I could perhaps have stood fewer discussions on the city's varied architecture but that's the very minor niggle on the back of a great deal of enjoyment.Īnd that friend of mine who wasn't a fan - she wasn't a fan of The Warded Man either, which I loved, and I have to say that this is probably the most enjoyable read I've had since devouring Brett's The Warded Man several years ago. The pacing is good and there are few info dumps.
There's as much action as any reader could want, varied and interesting magic, tight plotting from a good number of interesting points of view. There are plenty of emotional scenes and even though I could see the strings being pulled, I still got drawn in. I call the book fun, and it is, but that's not to diminish it in any way. who knew? I don't enjoy every popular book but I do generally find out that there's a good reason why they're popular.īrent Weeks is a great story teller and his writing is plenty strong enough to carry the load. It turns out that I tend to like what people tend to like.
In any event, my expectations were not sky high. though I could be over-reading 140 characters there. even Weeks himself seemed a touch apologetic about his debut when he saw my tweet about starting it. I'd read a couple of sniffy reviews about this book and a friend was very meh about it.
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