Gothghul Hollow

Gothghul Hillow is meant to be the first novel in the Murgast series of novels, and I’m sad to say its rather disappointing. The idea of a gothic horror novel set in Age of Sigmar is appealing, but sadly this novel doesn’t do that well. Firstly there are the characters, they aren’t that interesting. They all are kinda just tropes. Theres Edrea, the spunky young sorceress who studies even though her father doesn’t want her to, the disapproving father, the rogue kinda love interest, and the uncle. Sadly they all lack any unique traits to attach me to them. A lot of the plot doesn’t even have Edrea or the hunter, Runar, as a large chunk of the book is flashback. The plot as a whole is somewhat interesting, but without especially interesting characters it falls a bit flat until the last chapter of the book, which I quite enjoyed. It sets up interesting things that I’d hope future books will build upon, maybe I’ll read them to find out. Maybe the final chapter would have worked better as the start point, the plot would likely be very different, but there would have been a better hook. Overall I am a little disappointed but hopefully that the further novels will take whats set up and improve. Maybe I’ll read the sequels at some point, we’ll see.