A review by hankhank
The Will of the Many by James Islington

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

I'm only a casual fantasy reader, but after loving Babel last year on Book Tik Tok's recommendation, I decided to trust them on this rec, too, and oh my god, I'm so glad I did. The first section of the book feels like a conventional fantasy story, but as the pages creep up, the conventions start getting broken, the mysteries swiftly intensify, and the story gets more and more gripping. Up to the halfway mark, this was a 3 star read for me, but after the first 'WTF is actually going on' moment, I couldn't put this book down. I will be sleeping outside the bookshop for the second book's publication.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent