A Chapter a Day: Day 17
Reviewing "The Red Deaths" book one in the Keys of Candor Series by Casey Eanes and Seth Ervin.
Hey guys! So we are really busy tonight because not only am I reviewing Chapter 17 but I will also be doing chapter 18 because I will be out of town tomorrow! That is right, I might possibly have a.... Social life! (Yes, I am joking. I have a review job to do tomorrow.)
Lets read!
~~~~~~~~~~~20-ish minutes later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Flipping politicians...
!!**WARNING SPOILERS BELOW**!!
I think I am just reading into this chapter, a lot, but we are having a lot of the same problems in America today that our characters are having in the book.
Everyone is being "joined together" under the false pretense of unifying the peoples and ending discrimination and bloodshed.
Though I doubt that todays politicians are trying to raise the unholy spawn of Aleph, or rather, siblings of Aleph but it is a possibility....
Okay I will pull out of the real world politics because that is a dangerous, dark place to head in right off the bat.
So Seam and Hosp just decide to have a Bro-down (Friendly form of Showdown) in the middle of old Zenith and announce to the world that Lotte and the Groganlands are dating. Basically.
Actually no, that's a horrible yet amusing analogy.
Seam, Hosp and Evan announce to the lands that they are all going to unite and continue living peacefully with one another with a very friendly speech that could very easily draw in the masses. This is all just a façade of course.
In realty Hosp just met Adtren and swore his allegiance to her and almost killed himself to please her. She more or less (mostly less) thanked him and made him promise to find all the keys and kill Seam. She really doesn't like Seam. Hosp is more than happy to comply.
Seam however, mans up and realizes that he can't trust Hosp and designates our winsome Bronson to keep an eye on him. Of course Bronson can't refuse so he grudgingly accepts his duty.
That's all that happened, here is the review portion.
First off, I noticed something a little odd but not unpleasant in this chapter. It read seemingly from multiple perspectives.
It wasn't confusing and didn't read in an awkward way (Unless you pick it apart like I do.) which is an amazing accomplishment for the authors. Most chapters that have multiple POV's get skimmed or skipped because "It's to much work." to figure out what's going on and who's talking. I however was delighted to read from not only Seam's POV but get a little perspective from Bronson and Hosp as well.
Bronson is terrified and acknowledged the fact that "His destiny had been tied to a madman." which is a rather profound statement.
Hosp is a whacko-doodle-doo. I am concerned for the people in his immediate surroundings. The way he communicates with Abtren and the way he so willingly causes self harm is disturbing on a personal level. This is a very well written villain and I send my gratitude to the authors because this might not mean anything to you guys but for me to be disturbed by something it has to be genuinely diabolical and that just doesn't happen very often.
I was amazed that the third member accused of assassinating the kings wasn't Luken. I thought for sure that it would be him because it just makes sense. I can sort of understand why it was Wael though.
They needed a smart way of tracking him once he got into Elum and the smartest way to do that is to make people think he is a bad guy. It is logical, low and cruel but logical.
Word review time then its bed time :3
First word: Tandem: This word has many forms, the one used in the book is the adjective: "having two things arranged one in front of the other".
It is a fun word, not particularly useful but none the less fun.
Autocrat: "a ruler who has absolute power".
........I can relate to this word. I no longer strive to be a dictator, now I strive to be an Autocrat!
Singeing: "burn (something) superficially or lightly".
I didn't realize this word had a verb form! I seriously had no idea what it was until it hit me. Singe-ing. I learned something new today ^_^
Congenial: "(of a person) pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one's own".
...Kiss up. It means Kiss up.
Denizen: "an inhabitant or occupant of a particular place:".
It is a fancy word for resident and townfolk.
Revelry: "lively and noisy festivities, especially when these involve drinking a large amount of alcohol".
Well now... I knew it related to festivities but I had no idea about the alcohol.
With that I am going to wrap this up. I hate doing that but again, it was short. I did notice that Willyn's chapter is next so no more suspense! Hope you all had a fantastic Thursday! See you tomorrow.
~Aki Ame Okami
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