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A review by booksforscee
Age of Ash by Daniel Abraham
4.0
Kithamar runs on the life blood of its people, all of them from the very wealthy to the very poor, and maybe something more
We follow Alys - emo queen of bad decisions
and Sammish - who is way too tired to be dealing with everything - and by everything I mean Alys' bad decisions.
In the beginning we don’t know much, apart from the hardship the characters see and face everyday from children. They need to make money to buy food and they will do that anyway they can - running cons and cutting purses.
They know as little as we do about magic, riches and crafted daggers. Then something happens that thrusts Alys, and through her Sammish, into a world where the decisions they used to make seem easy and nothing is certain
A great slow paced fantasy willed with morally grey characters, old gods and even older magic.
I really enjoyed this book, though there were at times were I was wishing that the suspense and mystery would give way to action sooner - the descriptions and world building started to drag slightly. But the action when it does come is enrapturing and definitely worth the wait. The plot twists and turns and so do the characters !
(Massive thanks to Daniel Abraham and Orbit publishing for the opportunity to read this book !)
We follow Alys - emo queen of bad decisions
and Sammish - who is way too tired to be dealing with everything - and by everything I mean Alys' bad decisions.
In the beginning we don’t know much, apart from the hardship the characters see and face everyday from children. They need to make money to buy food and they will do that anyway they can - running cons and cutting purses.
They know as little as we do about magic, riches and crafted daggers. Then something happens that thrusts Alys, and through her Sammish, into a world where the decisions they used to make seem easy and nothing is certain
A great slow paced fantasy willed with morally grey characters, old gods and even older magic.
I really enjoyed this book, though there were at times were I was wishing that the suspense and mystery would give way to action sooner - the descriptions and world building started to drag slightly. But the action when it does come is enrapturing and definitely worth the wait. The plot twists and turns and so do the characters !
(Massive thanks to Daniel Abraham and Orbit publishing for the opportunity to read this book !)