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A review by pagesofash
Hope and Red by Jon Skovron
4.0
"But at a certain point in our lives, we cannot passively allow our upbringing to define us. We must choose it or choose other."
That was some adventure! I'm a huge fan of the whole follow-the-orphaned-child-and-watch-them-grow-into-a-kick-ass-adult trope and Hope and Red delivers x2!
Full of adventure, classic fantasy tropes and crass enough to make a soldier blush I found this book to be a fantastically fun read. It's got some found family going on, a badass trans character (comes late to the story), revenge, evil sorcerers, elements of swash buckling (set to grow in book two I suspect), a corrupt archipelago empire, thieves that put me in mind of Feist's Jimmy the Hand and MC's that make me think of Brett's Arlen Bales.
If you're looking for a fun, addictive, fantasy adventure about loyalty and honour full to the brim with some of the foulest language you've ever read this is your book!
CW: Sexism, explicit language
That was some adventure! I'm a huge fan of the whole follow-the-orphaned-child-and-watch-them-grow-into-a-kick-ass-adult trope and Hope and Red delivers x2!
Full of adventure, classic fantasy tropes and crass enough to make a soldier blush I found this book to be a fantastically fun read. It's got some found family going on, a badass trans character (comes late to the story), revenge, evil sorcerers, elements of swash buckling (set to grow in book two I suspect), a corrupt archipelago empire, thieves that put me in mind of Feist's Jimmy the Hand and MC's that make me think of Brett's Arlen Bales.
If you're looking for a fun, addictive, fantasy adventure about loyalty and honour full to the brim with some of the foulest language you've ever read this is your book!
CW: Sexism, explicit language