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A review by ink_and_pages_
The Winter Road by Adrian Selby
5.0
I really enjoyed reading this book, it was great to have a complete story in one novel and found the pacing was reflective of that, having less time to mess around or for the story to be padded out.
Here's what I loved:
Harsh world
Brutal really well written fight scenes
Emotional, driven, well-formed characters
The magic system based around plants/nature
The Oskoro (will check spelling)
Well done history for the characters
Pacing of the story
The letters (they could've been their own book/series of books)
The writing style, although took a little to get into with the 'lingo'
The fact the author took the time with emotional scenes and also little touches throughout the book that included the depth to the world and the characters we follow in the story.
I read this over my holidays and found myself thinking about it when not reading which to me is a great thing. Just overall very impressed with this book. I read a lot of "grimdark" novels and this one pleasantly surprised me. It was 'grimdark' but also full of heart too.
Highly recommend!
Here's what I loved:
Harsh world
Brutal really well written fight scenes
Emotional, driven, well-formed characters
The magic system based around plants/nature
The Oskoro (will check spelling)
Well done history for the characters
Pacing of the story
The letters (they could've been their own book/series of books)
The writing style, although took a little to get into with the 'lingo'
The fact the author took the time with emotional scenes and also little touches throughout the book that included the depth to the world and the characters we follow in the story.
I read this over my holidays and found myself thinking about it when not reading which to me is a great thing. Just overall very impressed with this book. I read a lot of "grimdark" novels and this one pleasantly surprised me. It was 'grimdark' but also full of heart too.
Highly recommend!