Leonidas is the combination of some of my favorite character traits/tropes rolled into one. Let’s list them out sharp teeth, red eyes, tail, non-human in a human-majority town, and best of all a super strong intelligent badass who everyone underestimates. I love when a main character gets to put assholes in their place. Besides the awesome main character, I was also very intrigued by the whole world. I said this last book review I wrote but I’m saying it again, as a big fan of fantasy I enjoy every new take on a fantasy world. And this book gave me that.
As much as I loved this book, I just have one problem with it, and that’s how Blessings were described. At a certain point, it felt more like someone was giving instructions for a D&D game instead of something that is supposed to be special from a God. That’s the reason I think I was having trouble with how Blessings worked in the book. Blessings have that underlying connotation of being something holy and special but this book treated them like currency. I think I wouldn’t have had a problem with it if the author called the Blessings by some other word. But besides this one complaint, I can’t wait to see Leonidas reach his goals and would give this book a 7 out of 10.
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