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Knight's Shadow by Sebastien de Castell

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lindseyt92's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love this book so much!

ozioma74's review

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4.75

This book would’ve been perfect if not for two things that pissed me tf off towards the end lol

In general I felt it took off really well from Traitor's Blade, it maybe didnt need to be 600 pages long which is twice as long as the first book, and theres a small part of the book that might upset people who maybe arent used to dark fantasy and it may be controversial but I will be reading book 3 at some point this year (hopefully). Ive got a lot of books to read.

jonwebster's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

mrbear's review

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3.0

Okay, though suffers from the same issues as the first book - nothing makes sense and everything keeps happening immediately. In this book, lots of much crazier stuff happens continuously, with relatively little thought given to any of the narrative actually making sense. It's compelling in the sense that you want to know what happens next, even if you're not sure why and you're 100% sure it's not actually an enriching read.

dromwald's review

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5.0

I seriously wondered if de Castell could improve upon Traitor's Blade but he absolutely did. This second in the series has it all; gritty story, fantastic characters, the most evil, psychopathic villains you could wish for, bucket-loads of humor, pathos and an absolutely cheesy, corny and seriously glorious battle near the end that left me seriously in agreement with Brasti's assertion that 'the world needs more bastards!'

blankpagepanic's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

tarawe's review against another edition

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4.0

I received a copy of this book through a goodreads giveaway.
I really enjoyed this book. It is an improvement over the first but I still rolled my eyes often. The book has better pace and is quite a bit darker at some points but the plot moves forward. Enough of those points are wrapped up that you feel satisfied but will still want to read the next book in the series.