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nigellicus's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
tense
5.0
Praag gets sieged by Chaos, Gotrek and Felix are inside, unfortunately for Chaos
madison2001's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
delton215's review
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
chappellmw90's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
jonathanrobert's review
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
eleven_hummingbird's review
4.0
A good grimdark adventure in a city under siege. I definitely liked this more than the previous couple of entries in the series.
Despite almost the entirety of the novel taking place in the city of Praag, enough locations and characters are met within the city to keep the story interesting. Jumping perspective to the Chaos leaders besieging the city is also fun. As usual, I found myself skimming over the whirlwind of fantasy violence at the end. What can I say, I'm here for the adventure, tragedy, drama, and humor.
On that note, some of the previous books have really great, cheesy romance arcs, which I am disappointed to say this novel most entirely abstains from. I believe the narrative spends more time with the love interest's dad than with Ulrika herself, who literally sleeps through most of this book. It's a shame; Daemonslayer went to some effort to introduce Ulrika and now it feels the author just does not care about her.
Despite almost the entirety of the novel taking place in the city of Praag, enough locations and characters are met within the city to keep the story interesting. Jumping perspective to the Chaos leaders besieging the city is also fun. As usual, I found myself skimming over the whirlwind of fantasy violence at the end. What can I say, I'm here for the adventure, tragedy, drama, and humor.
On that note, some of the previous books have really great, cheesy romance arcs, which I am disappointed to say this novel most entirely abstains from. I believe the narrative spends more time with the love interest's dad than with Ulrika herself, who literally sleeps through most of this book. It's a shame; Daemonslayer went to some effort to introduce Ulrika and now it feels the author just does not care about her.
mayastone's review
3.0
The main story is interesting enough; the Chaos hordes are attacking Praag, the fortress that housed the last battle between dark forces and light forces. The only stain, as usual, is the bloody love triangle again, this time Ulrika and Max hook-up but Felix still cares for her, remove this and the book is a good read.
In this instalment the brother of the Duke turns out to be a conflicted member of one of the Chaos cults (the one of the changer) and betrays him but at the last minute switches sides and saves his brother. It was obvious from the moment the plot was introduced who this conflicted mystery person is but it didn’t really matter one way or the other as far as the story goes.
In this instalment the brother of the Duke turns out to be a conflicted member of one of the Chaos cults (the one of the changer) and betrays him but at the last minute switches sides and saves his brother. It was obvious from the moment the plot was introduced who this conflicted mystery person is but it didn’t really matter one way or the other as far as the story goes.
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