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Tower Lord
by Anthony Ryan
Well if there is one thing I can say about the sequel to Blood Song it would be, DIFFERENT! Tower Lord was so different to the point that I though I was reading a completely different series. Not that any of that is a bad thing, in some ways it actually made the series and this book more enjoyable then the first!
Tower Lord picks up 5 years after Blood Song ends and that is really all I can say without spoiling this book since it is a sequel. What I can tell you is we continue to follow the story of Vaelin Al Sorna, however this book now follows multiple perspectives and not just one. This was by far the biggest change from Blood Song and one I enjoyed very much. Even though I do love my single perspective stories and Vaelin is an amazing protagonist. I can tell you that we follow 4 characters in total Vaelin, Lyrna from the first book, Reva who is newly introduced to this book, and one other returning character who I cannot mention because hello spoilers.
Of the 4 perspectives we follow Reva and said character I shall not mention were by far the most entertaining to read from. Reva is this tough and strong willed female character whose story is quite emotional and powerful. Anytime there was a Reva chapter I literally perked up. Now said character I cannot mention's story was heart wrenching. There were so many feelings going through my head while reading from their two perspectives. Lyrna was never boring but her chapters were definitely the more political side of the story. Vaelin, oh Vaelin, his chapters to me were a let down. He went from being one of my favorite characters from the first book and I just feel like his chapters didn't really do much to push the story forward. I still love his character though. He has got such a strong head on him. Definitely not one of those meat headed male characters in some series out in the world.
Tower Lord's story is leaps and bounds better then Blood Song!! That is where this book does it for me. It has just the right amount of action and politics that is right for me! Also with Tower Lord we start to dive a little more deeper into the magic system in this world. We kind of got a hint of it in Blood Song but we do learn more about it here. The magic in the Raven's Shadow series are known as Gifts and only certain people in the world are known as Gifted. If you are Gifted then you are looked at in a poorly manner of someone touched by the dark and who the Faith has abandoned. I hope we get to discover more of the magic system in the final book because it is fairly fascinating.
I think I will leave my review at that, on to the final book, Queen of Fire!!
Tower Lord picks up 5 years after Blood Song ends and that is really all I can say without spoiling this book since it is a sequel. What I can tell you is we continue to follow the story of Vaelin Al Sorna, however this book now follows multiple perspectives and not just one. This was by far the biggest change from Blood Song and one I enjoyed very much. Even though I do love my single perspective stories and Vaelin is an amazing protagonist. I can tell you that we follow 4 characters in total Vaelin, Lyrna from the first book, Reva who is newly introduced to this book, and one other returning character who I cannot mention because hello spoilers.
Of the 4 perspectives we follow Reva and said character I shall not mention were by far the most entertaining to read from. Reva is this tough and strong willed female character whose story is quite emotional and powerful. Anytime there was a Reva chapter I literally perked up. Now said character I cannot mention's story was heart wrenching. There were so many feelings going through my head while reading from their two perspectives. Lyrna was never boring but her chapters were definitely the more political side of the story. Vaelin, oh Vaelin, his chapters to me were a let down. He went from being one of my favorite characters from the first book and I just feel like his chapters didn't really do much to push the story forward. I still love his character though. He has got such a strong head on him. Definitely not one of those meat headed male characters in some series out in the world.
Tower Lord's story is leaps and bounds better then Blood Song!! That is where this book does it for me. It has just the right amount of action and politics that is right for me! Also with Tower Lord we start to dive a little more deeper into the magic system in this world. We kind of got a hint of it in Blood Song but we do learn more about it here. The magic in the Raven's Shadow series are known as Gifts and only certain people in the world are known as Gifted. If you are Gifted then you are looked at in a poorly manner of someone touched by the dark and who the Faith has abandoned. I hope we get to discover more of the magic system in the final book because it is fairly fascinating.
I think I will leave my review at that, on to the final book, Queen of Fire!!