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A review by booksforscee
Seven Deaths of an Empire by G.R. Matthews
3.0
3.5 stars
"“Live,” Emlyn answered, stuffing a warm cloak into a backpack. “Do that and you make all the choices, mistakes and successes you want. Stand there, do nothing, die, and all those choices are gone forever.”
Two things in this book stand out to me. One being the characters, the second being the magic system.
Throughout the book you follow two POVs -
Kyron, a Magician apprentice, code name Edgelord of confusion, and Bordan; General in the Emperors army, otherwise known as a cinnamon roll with a sword. Honourable mentions - Emlyn for being the real MVP and keeping everyones shit together.
I am a sucker for a good murder mystery so when you sprinkle in political intrigue, magic and a march through an amazing forest I am very very happy
Its definitely a character driven book, and I did struggle at the beginning of the book to relate to the world. TBH I still can't really picture it much, but I have SUCH a strong impression of all the characters which is what really kept my interest and made the pages fly by after the first 25-30%
There were parts where I found some of the prose, though beautiful, was excessively long, like I had to take a minute to figure out what the hell a sentence meant. There was also a sense of just being told the worldbuidling, rather than shown. After the halfway mark the characters came through for me and I didn't notice things like the excessive sentences or the infodump of worldbuilding.
Overall an enjoyable read, the ending had me at the edge of my seat !
Sidenote: I am slightly disappointed to find out this is a complete story - and I have SO many questions that need to be answered that I thought would be in the sequel. Who killed the Emperor ? Where did Kyron go in the glade?? (IYKYK)
(Massive Thanks to Rebellion Publishing and GR Matthews for the opportunity to read and review this book )
"“Live,” Emlyn answered, stuffing a warm cloak into a backpack. “Do that and you make all the choices, mistakes and successes you want. Stand there, do nothing, die, and all those choices are gone forever.”
Two things in this book stand out to me. One being the characters, the second being the magic system.
Throughout the book you follow two POVs -
Kyron, a Magician apprentice, code name Edgelord of confusion, and Bordan; General in the Emperors army, otherwise known as a cinnamon roll with a sword. Honourable mentions - Emlyn for being the real MVP and keeping everyones shit together.
I am a sucker for a good murder mystery so when you sprinkle in political intrigue, magic and a march through an amazing forest I am very very happy
Its definitely a character driven book, and I did struggle at the beginning of the book to relate to the world. TBH I still can't really picture it much, but I have SUCH a strong impression of all the characters which is what really kept my interest and made the pages fly by after the first 25-30%
There were parts where I found some of the prose, though beautiful, was excessively long, like I had to take a minute to figure out what the hell a sentence meant. There was also a sense of just being told the worldbuidling, rather than shown. After the halfway mark the characters came through for me and I didn't notice things like the excessive sentences or the infodump of worldbuilding.
Overall an enjoyable read, the ending had me at the edge of my seat !
Sidenote: I am slightly disappointed to find out this is a complete story - and I have SO many questions that need to be answered that I thought would be in the sequel. Who killed the Emperor ? Where did Kyron go in the glade?? (IYKYK)
(Massive Thanks to Rebellion Publishing and GR Matthews for the opportunity to read and review this book )