A review by __sam__
Malice by John Gwynne

Did not finish book. Stopped at 38%.

It's really not a bad book; the writing is good, the characters are pretty interesting, and the plot is sometimes intriguing. But it's just really Christian. Which is fine, but I just don't have any interest in reading a Christian book. And I've looked into it--because I feel bad dnfing a book that I genuinely do not think is bad--and I know the author has said this is inspired by multiple religions, Christianity among them. And John Gwynne said he was especially inspired by Paradise Lost. To me though, this read not as being just inspired by Christianity, it read as having an explicitly Christian narrative--a very basic, black and white, good vs. evil narrative. I also skimmed the descriptions for the other books in the series to see if maybe that would eventually be subverted, but it doesn't seem like it is.