The Farseer Trilogy, Book 2 “Royal Assassin“

First time i delved into this series was few years ago. Review of first is here: Book Adventures PT1 🙂 The second part i finished on last summer. Sequel begins right of from where Apprentice Assassin ended. The Royal Assassin really gave a sense of good adventure & wind-down was a success at every evening when i went to read. This sequel isn’t a letdown at all so downer expectation wiped away 🙂 Like the first one, Royal Assassin is character-driven book with slow pacing, but still satisfying with it’s creativity. Almost every side character received good amount of development as i see it. I plan to relax with third book from Realm of the Elderlings series within next three months 🧘‍♂️📖 Fitz meets new characters, one of them being ‘Nighteyes’, a kind 🐺

“Stop defining yourself by what you can’t do. Why don’t you consider what you didn’t lose?”

During most of time in first book, Fitz spends his time doing what others asked. On this one, Fitz goes a bit rogue as in he’s more of his own person, even though he does things mostly for people he does it in his own way 👌🏼 By anticipating important things he does get himself into trouble, which is what makes this book el bueno. Fitz makes his own choices, with his own consequences. Fitz also endures more struggles than his time as apprentice. Some events in the first left marks on him, causing weakness that make him less of a complete assassin. If you like book 1 (my review link at top) then read this sequel & if not fan of first, well still read 😏 These books take you into good journeys. I can see myself re-reading them when time is ready 😋

The Shadow of The Gods “Bloodsworn Saga #1”

This great book is set in a Norse inspired world, there we follow three different people on their journeys while get to know old gods etc. In this world there are warriors, witches & magic. First i have to say that this was one of the best steps into a new fantasy series in a decade or so 👌🏼 Already then i felt good connection with the world created by talented author John Gwynne. This is set in the land of Vigrid, the Battle Plain, hundreds of years after a war between the deities. Shadow of the Gods tells three separate tales, with each storyline is focused on couple of the book’s main themes. John took a good time of setting up the world, it’s history & population, not a bad move at all ✅

“Courage is being scared of a task & doing it anyway.”

The Shadow of the Gods 📘 has more than dozen bueno set pieces, standout moments & action segments. Gwynne really knows how to do captivating fantasy world writing that has thrilling fights etc. Svik character is a welcome comic relief in such a grim tale. Every character is written with top quality, side acts included. Many chapters in this book are compelling, they come with shocking twists along the way. Some culminate lil bit over the top fashion & that’s totally fine. ✅ Then there’s battles, in which Gywnne is very talented, maybe at top three authors who write in same field. He creates stories that start at a slow pace, while working towards an mind satisfying conclusion. Often andom leaps in action to keep the pace at flow with bueno rate. The ending is perrfect, it changes a lot. I look forward to winding down with sequel when time is ready 📘🧘‍♂️🍵