![]() ![]() In it, the biggest portion of Maia’s character is built as we learn all about his history and then subsequent placement upon the throne of the elves. ![]() The rest of the book is about how he navigates the political aspects of his new position.īy and large, the beginning of this tale was my favorite part of the book. When his father, the current emperor, and all of Maia’s elder half-brothers are killed in an exploding air ship, he’s retrieved from his life of obscurity and exile in a far-off location and suddenly given control of the empire. THE GOBLIN EMPEROR is, ostensibly, a stand-alone book about a relatively young individual, Maia–half-goblin, half-elf, and suddenly heir to the throne of the elvish empire–that is given the opportunity to be something he never thought he’d be: emperor. Turns out, I probably should have just passed it by. ![]() ![]() After all, I’m always up for another suggestion of a great read. Recently, however, the audiobook was released, and so I figured that I might as well give it a go. I have to admit that I wasn’t particularly enthralled by the cover or the title though, and so I passed it by as I did so many others that just didn’t tickle my fancy. One of the comments we received on that page suggested that our list was missing this exact book. A while ago we published a new page on the site that listed out a few handfuls of books that we thought were the best examples of fantasy fiction to be had ( EBR Page). ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |