The Red Knight by Miles Cameron
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

To be perfectly honest, I didn't think this was a bad epic fantasy.

It was solid throughout. A bit of grimdark, lots of grounded characters and PoVs in a martial medieval setting that is on our Earth, but with Fae-like creatures or goblins to round out the magical aspects.

But even though it IS solid and I particularly liked the last third of this long novel, it is slow-going and doesn't have any particularly original or rich grab that makes it stand out from the many, many similar kinds of works out there. It's spectacularly center-of-the-road.

Decent for entertainment's sake, and I really enjoyed the later half, but it took a while to get there and I was frankly wondering if anything truly interesting might happen at all.

It's absolutely workman-like writing, however. No complaints on the quality. It reminds me of all the greats. It just happens to come rather late to the scene.

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