Bound is a fantasy tale that follows two main characters, Coiran and Elam. Coiran is a slave girl who washes up on the shore after a shipwreck nearly dead, and Elam is the former heir to a kingdom who finds and rescues her.
The plot follows three story arcs. Coiran's former captors trying to get her back, a murder mystery and trial, and revelations on Coiran's origin and her fulfillment of an otherworldly covenant. The first two arcs move along well, though with a few hard to swallow twists and turns. At the heart of everything is a conspiracy that must be stopped by Elam and Coiran. Some of the motivations for the conspiracy seem a bit flat, and some of the ways the conspirators carry out their plan seems a bit unbelievable or unnecessary. All said, the story is still full of excitement and comes to a satisfying conclusion.
The author does a great job building the world the story takes place in. New kingdoms and religions and rules of law and timescales are fully realized and understood by the reader. There is also a handy glossary in the back of the book that explains everything.
One major flaw that keeps me from rating this no higher than a 3/5 is that this story needs a thorough proofread and edit. There are numerous typos, missing words, incorrectly used words, and even the occasional formatting tag that is missing a '<' and is displayed incorrectly. A few times over a whole story is fine, but this comes up often in this story and can make certain passages difficult to get through.
Overall this is a very good story for those looking for a new world of magic and sword fighting and political conspiracies.
Rating: 3/5
You can find this story on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MMM3ZA6/
And Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22779713-bound
The plot follows three story arcs. Coiran's former captors trying to get her back, a murder mystery and trial, and revelations on Coiran's origin and her fulfillment of an otherworldly covenant. The first two arcs move along well, though with a few hard to swallow twists and turns. At the heart of everything is a conspiracy that must be stopped by Elam and Coiran. Some of the motivations for the conspiracy seem a bit flat, and some of the ways the conspirators carry out their plan seems a bit unbelievable or unnecessary. All said, the story is still full of excitement and comes to a satisfying conclusion.
The author does a great job building the world the story takes place in. New kingdoms and religions and rules of law and timescales are fully realized and understood by the reader. There is also a handy glossary in the back of the book that explains everything.
One major flaw that keeps me from rating this no higher than a 3/5 is that this story needs a thorough proofread and edit. There are numerous typos, missing words, incorrectly used words, and even the occasional formatting tag that is missing a '<' and is displayed incorrectly. A few times over a whole story is fine, but this comes up often in this story and can make certain passages difficult to get through.
Overall this is a very good story for those looking for a new world of magic and sword fighting and political conspiracies.
Rating: 3/5
You can find this story on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MMM3ZA6/
And Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22779713-bound