A review by stormlightreader
Warriors of the Storm by Bernard Cornwell

4.0

I've read reviews that complain of tiresome writing and following an aging warrior, but if you're going to invest in a series, you need to accept that the writing is likely to become fairly formulaic and yes, the main character is going to age.

I am very much a series person. I like changing places and adding new characters, but ultimately following a character, or group of characters. Warriors of the Storm was a good instalment in the series, with some great character development and appearances.

It was great to get some of

Finan's backstory but it wrapped up too quickly for my liking

. However, getting some more on what

drove Finan from Ireland

was good. We got some friction between

Uhtred and Æthelflaed,

which makes sense since they tend to disagree (and we didn't really see friction between them in the show).

Æthelflaed

does so much more in the books and that's so good to see.

Even though her position as queen is disputed by a lot of male characters

, it's what you'd expect given the time period the books are set in and this didn't feel like it was addressed as much in the show. Stiorra is incredible in the books! I like her in the show but in the books she is fantastic!

Stiorra kills Brida in the show and the books but in the books it's even more wildly done

. Excellent scene.

Overall, it felt like a bit of a filler but better than The Pagan Lord and still enjoyable.