A very slow burn and not much plot to speak of, but a wonderfully textured and fascinating world seen through the eyes of a young slave boy, Etan. Twelve and a half hours of immersive, richly detailed storytelling read/performed by Shannon Gunn, a narrator who is fast becoming a favourite of mine = ...
I'll keep this short because I want to go and read some of Tristan's other stuff: That was lovely. Very well written and completely compelling. I don't think there's much of a plot to speak of, more just a series of events. But it's so evocative and lush that I didn't really notice. Best fantasy M/M...
Woooow. So i bought this book at lunch time...and lost the next seven hours under its spell. Completely riveting, gorgeous story-telling wrapped up in the most delicious prose. Elegant, lovely, poignant prose. Mr. Tristan will be an auto-buy from here on out.
A sweet m/m fantasy romance. This is a well written novel with interesting characters but I would have liked it darker. The romance is slow to develop and the sex scenes lack detail and erotica.Impoverished 19 year old Etan is bonded to Master Roberd Tallisk who will tattoo his body to make him one ...
4 HeartsReview written for MM Good Book ReviewsEtan is a young man who is tossed out of his home after his fathers death, travelling to the Kered city is his only hope of survival. But things don't go his way and he soon finds himself signing himself into servitude to survive, he is brought to the a...
This is not my normal type of book… yet I found it compelling reading, this is an excellent piece of fiction, the writing sublime and the prose just... So. Damn. Beautiful. I found the whole experience enchanting, I was transported into a fantasy world that is brought to life by the amazing words an...
Just jotting down some thoughts: This book took me by surprise with how involved I got. Reminiscent to [b:Kushiel's Dart|153008|Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)|Jacqueline Carey|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1328168291s/153008.jpg|2990010] in some ways, which is my all time favorit...
I’ve been looking forward to reading another fantasy work by this author after having read and enjoyed his [b:Forest of Glass|15729056|Forest of Glass|John Tristan|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1341041043s/15729056.jpg|21407819] some time ago. I remember that work for its richly descrip...
I received this story as an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.This was an interesting, and well written story. So many of the ideas that formed the world and it’s people seemed complex and well drawn, but I felt like I was dropped into the middle of the story without any sort of id...
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