Devlin's Honor

Devlin of Duncaer is the Chosen One, champion of the Kingdom of Jorsk. He is coming to terms with his job and his loss of part of his hand. Rumour about a missing sword, the Sword of Light, a sword that Devlin realises that he actually knows. This means that he has to return to his home place, an occupied land. where he is now considered a collaborator and possibly a traitor. He's also starting to feel like the gods are playing with him and he's losing his mind.

I really like it, yes it's a bridging novel and it does depend on having read the previous novel but it was really interesting and kept me reading. I really felt like Devlin was dealing with serious situations and issues that really were giving him issues. I'm really looking show more forward to the next book in the series. show less

Plot: it's a plot that hovers between quest and conspiracy, and can't quite decide which way to go. Overall the plotting is tighter than in Devlin's Luck, but there are still plenty of plotholes and loose strands in there.

Characters: Character building is selective. Some get attention, some don't, and the final result is an unbalanced presentation. Oddly enough, it's the central character who gets ignored most often when it comes to giving out proper characterisation.

Style: Better than before, but nothing extraordinary. Solid but average, with too much exposition.

Plus: Some side characters get fleshed out. The threat this time is more convincing than in the predecessor.

Minus: Too obvious in terms of plot, too many stereotypes with the show more characters.

Summary: Average fantasy. Better than the first volume in the series, but it lacks something to make it special. show less

Devlin’s Honor is the sequel to Devlin’s Luck, which I liked.

Unfortunately, Honor has all of Luck’s problems [1] and none of its charms.

[1] Chiefly this one: "The prose is at times a little lengthy for the content, reemphasizing what was already clear," but without the “at times a little”.