Age of Ash
Ratings19
Average rating3.5
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Ratings19
Average rating3.5
"Kithamar is a center of trade and wealth, an ancient city with a long, bloody history where countless thousands live and their stories unfold. This is Alys's. When her brother is murdered, a petty thief from the slums of Longhill sets out to discover who killed him and why. But the more she discovers about him, the more she learns about herself, and the truths she finds are more dangerous than knives. Swept up in an intrigue as deep as the roots of Kithamar, where the secrets of the lowest born can sometimes topple thrones, the story Alys chooses will have the power to change everything"--
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2 primary booksKithamar is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2022 with contributions by Daniel Abraham.
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I was surprised to find this is an excellent exploration of loss and grief, wrapped in an otherwise pedestrian intrigue/heist/long-con by unknown (and unknowing) greater forces at play sort of fantasy. I won't pick up the sequels.
Enjoyable, I loved the characters for the most part apart from the one annoying stupid character,
There were moments where it slogged, but overall not a bad read.
DNF @ 63%
I don't care about anything happening in this book at all. The characters don't interest me and the plot certainly doesn't interest me. However, Abraham's prose is great, and I will certainly read other stuff from him. In fact, I may try this book again at another time when I am more in the mood for something like this. But it wasn't vibing with me at all, I've already essentially forgotten it as I'm writing this review, and so pressing on until the end seems like a bad time.
