I really am a big fan of Brusatte at this point. Having read The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us before this one, I knew I would be in for a good time and it didn't disappoint.
This is turning into a super interesting series, and I'm actually really excited to find out where it goes with book 3. I think I preferred book 2 to the first instalment, though they are really quite different to each other. I found the first book (Dogs of War) to be fascinating and unique, but the structure jumped forward in time rapidly and relentlessly. Whereas this book felt more stable and continuous.
This is clearly the book where everything gets real. Being part 2 of book 3, things went up a gear in terms of battles, character deaths and general plot progression. I lost count of the number of times I was shocked in this book!
A new favourite for my list, to be sure. What's not to love in this adorable cosy fantasy? This lived up to the hype and beyond for me.
This series is the cutest darn thing ever, and I'm very glad that Baldree has written several books about these characters so that I don't have to part with them just yet.
This series has continued to impress and delight me, and things take a very serious turn in book 4. While there has always been good continuation between the books, particularly the character development, The Last Devil to Die really took this up a notch and manage to pull severely on our heartstrings in doing so.
This was very cool and very fun! It was also my first sci-fi book by Adrian Tchaikovsky, and boy oh boy, I am signing up for more.
This was an absolutely epic tale that had all the great vibes of an Arthurian legend retelling. I found the broad concept to be super unique - a land sustained on the belief of tales, but very specifically in that each tale is connected to a piece of land on the Isle, and if that tale was forgotten, so too would the land connected to it disappear.
There is something that has been so quietly enjoyable about this series. Book one, The Goblin Emperor, had really stuck with me – it was a narrative that I kept returning to again and again in my head. So I inevitably found myself reaching out for The Witness for the Dead to dive back into this world and soak up the atmosphere some more.
【 THE DAUGHTERS' WAR 】 book #0 (prequel) in the Blacktongue series ★★★★★ Genre: FantasyAudience: AdultAuthor: Christopher BuehlmanPublished: June 2024Publisher: Tor BooksPages: 416 (paperback) The audiobook production for this was fantastic, as with the first book, the perfect narrator was chosen and it really made Galva's character come alive. However, I didn't find myself quite as blown … Continue reading The Daughters’ War by Christopher Buehlman | book review
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