Army of the Cursed

True 5.0/5.0 from my experience!

I've been blessed this year to have had so many books click with me as much as they have. Let alone the experience I've had with the indie or self published authors this year. I didn't consciously set out to read more of these authors this year, but it's happen. I credit this to a lot of the communities that I've attached myself to as I enjoy this reading adventure!

With that out of the way, I had heard there were a lot of characters and point of views in this book. I honestly didn't think it was that bad at all. We really only had about a half dozen main characters with a couple score supporting characters to learn about along the way. I think the only two I found myself getting confused throughout most of the books were Leila and Nardine. Not that they have any traits or attributes in common. I just had a hard time keeping their names straight between their two characters.

I honestly though both the character development and world building were done extremely well in this book! It's definitely easy to find yourself with some strong feelings with lots of the characters whether those are good or bad. We definitely get some caste vibes between the peasants and the royals throughout the book. Even if those lines to blur from time to time they do stay relevant throughout. We have some great fights and epic battle scenes in this one. The second to final battle and the final battle were both amazing from beginning to end.

The pacing never really dropped below second gear to me. We spend most of the book in third gear or higher for sure.

A couple of my favorite parts of this book other than what I've already pointed out is the epilogue which was a huge shocking moment for me that kind of turned so much of the book on its head and set things up for the next book(s) to come I hope. Also the author included a section covering the Kingdome and People of the world he's built. It was a very nice recap to remind myself not only of the characters we meet but where they were from and a bit of a description as to what people from that region are like.

I already have my hand on another standalone prequel to this book that I plan to get to between now and the end of the next month at the latest. And I have learned Karim has another series within the same world that I'm interested in checking out in the future as well.

Once again this book isn't very long. I'd consider it short to mid length but again a very easy read. The pages and chapters just seem to float as you start to get into the story.