A militant holy order, a band of comrades, a believable and likeable hero,sorcerers, elementals and tunnels filled with monsters. What's not to like?

The dreaded DNF pile. I read 25% of this book and wasn't getting into it at all. I went away for the weekend and upon coming back home the thought of picking this up and reading another 75% made me dread to think how long it would be before I finished it.

The plot is a little generic but the writing style starts off well enough. Things just rapidly went down hill and disappeared along with my interest. It may have picked up and become better but it wasn't for me.

Lloyd shows us once again why he kicks butt in this brand new and ultra-awesome trilogy. Intricate magic mechanisms and really ugly, scary, and loud monsters are the regular ingredients in a Lloyd novel, amd Stranger of Tempest does not disappoint.

The thing that got me hooked up was the beginning, I found it captivating and humorous, and I am a sucker for humorous so… here we are!
After reading the first sentences I fell in love with the book! It’s not perfect and I thought that this one was the first book of the author, because I do not know how to say it well, but it has some things that you can found in debut works usually and some lackings that are typical of first works, but all in all was a good read!

Lynx is an unusual main character, a grouchy, experienced man of arms and we follow him while he finds himself part of a deck of mercenaries, a really peculiar one at this. We read about his adventures now, while he is with the mercenaries, and we read also about how he became a part of this really peculiar group. The story is captivating and fast-paced. We follow Lynx and the mercenaries while they try to save a damsel in distress (who is as little a damsel in distress as she can be a unicorn!) and this alleged rescue would precipitate our “heroes” in more dangerous adventures, who are unexpected and pure madness. I do not want to say more about the plot because I do not want to spoiler something for you, but it’s a good plot in which we can find adventure, danger, interesting places and characters and also good enemies.

The thing that I liked more, humour aside (and we can find a lot of sarcasm, humour and fun in these pages because the mercenaries are continually bantering ), are the characters. Lynx is a good MC, is not the usual hero but he has honor and this is his best and principal trait, and I liked it a lot (also, I am dying to meet again with him, so I hope to read the second book really soon!), but all the mercenaries are great! I can’t say that I loved all of them, because it would be untrue (and I really hated some of them) but all are well characterized and they are not just plain figure on the walls but they come alive in the pages, and we learn to know at least a little bit of all of them. And I really liked them!

Sooo… I really liked this book, and I would read the second one as soon as I can put my hands on it. And if you are searching for a good fantasy that is fast-paced and full adventure, this one could be the right one for you!