The Necromancer’s Gambit
By Nicolas Wilson
The governing bodies of
the Gambit are referred to by chess pieces, King, Queen, Castle, Bishop,
Knight, Rook and Pawn. They each bring
different aspects of magic to the game. Now
they are being challenged by a shadow gambit and one of their own is viciously
murdered. It’s Knights duty to find the
murderer and stop the takeover of their gambit.
There are several plot
twists at the end. One involves Bishop’s
father. Who is he? And who actually betrays the gambit? I liked the theme of the story and the
intricate use of magic. Wilson does a
decent job at outlining some of the different characters in the story. I liked Knights’ character, but sometimes I couldn’t
tell from the dialogue how he was supposed to be feeling until it gets
explained later when he’s thinking to himself.
I definitely knew Pawn’s personality, riding around in a teenage boy smelling
red jeep, not sure if he’s gay or not.
And there’s Queen. Definitely one
of a kind.
Wilson jumps the POV
from Knight, to Pawn and Rook several times throughout the book. The change only happens at the beginning of a
chapter, but you really have to read who the POV is talking to or referring to
in that chapter to follow who is really the POV character. Their dialogue all sounds the same. Rook is female, but she still sounds like the
men. So that part was pretty
confusing. Hate having to go back a few
pages to figure out who is actually talking as that does change the context of
the storyline.
Wilson uses a different
writing voice with hyphens everywhere. It
took awhile to get into the story because of them. And the plot gets somewhat swallowed up with
all the male genitalia references and jokes.
I don’t know any men who would talk that way to other men or women. And I don’t see a girl telling another female
she just met that she has a girl-stiffy.
Too high schooly writing for me.
For the plot itself,
it’s a good read. If you’re homophobic,
you may want to think twice before reading.
No sex acts, but a lot of reference to gay sex. Because of the confusing POV and the myriad
of proofreading errors, I have to give 3 feathers.
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