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Vigilante is yet another book series in the Kurtherian universe created by Michael Anderle. I have to say that, when reading this book, I was wondering whether I was not getting a bit of Kurtherian fatigue.
Well I have to say that I was not impressed by this book. When I stumbled on the series I thought the book blurb sounded cool so I thought I would have a go at it. Unfortunately the book is not half as good as I hoped it would be.
Normally I like stories where aspiring young magical or otherwise supernatural users who doesn’t know how powerful they really are goes to magical school. I have to say that I am not really convinced by the start of this series though.
This book was a nice read but … I have to say it felt a bit “deja vu”. To me the book felt like it was just a rehash of the same ideas, same story elements, same dialogue, same of everything actually. Maybe I have Elemental Assassin fatigue.
There are not really that much to say about this book. It is the one that ties together the story arcs of the two series. To some extent it can be said to be telling the same story as Life Goes On but from the viewpoint of Michael.
To me these books are a fun, straightforward read. It takes a couple of characters at the time just before The Queen Bitch herself leaves Earth in The Kurtherian Gambit and spins a story around them. It is a simple story and a fairly fast read but it does add a few more details to the Kurtherian universe.
Overall I enjoyed the read. Dealing in Magic was probably the weakest of the three books. That one just barely got 3 out of 5 stars. The fourth and fifth book were more enjoyable.
