Review of Volle - by Kyell Gold
Volle - By Kyell Gold (click image for purchasing information from Sofawolf Press)
So after a little over 3 years of owning Volle I finally managed to find the time to sit back and read this spectacular book. With the burden of school, work and other obligations the book has stayed shelved and collecting dust. On the way to go do my weekly ritual of going to the plasma bank I decided to waver from my normal reading and take Volle with me for a little bit of pleasure reading (which I haven't wanted to do in SOME time I might add.) This initially struck me as a bad idea from what my ex had told me about the book; as it being a good, yet overly sexual book, "with sex every two pages." This statement I was very pleased to note was highly untrue. The novel though having HEAVY sexual overtones throughout was not riddled with so much of the act of sex, but more the connotations to sex, or wanting of. In my own opinion the fact that there was such a high sexual tone throughout the book actually added a sense of realism to the book, because to be frank, what person, especially male, wouldn't and/or doesn't think of sex a majority of the time. The freedom and utter frame of responsibility that the main character is put under created a sense of reality because we as people are constantly placed under the burdens of juggling our own lives, sexual or other, with that of our responsibilities of our station as a person.
As I began to read into the book I started to feel myself relating with the main character more and more, finding many parallels to the internal struggles that the character faced with that of my own life and position. This sense of realism in a fantasy setting created an environment that is very uncommon for me to find myself finding in a novel as of late. I had honestly given up with much of my readings because of the lack of connection with characters that I was getting.
With Volle there is a definite state of feelings. When Volle was sad I felt compelled to be sad, and when he was happy I was quite pleased with myself also. The relationship structure in the book with a sense of duty was probably my favorite aspect of the book. The sense of duty to position, religion, and country permeated the book and created a false reality that really drew me into the reading and I found myself having a hard time putting the book down after awhile.
Overall I absolutely loved the book! My only criticism towards the book was that the ending was a bit rushed as compared to the pace the rest of the book was keeping, but even the slight rushing of the end was very well formatted and fit the situation and the tone that was being portrayed.
I laughed, I cried, and overall I loved it!
Great work Kyell and I cant wait to read the rest of the series...that also has been gaining dust on my shelf for about 3 years (minus the newer one of course)
If you haven't read Volle yet I highly recommend it, and you can find a purchase link attached to the image above. READ IT!
I look forward to reviewing many other books of his, and others when I finish the series, very soon!
Till then!
Always Reading and Always Writing
~Kyo Foxtrot