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A review by amybibliophile
The Lost War by Justin Lee Anderson
5.0
Review copy provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
The War is over and Eidyn is left in a vulnerable state. A plague is spreading, daemons are burning the peoples provisions and there is danger at every turn. The kings Envoy and elemental Draoidh, Aranok, is sent across the country with a band of strangers to restore an exiled queen on orders of the Crown. Only Aranok takes a detour from the kings orders, to visit his home and family after hearing reports that the city has been pillaged by Reivers. Only he finds a completely different story to the one he has been lead to believe... Aranok and company see the kingdom is in a much different state than what the king has told them and darkness is lurking in every corner.
When this book arrived at my door my initial thought was that it was a fairly big one! What I didn't expect was 572 enchanting pages that completely transported me to the world of Dun Eidyn. I've not been so addicted to a fantasy book since ACOTAR! I like fantasy genre on a whole & try to read as much of it as possible so I was more than happy to read this book and was delighted to find it contained everything you could want in a high-fantasy, with an enchanting new magic system, a band of very different yet interesting characters who's paths cross, a dark villain, daemon-like creatures, a disease that threatens to wipe out the population and an almighty plot twist that you don't see coming but miraculously ties all of the books events together.
I became quite attached to the characters as the book went on, they were compassionate, humorous, dynamic and had me eager to read on when every twist was dropped upon them, I am impatiently waiting to see where their path leads next.
I'm shocked more people don't know about this book, I will be recommending this to all of my fantasy loving friends & keeping my eye out for when book 2 makes its appearance. I hope this becomes a long fantasy series because it definitely has the potential to be so! I can't wait to read more of Justin's work.
The War is over and Eidyn is left in a vulnerable state. A plague is spreading, daemons are burning the peoples provisions and there is danger at every turn. The kings Envoy and elemental Draoidh, Aranok, is sent across the country with a band of strangers to restore an exiled queen on orders of the Crown. Only Aranok takes a detour from the kings orders, to visit his home and family after hearing reports that the city has been pillaged by Reivers. Only he finds a completely different story to the one he has been lead to believe... Aranok and company see the kingdom is in a much different state than what the king has told them and darkness is lurking in every corner.
When this book arrived at my door my initial thought was that it was a fairly big one! What I didn't expect was 572 enchanting pages that completely transported me to the world of Dun Eidyn. I've not been so addicted to a fantasy book since ACOTAR! I like fantasy genre on a whole & try to read as much of it as possible so I was more than happy to read this book and was delighted to find it contained everything you could want in a high-fantasy, with an enchanting new magic system, a band of very different yet interesting characters who's paths cross, a dark villain, daemon-like creatures, a disease that threatens to wipe out the population and an almighty plot twist that you don't see coming but miraculously ties all of the books events together.
I became quite attached to the characters as the book went on, they were compassionate, humorous, dynamic and had me eager to read on when every twist was dropped upon them, I am impatiently waiting to see where their path leads next.
I'm shocked more people don't know about this book, I will be recommending this to all of my fantasy loving friends & keeping my eye out for when book 2 makes its appearance. I hope this becomes a long fantasy series because it definitely has the potential to be so! I can't wait to read more of Justin's work.