has no emotional capacity to even understand what a friend even means, so if you somehow end up coming across Rezkin in your daily forest stroll, and declare yourself as his friend, he will quickly assume he must honour and protect you, which is how he met his "friends" in this story to begin with.
He has no emotional awareness whatsoever, so when one of his friends ends up falling in love with him, and once it is brought to his attention that she is now his girl friend, he quickly assumes that is some subdivision of the category of friend as designated by the rules he has to follow.


All this is honestly quite funny to read, which is probably the only strong aspect of this book for me.
Writing wise, this book was another pile of frustrations, It was overly heavy with descriptions, going into endless details about every step Rezkin takes and every tree branch he moves in the process of annihilating his enemies.
I assure you, dear reader, you can pretty much skim aboutof each chapter and still understand everything that's happening, since the writing is full of so much detail, without actually having much story in the detail.
The constant shifting of perspectives from one sentence to another without prior warning got pretty confusing as well,

My final gripe with this story is the female representation, Every single girl in this story somehow fawns over Rezkin, and his beautifully muscular body and his calm demeanor.
Girls even get into brutal physical fights over this man, which again, is quite hilarious to read but also quite ridiculous.
This is how I imagined every female character in this book:



And of course, this is how I imagined them every time they warred over Rezkin's affections:



I have to admit, this book would make an excellent anime, and I would hope to see it adapted as one in the future.
As an adult fantasy novel though, this was not what I was looking for, The writing was very frustrating to get through, the pacing was uneven and the story was very repetitive.
It followed the very strict formula of:

Rezkin goes out into the world,
Rezkin conquers people he deems to be enemies,
Rezkin protects his friends and his girl friend,
Girls fight over Rezkin,
Repeat all this throughoutpages,


I only give thisfor the comedic aspects of the story which had me chuckling.
Read this fantasy novel at your own risk,

Thank you to sitelinkNicole and sitelinkMilica for the buddy read,



“As in the wild there were predators and prey, so, too, did they exist among men in towns and cities.
The hardworking peasants were the grazers, and the thieves were the starving coyotes, ”

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