The Godborn: Forgotten Realms: The Sundering, Book II

Being a Forgotten Realms fan for a long time I couldn't wait for the books in this series to come out. I miss the old gods like Mask and Mystra and their Chosen. I especially like all of the Earvis Cale books. I was excited to hear that Mags and Drasek Riven would be back but maybe I was expecting too much and raised the bar so high in my mind that no story could measure up? I don't know but I have to be honest. I was a little disappointed in some parts of the story. The two twisted and cursed brothers? I just didn't understand why they were featured so prominently. I listened at 1.5 times normal speed to get past their blathering nonsense like "We do this and the Head Devil of the 8th Hell Mephostopholis, he will keep his promise and remove this curse, bla bla bla". A king of the Hells keeping his word? A child would know better.
I'm going to try and stay away from Spoilers but Magaden wasn't involved in the story very much. His contacting the Source, a huge event in the past, is treated as being as trivial as making a sandwich. In the end, I thought a book with Mags, Drasek, and Cale would keep me at the edge of my seat. I'm sorry to say it didn't.
I am glad to see some of the events that happened in this book (I won't go into detail to keep this Spoiler Free) so I do not regret reading it. I do wish it had kept me more....well, on the edge of my seat the way the older Cale/Drasek/Mags/Jack/Mask stories once did.

If there was a half star I'd have given the Story 2.5 stars but since there is not, because I am such a Forgotten Realms fan I'll give this story the benefit of rounding up to 3 stars.

I really was not able to get into this one.. The reader was bad and the story did not develop...

No! Story too fast paced, poor word choices, repetitive. Narration flat and lifeless.

Because I'm a FRealms fan, it was highly informational; otherwise mediocre at best.

Hesitant. It would need overwhelming praise by reviewers for me to do it.

If you're a devoted FRealms fan, and you can ignore poor writing and the narrator's grating voice.

the narrator did fine I just wish the story was longer and had more depth to it like maybe an encounter with Asmodius

I highly doubt it. I don't want to spoil anything, but his resolution of the story was not at all satisfying. I didn't know pets can cure alcoholism.

I didn't know pets can cure alcoholism. That is much of a spoiler I will give. Don't worry it doesn't spoil anything.

I wouldn't have used him to portray this story. Victor Bevine would have been perfect. John Pruden's sounded like a cross between John Wayne, and William Shatner.

God I hope not.

The premise of the story was good. Maybe without John's narrating of it. It would have been better, but I had to put the story X2 speed just to put up with it.More misses then hits. Gives me hope I actually can get published. He is no R.A Salvatore! Very dark, and gritty, but his characters who are supposed to be wise, and prophetic come off trite, and annoying. I really wanted to like this story, but it promised much, and delivered little. Jerick was an interesting character, and I feel his resolution fell flat.

Well Paced

The voices sounded blurred together. Every character sounded like the others way too often. Stick to one style per character and quit mixing them up.

Yes, the author used the word, said, way too often. He needs to mix it up with replied, and other such words.

"the sky is cloudy," guy 1 said.

"yes it's getting dark," other guy said.

"I think it might rain," guy 1 said.

COME ON, said said said said TOO DANG MUCH!

Started off slow, did not keep my interest, would even go back to see if missed something. Finished it, went on to next did not like it either. DID NOT like Narrator at all. Will be returning book 1 & 2.