“Memory is a double-edged sword, Uthas. It can keep you strong through dark times, but it can also cripple you, keep you locked in a moment that no longer exists.” What is the Book about? Where the Forsaken Lands stretch, blood once stained the world red. Where ancient ruins now stand, humans once vanquished giants….
Category: High Fantasy
The Mask of Mirrors – M.A. Carrick (Rook & Rose #1)
Plot ★☆☆☆☆
Characters ★★☆☆☆
World Building ★★★☆☆
Atmosphere ★★☆☆☆
Writing Style ★★★☆☆
Malice – John Gwynne (The Faithful and the Fallen #1)
Plot ★★★★☆
Characters ★★★★★
World Building ★★★★★
Atmosphere ★★★★★
Writing Style ★★★★☆
Shadowmarch – Tad Williams (Shadowmarch #1)
“Most dreadful of all, as she lay with her shivering children on the cold ground just outside the murdered town, she could hear the destroyers of everything she had, and they were singing. Their voices were painfully lovely. Darkness claimed her then, but only for a while.” High Fantasy ✓ Slow Storytelling ✓ Strong Emotions…
Gardens of the Moon – Steven Erikson (Malazan Book of the Fallen #1)
“Ambition is not a dirty word. Piss on compromise. Go for the throat.” So what’s the book about? The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting and bloody confrontations with the formidable Anomander Rake and his Tiste Andii, ancient and implacable sorcerers. Even the imperial legions, long inured to the…
Empire of Grass – Tad Williams (The Last King of Osten Ard #2)
“Saying peace never lasts, or that an empire must grow or die, is like saying that only birth and death matter,” she told him. “Most of life is not part of either, but what comes between–the simple hard work of living.” So what’s the book about? Danger lurks on all sides in Osten Ard. King…
The Hand of the Sun King – J.T. Greathouse (Pact and Pattern #1)
“Magic could reshape the world. Its power was undeniable. It needed no argument to bolster it, nor any faith to make it true.” So what’s the book about? All my life, I have been torn between two legacies: that of my father, whose roots trace back to the right hand of the Emperor. That of…
The Witchwood Crown – Tad Williams (The Last King of Osten Ard #1)
“God gives us all youth, and the takes it away again. What have you gained to offset that loss? Patience? Perhaps a little wisdom? Then be patient, and perhaps you’ll also be wise.” So what’s the book about? Osten Ard is in turmoil. For 30 years King Simon and Queen Miriamel have ruled their land…
Daughter of the Empire – Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts (Riftwar Cycle: The Empire Trilogy #1)
“There is a hand behind every curtain,’ ” she quoted. “ ‘And a knife in every hand,’ ” finished Mara.” So what’s the book about? In the realm of Tsurani, young Mara is on the verge of a decisive moment in her life. Only a few gong beats separate her from her official admission to…
The Priory of the Orange Tree – Samantha Shannon (Standalone)
“No woman should be made to fear that she was not enough.” So what’s the book about? Young Tané from the eastern kingdom of Seiiki wants nothing more than to become a dragon rider. For in her homeland, dragons are worshipped like gods. When Tané rescues a shipwrecked man and thus breaks the law, she…
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