by Carol Berg
I thought the first half of this book was four-star material. I was interested in it, I liked the characters, and I found myself thinking about the story when I wasn’t reading it and speculating what might happen next. Somewhere around the halfway point, fortunately during the weekend, this turned...
Flesh and Spirit is the first book of a duology that concludes with Breath and Bone.The main character is Valen, a man running from his destiny. He is a pureblood, which means he has magical ability, and he is also the youngest son of a family of famous mapmakers. But he was unable to learn to read,...
This book is mostly boring, and when it's interesting, it's often grotesque. I'm not a big fan of stories where the main character is a druggie anyway, even though this is an interesting addiction, to be sure.
More 2.5 stars for me.Berg can write. Her prose is rich. Her world building is great. She gives the right amount of detail. She starts the story in a good place.Sadly, I had trouble keeping people straight. I kept forgetting who was who, and Valen's style of telling the story can at times dista...
4 stars
Name of the Rose meets Name of the Wind.
The two bookes "breath and bone" and "flesh and spirit" can't very well be revised separately since they're actually one single REAL long novel. But, nevertheless: In a world that is faintly reminiscent of a mix of 14th/15th century Europe (France in particular)and the roman empire, there are purebo...
I enjoyed the book. I was annoyed to find out it was part one of what I think will be two and the second one will not be out until January. One part of the mystery seems very obvious to me but I won't know for sure until January.
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