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I usually have trouble with books in which outright stated facts are proven to be lies, but I found that I didn't mind the trickery in this novel of assassins, sorcerers, and conspiracy. (Heads-up that this novel does not pass the Bechdel test, if that's an issue for you.) '“Do you know what pun...
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http://pro-libertate.net/20120622/185-read-way-shadows
So, "Don't judge a book by it's cover" ... in this case, it was fair for me to. When I was looking to randomly spend some money on a new book or two, I saw this series, but, instead chose Brent Weeks' later effort The Black Prism. Why? Because the covers of this series screamed "Teenage boys' dream"...
A plucky street urchin Azoth wants to be a wetboy (*). Which is basically an assassin on steroids. Minus the unfortunate side effects of acne, neck hump, obesity, testicular atrophy, and man-boobs.* (These are just some of the images that come up in the internet search for "wetboy".) Also, call me i...
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