vkadic 's review for:

Tower Lord by Anthony Ryan

4.5

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The books in this series continue to defy my expectations, I came out of Blood Song enjoying it more than I thought I would knowing what it was about and my preferences then I came into it's sequel knowing the rest of the series comes as a bit of a disappointment to many readers and ended up enjoying Tower Lord probably as much as I did Blood Song. Firstly in this book we get more than one POV which is what I mostly prefer in fantasy books. We get more of the world, more of the magic which is also a big plus for me. I also really liked the new characters we follow in this book which I gather is not a popular opinion, especially Lyrna. There were some plot convivences that did bother me though, not enough to completely ruin my enjoyment of the book, except

Lyrna potentially getting healed at the end?? What was the point of the burning then except for keeping her from getting raped and recognized as long as the plot demanded it...

but I am willing to wait for the third book to see how things go from here.