Brian Carmichael

3.5 stars

Very solid definitely going to continue

Things I liked:

- the setting, I haven’t read too many books set in a desert and it was refreshing

- the worldbuilding. This story is pretty contained but it was setup to be greatly expanded on in future books

- Rai’s Pov. I enjoyed his character the most especially his interactions with his shadow fax

- Dust is the bomb

- the cosmic horror vibe

My totally subjective critiques

- the flashback chapters that kick off around halfway through the book slowed the books pacing for me

- nya’s choices felt inconsistent at times

- the travel from point a to point b at the end felt way to convenient

Four stars

Oh boy back again not finishing series and starting a new one.

I thought this chonker of a book was a pretty good book one in a series. Lots of povs and a story that feels like it wants to subvert my expectations so I’m curious to see where it goes.

Only knocks would be the character that felt most like the main protagonist was probably my least favorite pov. I also hope to see more of the world in book two because book one takes place in essentially two places

Takes place after the events of ashes of man. Solid overall. always interesting to get into someone else’s head other than Hadrian

This book absolutely slapped. The world is greatly expanded from the first trilogy and the fantasy + horror combo is present throughout the book. Plus mermen that have armor clad shark companions I mean come on that’s awesome!

Been wanting to start another urban fantasy series to sprinkle in between the more epic and heavy series I tend to read and this was a fun read. Liked the setting of London and the main character Alex verus a mage except not a typical one he is instead a diviner someone who can look into the future and his unique skills make him useful to people both good and bad.

4 stars
This is the first book in the middle series by the author set 1000 years before Herald while Demon takes place 3000 years before Herald. Follows King Ertide as he reckons with having his best days behind him and feelings of not being in control of his empire due to Humans alliance with God and his Angels. Mostly a book of Political Intrigue and a slower paced read. Most Impressed with the world and how releasing 3 separate trilogies at the same time spread out over thousands of years plays with the truth and shapes the future series

4 stars

Didn't love the train setting this go round but it doesn't take away from the humor and heart of the series. Will be continuing Carl and donuts journey soon

Made it to the end of first law. Too many thoughts to put into words just after reading but this series was great especially the characters. Even though most of the time they made decisions to frustrate me they were so well realized and despite my best efforts I could never guess what was going to happen next

3.5 stars
Quick change of pace in between bigger books. A classic style whodunit just took me a while to get into the story

What a Read. Strange to be giving a book 5 Stars to a book as bleak and full of moments that made me pause for a day or two but the characters pierce brown has created had me so invested in their journey/struggle that I can't rate it anything else.

Quick read. Can get real dark at times but I enjoyed it. Light on world building just really focused on the POV character Dien but I'm guessing the world gets fleshed out more in the next book and the mainline book of the series.

Was slumping pretty hard and needed a change of genre and this book did the trick. A whodunit that's also a time loop story with another twist I won't spoil.

4.5 stars

4.5 stars

A great book two. Only knock would be a middle section that kind of felt like filler at the time of reading but the ending really ramped up the pace and wrapped everything up nicely.

4.5 stars

Listened on audio. Just a fun book with good characters and humor. Helped break up some of the darker books I was reading

5/5

Back to the first law. great new characters full of personality as well as some returning characters albeit only popping up here and there. Abercrombies writing is top notch as always

Really good retelling will probably check out Cornwells other books at some point. Even though it's a work of fiction it made me think about how crazy the power of superstition and the ravings of a few people must have affected the world back then. Oh and Lancelot can suck it.

3.5 stars wasn't bad. will continue the series but the first book read to me as all setup for the rest of the series and 700 pages is a lot of setup

Wow fun quick read. A really fast paced novella

Bit of a bummer. What was otherwise a great series the final book didn't quite land for me

3.5 stars