When The Gods Slept

the first half of this fantasy wasn't earthshakingly inventive, but it was a good story, well told ... and then it was just as if whatever editor had been working on the piece with the author suddenly pulled up stakes and moved her (or his, or their) tent elsewhere, leaving rather a mess. still, i s......more

Action was quite slow. Juvenile conversations. Many mistakes with editing. No build up, training or difficulties to reach a Master Wizard level. Actually I never finished. I was 50 pages from the end and I didn’t care what happened to the characters. I’ve only not finished a book 3 other times.......more

DNF about 1/5th in. Two horny teens make a heroic act and get whatever they want including the choicest ladies. I was somewhat interested in the setting but I'd rather read something else.......more

I liked the story (or perhaps "the story trilogy" would be more accurate) for its unusual backdrop probably because Cole drew upon his experience with middle east culture to create the fantasy. It is an odd way to be introduced to life in an arid world, but it worked. Both the main characters and th......more

The friend who loaned this to me quit reading it, no reason given other than "didn't like it". Meanwhile, I liked it very much. Two people who would normally have nothing to do with each other, thrown together when one has a family quarrel and moves to town. Neither of them fits in, so they become b......more