The Last Chronomancer - bookrastinating.com

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Published Feb. 25, 2023

ISBN:: 978-0-9971587-6-2

The tale of two, cursed for destruction.

One with the strength to kill and the other, the courage to resist.

Kou just wanted to be normal. After tragically losing his twin brother, he turned his back on a world of enchantment. One that caused him nothing but loss and pain. He found a home in the small mundane town of Clay, West Virginia with a surrogate father and a secretive best friend. Nearly a decade later, the opportunity arises to step foot back into that magical world he desperately tried to forget. Haunted by the curse that follows his bloodline, Kou is forced to make a decision: confront the horrific memories of his past or leave it all behind him once and for all.

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lastblossom reviewed The Last Chronomancer by Ralynn Kimie (Chronicles of Ankoku, #1)

Lots of mixed mythologies and a relatable lead, but this reader found it incredibly difficult to follow along.

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Ankoku is a likable lead, and I clicked with a lot of his feelings, but I had trouble keeping tabs on the story. There's a lot going on in here: werewolves, dragons, elves, vampires, time travel, 9/11 (???), and a grab bag of other world mythologies. Reading the other reviews, I feel like the odd one out here, because I felt the pacing to be really slow - stopping often to explain the various pieces of world building and describe settings in great detail before moving the plot forward. I think the stop-and-go nature of this made it hard for me to follow along, because I found myself losing the plot more than once. Anyone who likes heaps of world-building and mythology will probably find more in here than I did.

Thanks to NetGalley and Steely Co. Publishing for the review copy. All thoughts in this review are my …

Ankoku is a likable lead, and I clicked with a lot of his feelings, but I had trouble keeping tabs on the story. There's a lot going on in here: werewolves, dragons, elves, vampires, time travel, 9/11 (???), and a grab bag of other world mythologies. Reading the other reviews, I feel like the odd one out here, because I felt the pacing to be really slow - stopping often to explain the various pieces of world building and describe settings in great detail before moving the plot forward. I think the stop-and-go nature of this made it hard for me to follow along, because I found myself losing the plot more than once. Anyone who likes heaps of world-building and mythology will probably find more in here than I did.

Thanks to NetGalley and Steely Co. Publishing for the review copy. All thoughts in this review are my own.