I bought this book since I follow Jess Hays. His performance in this book is decent, however I did not enjoy his portrayal of Miller, who sounds like a constantly angry Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The characters in the book are inconsistent, and unbelievable. As an example, take Miller (above). His background story is that he came from a world where a deity rules the world and has created an elitist environment. Miller, part of the elite, falls in love with a human. They get engaged, but she is killed by the deity and the elite to avoid mixing bloodlines. His goal is vengeance and he knows about the game – if they kill the herald of the enemy deity, their god will also die.
When Lee encounters Miller in the book, he does not believe in gods, and he requires a lot of convincing to join Lee. He seems unaware of the game.
This makes zero sense. With his background story, he is well aware of Heralds and ‘the game’. His aim should be to identify an opposing Herald, and get that faction to target his enemy, but he doesn’t. WTF.
Another example. Lee starts dating a Russian girl. During a walk in a park, he gets attacked by a man dressed as a ninja. The ninja turns out to be her father, a Russian mobster or oligark, who wants to check that Lee, as her potential boyfriend – can also double as her bodyguard. Her mom is also there, hidden in the bushes. They force Lee to come have dinner, where they have a mandatory vodka-race and talk Russian leadership. WTF.