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A review by hatswood
Children of Fire by Drew Karpyshyn
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I grabbed this on a whim from a used book store since I knew the author's name and nothing else. Drew was a lead writer on the first 2 Mass Effect games which is easily my favourite video game franchise. He worked for BioWare for a long time as a writer on games like Baldur's Gate, Star Wars: KOTOR, and a bunch of other absolute bangers. I grabbed it simply because I trust the author as a storyteller.
Anyway, the book was great. Classic sword and sorcery stuff, with a few points of graphic violence. The plot centres around 4 essentially bastard children of a Satan type character who rebelled against the Gods and was banished. The world is slowly moving on (to quote another great series) and these children are either the way forward to a better future, or will be the downfall of the world.
The characters are diverse, the world building is great, outside of the main 4 characters there's basically no plot armour, and the way Drew approaches magic is very interesting. My only gripe is that the ending feels a little off-kilter from the rest of the book, but it does leave the events of the next book very open.
Great read, keen for the second one, 4.5 stars.
Anyway, the book was great. Classic sword and sorcery stuff, with a few points of graphic violence. The plot centres around 4 essentially bastard children of a Satan type character who rebelled against the Gods and was banished. The world is slowly moving on (to quote another great series) and these children are either the way forward to a better future, or will be the downfall of the world.
The characters are diverse, the world building is great, outside of the main 4 characters there's basically no plot armour, and the way Drew approaches magic is very interesting. My only gripe is that the ending feels a little off-kilter from the rest of the book, but it does leave the events of the next book very open.
Great read, keen for the second one, 4.5 stars.