Review: Legend

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The Academy’s security chief is gruff and grizzled and makes no secret of his disdain for humans at the ancient school, especially females. Which is why I never should have let him get under my skin. I never should have challenged him to a card game. But once he accepted, I couldn’t back down. I couldn’t let him think he was right about women.

When the stakes of the game get too high, I have nothing left to barter but myself. And Commander Vyk is determined to make me pay handsomely. But will what he requires in payment go against everything he claims to believe? Or will he learn just how dangerous it can be to play with fire?

Genre: science fiction romance

Publication date: July 2024

Mature content: yes

Review: Legend is book three in Tana Stone's Warriors of the Drexian Academy series, and closely follows books one (Legacy) and two (Loyalty). Even if each book has a different set of main characters, the story flows from one to the other, so they are not easy to read as stand alones. 

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I had high expectations for Legend, since I've been curious about Vyk since book one. Unfortunately, I was a bit disappointed. It feels like Legend was written in a rush. The wording is weird sometimes, and the plot isn't consistent at all. Some plot lines that came from the previous books are picked up in this one and then fade away, and new stuff is added out of the blue, but with little follow up. The alien attack at the end seems to have been added just to make sure there was some action in the book. Also, the alternative points of view from random characters from the previous books is confusing and adds very little to the story (this already irked me a bit in book two and it just got worse in this one). 

So, while I loved the first two books (the first one more than the second, but still), this one I have to rate with just three stars. If you've read and loved the others, then you probably will want to pick up this one, but otherwise I wouldn't actively recommend it. 

Let's hope the next one is better. 

  

Happy readings,

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