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4.35 AVERAGE
4.35 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-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
Wow, I was not expecting that revelation at the end! The last 4th of this book was action-packed. It was a little slow for my liking during the majority of the book but the ending was worth the wait. Excited to continue this series🐉⚡️🤺
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I was lucky enough to receive an E-ARC copy of this book from the author, Ryan Cahill.
EPIC BOOK. Improved on everything in Of Blood and Fire, but with a completely different writing style. Instead of a character-driven fantasy book, this book focuses a lot more on grisly action, and worldbuilding in depth. The storylines new to this book added a whole new layer of depth and plot, and built up a foundation for the next book. It was a lot more gruesome and bloody than the first adventure in this series, but it wasn't just empty action for filler, it was fighting with depth and reason behind it. I don't know why you haven't started this series if you are a fan of fantasy. Read it right now. Start with Of Blood and Fire which is free on Kindle Unlimited and otherwise only 3 dollars. It is worth a lot more than the price. I now eagerly wait for the release date of the third book in The Bound and the Broken series, and the next novella, The Exile.
Thank you, Ryan Cahill, for these amazing books.
****THIS BOOK DOES NOT OFFICIALLY RELEASE UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2021****
EPIC BOOK. Improved on everything in Of Blood and Fire, but with a completely different writing style. Instead of a character-driven fantasy book, this book focuses a lot more on grisly action, and worldbuilding in depth. The storylines new to this book added a whole new layer of depth and plot, and built up a foundation for the next book. It was a lot more gruesome and bloody than the first adventure in this series, but it wasn't just empty action for filler, it was fighting with depth and reason behind it. I don't know why you haven't started this series if you are a fan of fantasy. Read it right now. Start with Of Blood and Fire which is free on Kindle Unlimited and otherwise only 3 dollars. It is worth a lot more than the price. I now eagerly wait for the release date of the third book in The Bound and the Broken series, and the next novella, The Exile.
Thank you, Ryan Cahill, for these amazing books.
****THIS BOOK DOES NOT OFFICIALLY RELEASE UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2021****
This Cahill guy is pretty good. Just a great example of classic fantasy with a modern twist. A great step up from book 1 that I also really enjoyed. Looking forward to the next books!
Really good character work and writing. I’m loving it, but still feeling a teeeeny tiny unsatisfied. This still reads like a first book, with a lot of build up and world building (which I love!) but I’m ready for the cards to fall!
For Achyron!
For Achyron!
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Second books are notoriously hard to do well. Especially when you have a strong opening in book one. I'm delighted to say that Ryan Cahill certainly rose to the challenge!
I really liked book 1 but book 2 is an improvement in every aspect: the characters, the plot, the world building and the writing.
We are thrown in the middle of the action from page one and it's full speed from there. That's not to say that the story is rushed. It is incredibly well-paced. One of the main things that helps to achieve this is the meticulously placed POV shifts. Whenever we were given a different POV it felt like we left the previous one in a good place. I never had the "Oh no! I don't care about this character." feeling when we changed POVs.
Yes, this book has multiple PoVs. Some small and some big ones. And they all matter. Not a single POV felt like a filler, they all added something to the story, character development and/or world building.
I loved that we got to follow our favourites from book one, see them mature and grow but we also got to meet some very interesting new characters. Honestly, I was expecting it to be hard to keep track who's who. But that wasn't the case. Cahill manages to give a unique voice to the smallest characters in a way that when you read from their point of view they feel as important as the main characters. Besides creating outstanding heroes, Ryan managed to further develop the character of a villain in this book that I genuinely care about and that's something few author managed to do before.
I feel like I have to mention the writing. I loved book one but in certain places the writing was a bit shaky. Not in this book! The improvement in writing between the two books is astonishing. The sentences flow naturally which makes this 900+ pages book fly by in no time.
With Of Darkness and Light Ryan Cahill managed to create a truly epic story that brings back old fantasy elements and shines a new light on them.
The book gets all the stars! If I gave book one 5 stars it's only fair to go higher for this one. So it gets S/5!!! I can only recommend.
Myia Nithír Til Diar.
I really liked book 1 but book 2 is an improvement in every aspect: the characters, the plot, the world building and the writing.
We are thrown in the middle of the action from page one and it's full speed from there. That's not to say that the story is rushed. It is incredibly well-paced. One of the main things that helps to achieve this is the meticulously placed POV shifts. Whenever we were given a different POV it felt like we left the previous one in a good place. I never had the "Oh no! I don't care about this character." feeling when we changed POVs.
Yes, this book has multiple PoVs. Some small and some big ones. And they all matter. Not a single POV felt like a filler, they all added something to the story, character development and/or world building.
I loved that we got to follow our favourites from book one, see them mature and grow but we also got to meet some very interesting new characters. Honestly, I was expecting it to be hard to keep track who's who. But that wasn't the case. Cahill manages to give a unique voice to the smallest characters in a way that when you read from their point of view they feel as important as the main characters. Besides creating outstanding heroes, Ryan managed to further develop the character of a villain in this book that I genuinely care about and that's something few author managed to do before.
I feel like I have to mention the writing. I loved book one but in certain places the writing was a bit shaky. Not in this book! The improvement in writing between the two books is astonishing. The sentences flow naturally which makes this 900+ pages book fly by in no time.
With Of Darkness and Light Ryan Cahill managed to create a truly epic story that brings back old fantasy elements and shines a new light on them.
The book gets all the stars! If I gave book one 5 stars it's only fair to go higher for this one. So it gets S/5!!! I can only recommend.
Myia Nithír Til Diar.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced