Legacy of the Brightwash

Legacy of the Brightwash kept being recommended to me by different people, so I eventually gave it a go and within a few pages, I was hooked.

This is a well-written book with too much detail perhaps, but the devil is in the details, as they say, so I kept paying attention, hoping to find some hidden demons. No such luck, though... Then around the halfway point, the mystery that drove me to devour the first half of the book became pretty obvious and was pushed to the background while the narrative shifted to focus more and more on politics, intrigue, Tashué's personal and professional doubts as well as his past and present love interests with little relevance to the plot. (There is a relation, of course, but it could have been addressed in a fraction of the pages.)

I really enjoyed the premise, the potential of the story, the worldbuilding and most of the characters and I can definitely appreciate the amount of work put into this novel. That's why I kept hoping for a twist or something else, something more, and finished the book with a sense of saturation and disappointment.

Despite being too detailed and melodramatic for my tastes, Legacy of the Brightwash is a worthy read, and I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys characters going through a midlife crisis, lots of political intrigue and romance.