Blood of Amber

Well it's turning into a 3/5 nonstop extravaganza. The pros remain the fascinating world creation and basic concept the cons still remain a poorly constructed narrative with characters who bear little relation to anything fully rounded. Merle repeatedly "trusts" people with the only justification being he knows them ignoring the fact that they have repeatedly betrayed him in the past so how well does he really know them. He as a result comes across as a naive idiot at best, delusional at worst. And the lack of explanation of his powers means that the author can just create any spell deus ex machina to get him out of any trap, frustratingly poor technique. However seven books in I intend to finish them.