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A review by lundos
Blood Song by Anthony Ryan
4.0
I've almost forgot how good this book is.
Sort of a coming-of-age tale but with so much more. We follow Vaelin Al Sorna, the only son of the Battle Lord (top general) of the Realm, who are handed over to a tough school, where he learns about friendship, wilderness survival, fight and to be a warrior of the Sixth Order, defender of the Faith. Vaelin has a secret that he barely know himself, but as we follow him and his brothers in their progress through the training and beginning to become men of war, we meet several important characters in this world. Vaelin Al Sorna has an ability through skill and name to meet all the movers and shakers in this world, and a guiding song to help him understand actions and see the deeper motives of these people.
The world building is great, the plot deep yet simple, the pacing great and the story interesting continuously throughout the book. There are some weird time jumps and some backpedaling later on, but it's easily understood that the linear order are broken. epic tale. The premonitions of things to come a clattered all over the book and so many of these hints are executed perfectly (including in later books).
Overall this is a fantastic debut book and maybe it should be a 5 star review.
Sort of a coming-of-age tale but with so much more. We follow Vaelin Al Sorna, the only son of the Battle Lord (top general) of the Realm, who are handed over to a tough school, where he learns about friendship, wilderness survival, fight and to be a warrior of the Sixth Order, defender of the Faith. Vaelin has a secret that he barely know himself, but as we follow him and his brothers in their progress through the training and beginning to become men of war, we meet several important characters in this world. Vaelin Al Sorna has an ability through skill and name to meet all the movers and shakers in this world, and a guiding song to help him understand actions and see the deeper motives of these people.
The world building is great, the plot deep yet simple, the pacing great and the story interesting continuously throughout the book. There are some weird time jumps and some backpedaling later on, but it's easily understood that the linear order are broken. epic tale. The premonitions of things to come a clattered all over the book and so many of these hints are executed perfectly (including in later books).
Overall this is a fantastic debut book and maybe it should be a 5 star review.