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edarcys's review
3.0
Some awkward word choices made me cringe occasionally, two blatant errors (conscience instead of consciousness, adversary instead of emissary) and a posessive instead of a plural ALMOST EVERY TIME. All this pulled me out of the storyline which was fun to read (in a dark way) despite two demensional characters and repetitive monologue. It still gets 3 stars because I didn't put it down despite the flaws.
davidgreenwriter's review
5.0
The start of something very different...
This is a brutal fantasy book, blending grimdark with high fantasy. In a lot of ways, it reminded me of Steven Erikson's Malazan books, particularly his treatment and exploration of the character Toc the Younger in Memories of Ice. I mean this as incredibly high praise.
The book is relatively short in comparison to Erikson's, but shares the same passion of getting into a character's psyche. We delve into every facet of Ayvre's character, getting to know her for good and for worse, and we feel every slight against her.
Thorne spends the same care and attention on all the POV characters, and we fully understand, if not like them because of this.
This is a DARK book. It's violent, gruesome, and adult in every sense of the world. It'll challenge you as a reader, but reward you when you come to the end. I'm totally on board for book two of this duology, and can't wait to get stuck in.
This is a brutal fantasy book, blending grimdark with high fantasy. In a lot of ways, it reminded me of Steven Erikson's Malazan books, particularly his treatment and exploration of the character Toc the Younger in Memories of Ice. I mean this as incredibly high praise.
The book is relatively short in comparison to Erikson's, but shares the same passion of getting into a character's psyche. We delve into every facet of Ayvre's character, getting to know her for good and for worse, and we feel every slight against her.
Thorne spends the same care and attention on all the POV characters, and we fully understand, if not like them because of this.
This is a DARK book. It's violent, gruesome, and adult in every sense of the world. It'll challenge you as a reader, but reward you when you come to the end. I'm totally on board for book two of this duology, and can't wait to get stuck in.
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