A review by vinayvasan
Tower Lord by Anthony Ryan

3.0

The 2nd book effect strikes. It is usually tough to follow up an astounding debut with a great book 2 and thats what happens here. For large parts, the book can be described as, well, Boring. Ryan's easy style of writing keeps you going and there is some payoff towards the end. The biggest problem is moving the book from a 1 PoV style to 4. That kind of slows the book down when all you want to do is follow Vaelin as in Blood Song. A couple of characters are put majorly through the grinder. The comparison set has moved. While 1st book was more Kingkiller than anything, this one has moved far past it