Holy cliffhanger, Batman. I mean, I did like this, but I didn’t like it as much as I liked the first book. And it’s probably mostly my fault. I don’t know, I was in a weird place with this, not paying it enough attention as I should, on top of Ryan going and changing up the format on us. The first book was told through Vaelin’s perspective, and it was so immersive. I normally love books that have rotating POV characters, but I kept getting […]
Solid debut fantasy novel.
Blood Song is a really, really good fantasy book. Nothing it does particularly reinvents the wheel, but everything it does do is just done so WELL. It was very enjoyable to listen to, particularly since the narrator had a wonderful storytelling voice. Vaelin Al Sorna was a young boy when his mother died, and his father the Battle Lord left him at the steps of the religious Sixth Order, a group of warrior monks who fight for the Faith. Feeling abandoned and angry, Vaelin embraces […]