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A review by kitvaria_sarene
The Way Into Chaos by Harry Connolly
4.0
I really liked this one!
It has quite some tropes and predictable turns, but it has enough unique ideas to still keep my well entertained. It starts of with a feel like "classic" fantasy with a young prince who likes wine and songs and his friends more than actually training and learning.
They all have to flee the city soon - accompanied by a gruff weapons trainer. Not too long after they need to split up, and so we get different POVs traveling to different locations.
I enjoyed how some characters stay true to what I expected of them, while others grew out of their earlier behaviour. While it took me a bit longer to get hooked by some POVs than others by the end of the book I couldn't say what POV I wanted to know more about next!
The world started out pretty straight forward, but expanded over the course of the story. I especially liked to explore a hidden valley with all kinds of beasts and other mysteries to uncover!
The prose was smooth enough - and there is a brilliant audible version available.
I'll definitely pick up book two!
It has quite some tropes and predictable turns, but it has enough unique ideas to still keep my well entertained. It starts of with a feel like "classic" fantasy with a young prince who likes wine and songs and his friends more than actually training and learning.
They all have to flee the city soon - accompanied by a gruff weapons trainer. Not too long after they need to split up, and so we get different POVs traveling to different locations.
I enjoyed how some characters stay true to what I expected of them, while others grew out of their earlier behaviour. While it took me a bit longer to get hooked by some POVs than others by the end of the book I couldn't say what POV I wanted to know more about next!
The world started out pretty straight forward, but expanded over the course of the story. I especially liked to explore a hidden valley with all kinds of beasts and other mysteries to uncover!
The prose was smooth enough - and there is a brilliant audible version available.
I'll definitely pick up book two!