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joshuawalkerauthor 's review for:
The Ruin of Kings
by Jenn Lyons
4.5/5
This book was so epic and grand in scope, yet so intimately focused on character at the same time. As some one trying to write epic fantasy, I can see myself returning to Jenn Lyons for more lessons. It was a wonderful read, dark and solemn like our own mythologies, and not at all like the fritter side of fantasy. The storytelling was great, footnoting added so much relevant subtext and drove the story forward, which is a rarity. Sometimes the world building was a bit too ambitious and escaped my comprehension skills, but the story always caught me up quickly again. The pacing was up and down in parts, but this is a debut novel fam so that really doesn’t bring it down too much at all in my eyes. It was a slow start but it’s a heavy, detailed storyline that once you wrap your head around the basics, it will never let you go. Can’t wait to get into book 2. I think I have a new favourite to put up there with my classic list of authors.
This book was so epic and grand in scope, yet so intimately focused on character at the same time. As some one trying to write epic fantasy, I can see myself returning to Jenn Lyons for more lessons. It was a wonderful read, dark and solemn like our own mythologies, and not at all like the fritter side of fantasy. The storytelling was great, footnoting added so much relevant subtext and drove the story forward, which is a rarity. Sometimes the world building was a bit too ambitious and escaped my comprehension skills, but the story always caught me up quickly again. The pacing was up and down in parts, but this is a debut novel fam so that really doesn’t bring it down too much at all in my eyes. It was a slow start but it’s a heavy, detailed storyline that once you wrap your head around the basics, it will never let you go. Can’t wait to get into book 2. I think I have a new favourite to put up there with my classic list of authors.