Finished Revenger by Rory Clements, the 2nd in a historical fiction series, set in England at the beginning of the XVII, not long before Elizabeth's death.
There's a noticeable improvement since the first book, both in the plot and the flow. Not that the first was bad. I've spotted a couple of obvious typos though, which doesn't happen often in those series. It would have been interesting to benefit from Amazon's X-ray annotations too, but it's not really necessary, the complexity is nothing close to A Song of Ice and Fire Just a missed opportunity with a historical novel.
Only reproach I have: the author seems to favour more gripping suspense by using easy props like allusions to torture the main character is facing, or threats to his close relatives. A bit overdone but effective. I prefer C.J. Sansom's subtler approach, but that's just a style and it doesn't happen too often.
There is an annex with historical notes that give a good summary of the context back then, and to indicate what is fictional in the book, always interesting.
There's a noticeable improvement since the first book, both in the plot and the flow. Not that the first was bad. I've spotted a couple of obvious typos though, which doesn't happen often in those series. It would have been interesting to benefit from Amazon's X-ray annotations too, but it's not really necessary, the complexity is nothing close to A Song of Ice and Fire Just a missed opportunity with a historical novel.
Only reproach I have: the author seems to favour more gripping suspense by using easy props like allusions to torture the main character is facing, or threats to his close relatives. A bit overdone but effective. I prefer C.J. Sansom's subtler approach, but that's just a style and it doesn't happen too often.
There is an annex with historical notes that give a good summary of the context back then, and to indicate what is fictional in the book, always interesting.