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Book Review of Blood and Iron (Promethean Age, Bk 1)

Blood and Iron (Promethean Age, Bk 1)
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Helpful Score: 2


I have to admit that the first time I read this book, I liked the characters and the ambiance, but I ended up so confused by all of the players that I couldn't follow the plot very well at all. Halfway through, I looked up all of the characters of the King Arther mythologies on Wikipedia and made myself a cheat-sheet, because the author clearly expects you to already know who everyone is related to and why they hate each other. The second time I read it, after I had figured this all out, I absolutely adored it.

The characters are vibrant, sexy, and interesting, and the book fairly glows with color. The imagery is intense and the plot equally so.

One pet peeve: ***contains spoilers!!!*** Only someone who has never lived in New York would think of Times Square as the crossroads of the world. For the natives, it's just an ugly tourist trap in the middle of the monotonous business district.