by Carol Berg
This book almost makes me want to go back and lower every star rating I’ve given in the past 2.5 years by one star, to allow this book to have its own special place on the scale. It’s not that I don’t think the other books I’ve rated deserved the ratings I gave them; it’s just that this book deserv...
This was an excellent conclusion to Valen's story, started in Flesh and Spirit. Even though I had guessed Valen's parentage halfway through the first book, the second one, despite a few fantasy tropes, threw one surprise after another at me. Considering how much fantasy I've read, that is pretty unu...
4 stars
Breath and Bone, the sequel to Flesh and Spirit, is again a masterful work of fantasy. These two books are similar to The Name of the Rose and The Name of the Wind and yet Berg has a singular vision.I highly recommend both of these books.
This book is the second volume in the Dané series, following "Flesh and Spirit". Renegade sorcerer and mapmaker Valen Cartamandua was recaptured and punished by his family. His ultimate punishment is his new employer, rather described as his owner since Valen is bound to his will by means of his con...
It was a pretty good book. One of the twists in the beginning was a genuine surprise, but the other was a confirmation of something I'd strongly suspected for most of the first book. Given the high intelligence of the character involved I'm not sure how more of them didn't at least suspect. It was...
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