The Soul Stone Book Review

The Soul Stone by Jamie Merchant

Although this isn't my first choice in genres, I read this book as part of a trial where I received a copy of this book for free. The following is my own unbiased opinion.

First thing I noticed right from the start is the depth of the writing. You could feel with the characters. Their fear, excitement, nervousness and happiness.

Samantha is a strong female character, which kind of reminded me of Katniss in the Hunger Games and Robrek is her love interest who seems unsure of his current luck with being chosen as her love interest. He seems uncertain she made the right choice but not about his love for her.

In this book, they had recently taken back the throne, but still face many challenges from others who seek power over Korthlundia, friends and foe. There is love, sorcery and a curse, and the real reason for the Goddess's Choice.
Jamie Merchant has written another exciting read and I cannot put it down.

Review so far:

I like this book because I can see where the story is and where it's going. Some of it is predictable while other parts are not so much. I like Samantha as she is strong and brave and smart. She's not the type of girl who just sits on her high horse. (Pun intended!) And Robrek is a great man. He is not as confident, and seems weary at times but he is strong and sure of his love for Samantha, and it is relieving to see characters who just seem so real.

The story starts as the celebration of taking back the throne begins. You can feel the excitement with the characters. As I had not read the first book, I had many questions, so I will read the first one after this.

This book is sort of like your typical midevil fantasy story complete with sorcery and sword fights and royalty and peasants. It's written about a time period and the story seems true to it as far as I could tell, besides the obvious fact that this story is fiction. I loved the names of the characters, like Samantha which is a beautiful name and Robrek which is unique but strong sounding. There is also Vaughan, Erick, Oriana, and others. But the characters names are so unique and different that it was sometimes hard to tell how to say it and hard to see them as that name.

The story started off at a good pace, not too slow, as some books are when trying to set the scene. It had its highs and it lows and it's action. One issue I have with this book is it could have had another read through and some proofreading done. Some of the word choice is authentic for this time period, but others, I had to look up definitions for and I am usually pretty good at discerning the big ideas.
The characters seemed strong and almost real, but sometimes the story seemed to take a turn and it felt like I was reading something for a teenager, then it would be like something for a mature adult.

This book usually isn't my first pick for genres, but it includes old time fantasy, sword fights and sorcery, and I guarantee, if you are into that stuff, you'll like this book. Jamie Marchant is an excellent author and I look forward to reading her other books. She has definitely got my attention with this book.