About the Book- Rising Like a Storm
In the concluding installment to the Wrath of Ambar duology from masterful author Tanaz Bhathena, Gul and Cavas must unite their magical forces―and hold onto their growing romance―to save their kingdom from tyranny.
With King Lohar dead and a usurper queen in power, Gul and Cavas face a new tyrannical government that is bent on killing them both. Their roles in King Lohar’s death have not gone unnoticed, and the new queen is out for blood. What she doesn’t know is that Gul and Cavas have a connection that runs deeper than romance, and together, they just might have the strength and magic to end her for good.
Then a grave mistake ends with Cavas taken prisoner by the government. Gul must train an army of warriors alone. With alliances shifting and the thirst for vengeance growing, the fate of Ambar seems ever more uncertain. It will take every ounce of strength, love, and sacrifice for Gul and Cavas to reach their final goal―and build a more just world than they’ve ever known.
I was so frustrated with the female character because she literally brings down the whole tone and pace of the book with her whinings and self-doubt.
Read on for our review of Rising Like a Storm by Tanaz Bhathena
Our Review of Rising Like a Storm
The problem for me with this book was that there was a huge gap between the reading of this one and the previous one. so naturally it took almost half the book for the things to come back to me. But in hindsight that was not even an issue because if you look at the book, nothing much is happening. The book just spends talking and talking and nothing much happens for almost 3/4th of the book except for going through internal struggles and monologues. The book acts more like a boardroom meeting on Monday where nobody is exactly thrilled to be there and yet pretends to be all aboard for an exciting week ahead. So as in a typical boardroom, everybody is trying to soundboard and come off as intelligent and having extraordinary ideas when the truth is nothing much is happening.
I feel like I am giving away the plot of the book. oh, but wait there is no plot so I guess there isn’t much to give away 😛
Fine. I will stop being rude
The first book (well of course, since it’s the first book) had a lot going for it. I was actually impressed to see something in a fantasy Indian setting. Come to this book and it suffers from the classic middle book syndrome. So basically it is extending from what happened in the prequel and preparing the grounds for a sequel. Except that this is the finale. Now do you see the problem?
For a finale, the book, Rising Like a Storm is lacklustre and does little to expedite and bring the spark into the finale. This time around I was so frustrated with the female character because she literally brings down the whole tone and pace of the book with her whinings and self-doubt. I think the book went overboard with the whole Self-doubts because you literally want to knock some sense into the girl’s head. So that was another reason why the finale didn’t impress me.
Conclusion
In conclusion, I would say that the finale was a bit disappointing because of a huge blow to its pace. The book literally has nothing happening and takes almost more than half of the book for something to happen and even then it doesn’t suit a finale. The female character is at the worst character development. So for me, the book didn’t work at all.
Squirrel Rating
