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A review by fastasashark
The Fell Sword by Miles Cameron
3.0
3.5/5 stars
The quality of The Fell Sword dropped a bit compared to The Red Knight. In the Red Knight I thought Cameron did a great job at balancing all the different POVs without letting them get out of hand or hinder the story. But I have to admit the first half of The Fell Sword just didn't flow as well for me, and it felt like just too many POVs switching around too often to set up the second half of the book. Plus there was way too little of the Red Knight and his mercenaries.
That said, I think the second half of the Fell Sword was very good and fixed a lot of what I didn't like in the first half. Cameron found a better balance as all the POVs came together to make a more complete picture.
I also have to say I really loved the Yule climax of Part 2: The Winter War. Tapio's hall of N'gara was especially awesome and I'm now super liking the irks. Also Bill's elk 😁 Overall loving the mystical creatures and beings emerging more since the end of the last book.
I think the other thing for me is that, while the magic system is actually really cool, the power of those who can use it and what they can do isn't well described and sometimes feels determined by convenience. Maybe I've gotten too pampered with Sanderson but I'd love for it to be more structured/consistent.
Overall enjoying the series though and will be continuing it.
The quality of The Fell Sword dropped a bit compared to The Red Knight. In the Red Knight I thought Cameron did a great job at balancing all the different POVs without letting them get out of hand or hinder the story. But I have to admit the first half of The Fell Sword just didn't flow as well for me, and it felt like just too many POVs switching around too often to set up the second half of the book. Plus there was way too little of the Red Knight and his mercenaries.
That said, I think the second half of the Fell Sword was very good and fixed a lot of what I didn't like in the first half. Cameron found a better balance as all the POVs came together to make a more complete picture.
I also have to say I really loved the Yule climax of Part 2: The Winter War. Tapio's hall of N'gara was especially awesome and I'm now super liking the irks. Also Bill's elk 😁 Overall loving the mystical creatures and beings emerging more since the end of the last book.
I think the other thing for me is that, while the magic system is actually really cool, the power of those who can use it and what they can do isn't well described and sometimes feels determined by convenience. Maybe I've gotten too pampered with Sanderson but I'd love for it to be more structured/consistent.
Overall enjoying the series though and will be continuing it.