Thank you to Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I thought it was decent, a pretty good start to the series. It looks like this book was possibly rewritten and reworked before being republished, so I can't compare it to the original publication. However, I feel like it was good for what it was. I don't know if I would read it again, but I would recommend this to anyone that is looking to step into sci-fi / fantasy (although I'm not sure if I can figure out which one it represents more).

It sounds really good. But it all just fell kind of flat to me.
The characters were boring and not interesting like i ahd hoped.

The first few lines of the book intrigued me - "A dark silhouette stood on the broken down guard tower and..." This sci-fi "Wages of Death: Shadow for Hire," brings us interesting characters - Mida, Raven, Daniel, and Maria.

Some of them belong to The Shadow, a group of mercenaries, who will do anything for money. The story takes you on a rollercoaster of danger and intrigue culminating in a wonderful opportunity thanks to Maria.

I was excited for this because it promised a heist book… and all it gave me was a stock market meeting – or something equally as boring (apologies if you love stock market meetings). Now, Afrikaans has this wonderful word: langdradig (if you want to hear the pronunciation) – and it means wordy/tedious/drawn out. And that’s exactly how I felt about the little (9%) I read.

The sentences were drawn-out (unnecessarily) – like I would be reading about the one character and it would go off on this tangent – also unnecessary and made the story more boring. Maybe the plot would’ve been interesting, or maybe I would’ve liked the characters a lot – but the writing just put me off completely. And I’m sad about that, because it looked really cool.

Wages of Death brings together a rag tag crew that constantly seems to do the impossible. Peter Last has created a diverse crew of characters that gives everyone someone they can connect with. The story seems simple enough at first but you begin to realize this band of thieves and sell swords is into a world much more complicated and complex than they could ever imagine. The question becomes not whether they possess the skills to do the impossible one more time, but do they have the heart, the strength, and the moral fortitude to break away from everything they have ever known?

Title provided via Netgalley for an honest review.

The best thing about this book was the premise. I always love stories with action, adventure, killing...basically what this book had and attempted to pull of. However, that was also what made this book not that great. The author fell short in creating an intriguing world. due to the characters and way the story was written.

Young teens 13-15 just...don't bring for an attractive grand adventure, even Harry Potter, even though the characters were 11 started off small to the grandest of all adventures in saving the world in the end. The lack of fluidity in this story was also unfortunate. It just...didn't...in anything. It didn't start well, read well, have attractive or sympathetic characters, and I can't bring myself to say that I really liked it.

The blurb attracted me to Wages of Death although I wasn't really sure what to expect. I didn't realise that episodic meant per chapter and that there would be no story arc. I read two chapters but I couldn't really get into it. It felt like I was reading a collection of short stores with the same characters, and although the events were interesting enough, I found it quite wordy and it didn't hold my interest.

I was given this book from netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This Was not really a book for me. Although the writing was good I just couldn't get into it. I could not finish this book sadly. I really tried to like it, but really was not for me.