![]() Do not expect anything particularly heart-racing or dramatic to happen for the first 40-50%, though the world is incredibly well fleshed out and a solid foundation is built. His is real big-picture stuff, not related to HIS story, but his companionship with the Prince. Veradis had some pretty intriguing parts to play as companion to Prince Nathair, and his POV is the one that's kind of got me wondering what's to come for the future books. Cywen's was interesting but mostly adjacent to Corban's plot. Kastell's POV didn't serve much for the story overall, IMO. Of the characters, the easiest to follow was Corban, the pretty classic coming-of-age storyline, though with hints of something more lurking behind the scenes. It feels more like classic Dark Ages Germany or Scandinavia, complete with dark forests, winter woods, jagged mountains, and castles perched on cliffsides. It's rare to find Iron Age stories (most fantasy plays with steel), but I actually really enjoyed the more "primitive" feel of the world. ![]() I FINALLY finished Malice by John Gwynne (a beast of a book!) and wow, what an epic world! ![]()
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