This is the second book in the Raven’s Shadow series. There is need to worry about the follow up not being as good as the first book- I think it’s even better. The first book in this series was from Vaelin’s perspective. In this book Anthony Ryan tried to pull off a George RR Martin and write chapters dedicated to different characters perspective. Even with the typical end of chapter cliff hanger…well, George needs to take a lesson, because this is how it should be done! All interesting perspectives, great writing, superb […]
The beginning of a GREAT EPIC fantasy!
I read this book a few years ago (before I started participating in Cannonball Read). The second book was about to come out, so I decided to re-read the first one, since I didn’t have a detailed review. Reading this book was like putting on a comfortable pair of pants. The writing is beautiful, the story is engaging and original. If you are a fan of Patrick Rothfuss or Peter V Brett, then I’d bet you will love this series as well. I give this […]
Old Druids are cool…
This is such a great series. It is the seventh book in The Iron Druid series, so beware spoilers of the first six. Atticus O’Sullivan is a druid who was born thousands of years ago. For a majority of that time, he was the only druid left. He has recently taken trained another druid (Granuaile) and recovered his archdruid from a place where he was frozen in time. In this book, you get first person perspectives from all three druids- and it works. Each one of them are strong enough to carry a […]
Family drama
This is a smartly written story about a dysfunctional family. It reminds me a bit of the short stories by David Sedaris- as Jonathan Tropper has the ability to find humor in every situation. This family is sitting Shiva for their dead father, while each is dealing with unresolved issues with each other and in their life. It was a humorous look at some sad situations. Although I really loved the writing style, I started getting bored with the plot about half way through the book. For that reason, I am […]