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A review by libellum_aphrodite
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
4.0
This one took my back to the old days of reading big fat young-adult fantasy books. I found myself reminded of elements from...
*the Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix ([b:Sabriel|535197|Sabriel (The Abhorsen Trilogy, #1)|Garth Nix|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1364172886s/535197.jpg|3312237], [b:Lirael|47624|Lirael (Abhorsen, #2)|Garth Nix|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1266458951s/47624.jpg|2067752], [b:Abhorsen|334643|Abhorsen (Abhorsen, #3)|Garth Nix|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1388333492s/334643.jpg|2339177]): wall on the northern part of the kingdom on the other side of which dead things and unexplained magic run wild
*the [b:Redwall|7996|Redwall (Redwall, #1)|Brian Jacques|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1327877368s/7996.jpg|486980] series by Brian Jacques: (hear me out before you laugh) medieval type of society with warriors and monastic scholars and kings and etc
*[b:The Darkness That Comes Before|301538|The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1)|R. Scott Bakker|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1348584339s/301538.jpg|887432] by R. Scott Bakker: doesn't fit 100% with my young adult statement, but Game of Thrones is what this book could have/should have been - complex and challenging, but comprehensible, political maneuvering and machinery, magic, and religions sects
*and many more, but those are the top three that come to mind
This is a grown-up version of all of the above. Dragons, political messes, war, religion plus a bit of sex and romance - perfect grown-up fantasy cocktail. Now, give me book #2!
*the Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix ([b:Sabriel|535197|Sabriel (The Abhorsen Trilogy, #1)|Garth Nix|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1364172886s/535197.jpg|3312237], [b:Lirael|47624|Lirael (Abhorsen, #2)|Garth Nix|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1266458951s/47624.jpg|2067752], [b:Abhorsen|334643|Abhorsen (Abhorsen, #3)|Garth Nix|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1388333492s/334643.jpg|2339177]): wall on the northern part of the kingdom on the other side of which dead things and unexplained magic run wild
*the [b:Redwall|7996|Redwall (Redwall, #1)|Brian Jacques|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1327877368s/7996.jpg|486980] series by Brian Jacques: (hear me out before you laugh) medieval type of society with warriors and monastic scholars and kings and etc
*[b:The Darkness That Comes Before|301538|The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1)|R. Scott Bakker|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1348584339s/301538.jpg|887432] by R. Scott Bakker: doesn't fit 100% with my young adult statement, but Game of Thrones is what this book could have/should have been - complex and challenging, but comprehensible, political maneuvering and machinery, magic, and religions sects
*and many more, but those are the top three that come to mind
This is a grown-up version of all of the above. Dragons, political messes, war, religion plus a bit of sex and romance - perfect grown-up fantasy cocktail. Now, give me book #2!