The Book of Lokk Death Keep Volume 1 eBook Sommer Nectarhoff
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This is a story of Gods and mortals, of life and death, of a world where fate has no master.
This is the Book of Lokk.
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The city of Kartos is a dark, cruel place, and its winding streets lie within the Black Temple’s great shadow. The Devout, the priests of the temple, rarely leave its towering walls, but when they do it is only to collect the dead or to lead the city’s condemned back to the dungeons.
And those who enter do not return.
It is common knowledge among the Kartosi that the Temple is to be avoided at all costs, and even the corrupt upper caste of the city bows to its will. Lokk, a young thief oblivious to the machinations of the Temple and its puppets, is about to enter a world where evil knows no bounds.
The Book of Lokk Death Keep Volume 1 eBook Sommer Nectarhoff
This book was after my own heart, a quick-strike, short novel with all the fantasy accouterments I love. You have brash protagonists fighting to overcome adversity only to be thrust into even greater difficulty. You have mysterious antagonists and their mysterious workings. You have the machinations of gods. And you have a story propelled by action and consequence and carried by an incredibly likable (if not nerve-wracking) hero.Lokk reminds me of Locke Lamora (the similar-sounding name aside), that arrogant thief who believes himself invulnerable until he learns that his vulnerability is linked to those closest to him. In "Death's Keep," Lokk comes to discover many things about his world, the most important of which is that of friendship. I feel this is what carries the novel apart from it's wonderful story. The love and trust between the main characters helps drive events, and it aids in giving the reader something to relate to within the harsh confines of the situations that Lokk finds himself in.
I have to admit that it's tough trying to review this story without giving away some vital revelations, so I'll keep it brief for the sake of not ruining any of the novel's defining moments, because it's worth reading and experiencing without foreknowledge.
The strength of the book is in the vivid imagery and well-paced action. The world around Lokk is beautifully, and gruesomely, realized. This, coupled with the familiar relationship of Lokk and his friends, makes the story all the more immersive and enjoyable.
While I praise the story and truly believe it's worth purchasing and reading, there were a few instances where I felt the writing and storytelling drifted away from a more adult-orientation to something that more closely resembled YA. This appeared more toward the latter quarter of the novel when certain situations and events called for a bit more gravity than the characters seemed to understand. There were moments when the attempts at humor felt distinctly out of place in respect to the turnings of the plot. And while most of the revelations in the book were nicely hidden and came as an organic surprise, there were a few that stood out as obvious, and one that wasn't given any foreshadowing but seemed to be massive in terms of the world's narrative.
These issues aside, I feel the book holds its own, and it's a worthwhile investment of time.
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The Book of Lokk Death Keep Volume 1 eBook Sommer Nectarhoff Reviews
As this was my first freebie download from , I went in half expecting it to be very bad. I was quite surprised! This isn't your epic grand story-telling masterpiece here, but... It kept me reading, and I found that by the end I actually did care to see what happens next!
I definitely plan to buy the next book in the series.
First I received a copy of the audio book for free when the author did a promotion on Reddit. I had previously purchased this book to read but had not made it through my extensive back log yet. (Audible is the main way I’m keeping my reading going this year.)
The story was enjoyable and moved along quickly. There were times when I found myself frustrated that I had to stop listening. I started using even short car trips to hear the story.
The book was a little shorter than I usually consider for an Audible purchase at 5 hours 10 minutes. There was one line read twice in chapter four that seemed like an editing error. I checked it a couple of times to be sure. I didn’t find any other errors, and I liked the job James Scofield MacKenzie did with the narration.
The three boys seem to have a deep friendship but I would have liked to see some more evidence as to how or why they were friends. There was lots of loyalty but no reason for these three boys to be so close.
The protagonist really did not feel solid. Even with a story told from Lokk’s limited prospective, we should have been able to get a feel for them. Some scenes seemed to have a sense of a cheesy horror film and did not further the story. There is a ceremony near the end of the book about a book that I’m not really sure why it was done or what the profit was.
