sagelund 's review for:

Blood Song by Anthony Ryan

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It's gritty, dark, violent fantasy tinged with some supernatural and chosen one vibes. Much of the book follows a group of kids training and becoming traumatized to be effective fighters later. As such, this book doesn't provide much unless you seek blood-soaked battles and agonized internal conflicts. If you enjoy grim battle fantasy and watching characters face trials and develop into maturity, there's plenty here to enjoy. Without the former, I would suggest you read something more Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb.