I have not read a huge number of epic fantasies in my life; my experience in that genre is limited primarily to GRRM's Song of Ice and Fire and Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy. But one thing I hear about a lot of fantasy epics is that there is a great number of characters in them, and the scope...
I was aware of Daniel Abraham as one half of the J.A. Corey partnership that penned the Expanse Trilogy, so I decided to try out his fantasy novels - and made a great discovery. Over the years I've become somewhat picky in my fantasy reading, and whenever I find myself confronted with over-used tro...
A Shadow in Summer (Long Price Quartet, #1) by Daniel Abraham Shadow in Summer had one of the most interesting magical systems and cultures I've encountered. In this world, poets use words and rhythms to trap ideas into the corporeal forms of andat. In the main culture, gestures and positions play ...
3.5 StarsAs a disclaimer the edition I read this in was an omnibus but since the book is due back I shall have to finish the quartet at a later date. Such a date to be determined in the indefinite future.I feel one should aim to give most books a taste, unless of course you understand them to be com...
Rereading, I still love this book. Actually, I think I love it more. However, one thing did start to bother me. I love Amat. She's an archetype you so rarely see in fantasy novels: an older woman, no magical skills or combat abilities, just tenacity and mad talent at accountancy. I love that she tri...
I really, really didn't like this book. Everyone in the fantasy community had rave reviews so I had really high hopes. It has the most incomprehensible cover blurb of all time, which makes sense now because I have absolutely no idea how to describe it myself. There were a lot of characters and every...
The world building here is far more interesting than the characters that live in it.Abraham's world is one where poet's controls spirits, where stance is more important than words, and brother can kill brother. The name makes the magic.It also is a world controlled by guilds. The idea of magic is g...
I picked up this book because of the laudatory blurbs from both George R.R. Martin and Connie Willis.I know Abraham has co-written with Martin before; although this is his first solo novel, it doesn't read like a first effort in any way - it's definitely engaging, above-average fantasy.The world is ...
S'alright. Annoyed that certain literary personages, who are apparently of some economic and narrative importance, are not under armed guard at all times. Rather liked the postures & gestures. Had a hard time getting too interested in the nauseating adolescent lust plot, and am hoping that one of...
I read this as the first part of a double book - combined with 'A Betrayal in Winter' these are the first two volumes of 'The Long Price' quartet as 'Shadow and Betrayal'. The remaining two volumes, 'An Autumn War' and 'The Price of Spring', are combined into a second double book, 'Seasons of War'.T...
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