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The Shadow Casket by Chris Wooding
5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Wow! Epic fantasy at its best. 

Strong characters, battles, rebels, strange goings on, baddies: this book has everything. It’s a chunkster but keeps you drawn in and unable to stop - no second book syndrome.

Set three years after the events of the first book, our heroes are waiting for the uprising when word of a strange weapon reaches them…

This features some lovely twisty moments and a subtle humour. Grub is fantastic, constantly coming out with one-liners: “Grub like going for drink with Mudslug. More dangerous than expected”. He’s definitely a favourite. 

I was late starting and missed finishing before the release date which meant I could purchase the audiobook which is excellently narrated

Despite being 800+ pages, I finished in a week. I shed tears too, there are battles.  I need the next one now.  

Thanks to Netgalley and Gollancz for an E-arc in return for an honest review.