There were no female characters at all.
The ethical dilemma that Lokk faces in the first half of the book is my favorite plot point of the book. Things are bad, but mostly for others, for me everything seems to be ok. There is food in my stomach, a safe place to sleep, just keep my mouth shut and go with the flow.
I like stories involving gods of the underworld and I don’t mind YA. So was pleasantly surprised to find that even though the Lokk and his friends are teenagers this book fits more into Grim Dark than YA. I am pretty hard on books when I rate them but would give this one a 3.4 out of 5 if I could. This series should be fun to read and I added the it to the ever growing ‘To Read List’.
Lokk is an orphaned thief with very few possessions or friends. The friends he has are good ones -- the type that would risk their lives for him, as he would for them. He steals largely to avoid from starving.
The world itself is a harsh and dark one where the life of an orphan boy matters very little.
The hungry orphan opening is as stark as Dicken's Oliver Twist. The world is itself is dark, gritty, and heinously evil. When Lokk gets in trouble, the tension is palpable because the punishments are so harsh.
I really liked this book, and each volume in the series is equally as good if not better.
I received an Audible version of this book in exchange for a fair review. First, my gut reaction - I enjoyed it. The characters were fun, there was just enough gore to satisfy (I like dark) and there is enough explained of the world to be interesting to me. The book is short, less than 6 hours of audio, so knowing that, I expected it to be light on certain aspects, such as worldbuilding. I didn't expect an overly-complicated plot, and that was fine with me--I've been listening to a lot of heavy, long, complicated fantasies, so Lokk's adventure was a welcome respite. What we did see of Lokk's world was enough to carry this volume, and make me readily enthusiastic to read or listen to the next. The reader definitely made the experience for me. Would I have enjoyed the book as much if I had read it rather than listened to it? I don't know--but I was happy to learn the next audiobook will be ready in a few months. I will buy it, as I like Lokk and his companions, and want to see what the author does to further expand this world.
This book was after my own heart, a quick-strike, short novel with all the fantasy accouterments I love. You have brash protagonists fighting to overcome adversity only to be thrust into even greater difficulty. You have mysterious antagonists and their mysterious workings. You have the machinations of gods. And you have a story propelled by action and consequence and carried by an incredibly likable (if not nerve-wracking) hero.
Lokk reminds me of Locke Lamora (the similar-sounding name aside), that arrogant thief who believes himself invulnerable until he learns that his vulnerability is linked to those closest to him. In "Death's Keep," Lokk comes to discover many things about his world, the most important of which is that of friendship. I feel this is what carries the novel apart from it's wonderful story. The love and trust between the main characters helps drive events, and it aids in giving the reader something to relate to within the harsh confines of the situations that Lokk finds himself in.
I have to admit that it's tough trying to review this story without giving away some vital revelations, so I'll keep it brief for the sake of not ruining any of the novel's defining moments, because it's worth reading and experiencing without foreknowledge.
The strength of the book is in the vivid imagery and well-paced action. The world around Lokk is beautifully, and gruesomely, realized. This, coupled with the familiar relationship of Lokk and his friends, makes the story all the more immersive and enjoyable.
While I praise the story and truly believe it's worth purchasing and reading, there were a few instances where I felt the writing and storytelling drifted away from a more adult-orientation to something that more closely resembled YA. This appeared more toward the latter quarter of the novel when certain situations and events called for a bit more gravity than the characters seemed to understand. There were moments when the attempts at humor felt distinctly out of place in respect to the turnings of the plot. And while most of the revelations in the book were nicely hidden and came as an organic surprise, there were a few that stood out as obvious, and one that wasn't given any foreshadowing but seemed to be massive in terms of the world's narrative.
These issues aside, I feel the book holds its own, and it's a worthwhile investment of time.
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