pickSo good. Giddy with excitement, oh no you didn‘t oh yes you did, I want more please don‘t let the book end good. Fantastic worldbuilding, fascinating magic system built around the manipulation of glass & magic as a finite resource, complex, flawed characters, not to mention secrets, lies, betrayal, conspiracy & that‘s just the tip of the iceberg. A few aspects are a little neat & tidy but I can‘t wait for the next book! Excellent start to finish.
Ohh, this is good…like “I‘m only a third of the way through but I want to peek at the end to make sure everyone makes it to the end because this is clearly a book in which that doesn‘t seem likely” good. Needless to say, I‘m enjoying the book even as I worry about the characters and what might happen.
Rainy weekend ahead = perfect time to dive into a big one!
pickThis is easily one of the best fantasy novels of this type that I‘ve ever read. There‘s also an insight that I had that might explain the appeal of fantasy and magic with a lot of people. It‘s that it gives good reasons why some people are treated in such unequal ways in society. Our human societies on earth don‘t really justify it nearly as well, it‘s accepted for the most part because of tradition without a lot of rational reasoning.
Too cold to sit outside today, but that's no hardship right now!
I'm not much of an epic fantasy reader, but this book is surprisingly enjoyable to me.
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pickWow-what a start to a new epic fantasy series! My 1st experience with the author, I‘m certain it won‘t be my last! The book opens on the battlefield with Demir, dubbed “The Lightning Prince”, & his 1st victory. But his triumph is short-lived; he spends the next 9 years in a self-imposed exile. But he returns to the center of the Empire & its politics after the murder of his mother. Reunited with old friends, he soon finds a secret steeped in blood
In the Shadow of Lightning | 
