Review: Blood of Tyrants

Blood of Tyrants by Javan Bonds
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Overall, Blood of Tyrants was a good book and I think a good start of a new series. I have some mixed feelings about elements of the book, but I would certainly read the next book in the series. The overall plot and story are great. It's a good conspiracy theory told in a believable near-future with budding dystopic elements. The current events and economic crisis in the US right now make it even more believable. However, I didn't feel like most of the cast of characters had much depth to them and seemed to be pretty one dimensional. I often lost track of some of the characters because of they seemed so flat and similar. The narration for the audiobook suffered similarly, as there just was not much of a range of characters or many unique traits to really set them apart. I've heard S.W. Salzman narrate other books and he can do amazing things with a sufficiently diverse set of characters, but that range and depth just didn't come through on this book.

But, as I stated before, the storyline is great and quite a lot of thought was put into the plot and setting. Despite the lackluster characters, I think it's still worth a read (or listen) for the conspiracy story.

Special thanks to Javan Bonds who provided me with this book at my request.

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