XolokReads reviewed Rise of the Horde by Christie Golden (World of Warcraft, #2)
Zug zug!
4 stars
After getting through the War of the Ancients trilogy, Christie Golden's backstory novel for the orcs on Draenor is refreshing. Yes. The villains are cartoonishly over the top. Good and evil are uncomplicated in this one. And that's fine. Why? The characters have personalities and they take actions informed by those established personalities. Nobody is reduced to "physically attractive" as their main personality trait. There is a story arc. Intrigue builds. Complications arise. It's as if it were a real story and not just some exciting stuff that happened.