Doombringer by Marcel Liemant – Review by Maisie Dickinson

Doombringer by Marcel Liemant
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Marcel Liemant’s Doombringer follows trans male lead, Oden, his daughter, Penny, his best friend, Tinnor, and Tinnor’s partner, Ivan, as well as side characters, Magdela the Wise, and the non-binary character Kimri. Their village, Shard Moure, has been and continues to be attacked, and most of the villagers want to leave, but Oden wants to fight for their home. I really like the premise of this story, an LGBTQ+ fantasy novel with an unexpected hero. But I found that the story moved quite slowly. The whole thing takes place over a couple of days, and then follows a time jump at the very end. There’s a lot of action and internal dialogue but not much external dialogue. And the story doesn’t really start until the last 30% of the book. My favourite character was the lead, Oden, although you don’t really get to know the other characters well enough. My least favourite characters were the Mages. I recommend this book if you are interested in getting into the queer fantasy genre. ‘Oden was running out of time on this earthly plane and he still had so much left to do.’

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