The Seventh Perfection

An interesting take on a second person narrative, The Seventh Perfection has the reader listening into one side of a conversation. The whole book is written in the second person, but without any input into what you are doing or saying - all you get is the replies the people you are interacting with give you. As a literary device it is intriguingly different and gives a fascinating sense of mystery. Over the course of the book you begin to put together the different stories being told by the cast of characters we meet whilst we begin to understand the quest we are on.

The literary nature of the work makes this very different to your standard fantasy work. The format works as it allows the reader to unravel the mystery as they read. Whilst the ultimate story line is nothing especially novel it is not a bad story, and the way it is told is fascinating and well worth a read.