by Greg Keyes
The storyline of The Briar King is fantastic. I enjoy fantasy plots with a doomsday prophecy and characters who have no idea what they’re getting themselves into. There are the stereotypes that one comes to expect in this sort of novel: stubborn, hot-headed princess, naive priest, brave knight, cyni...
This book grew on me the more I read it. I liked it from the beginning, but I also didn’t have any trouble putting it down to do other things. The further I got into the book, the more invested I became in the story and the characters, and my reading sessions started to get longer. I don’t think t...
In today’s world of speculative fiction there are several different genres of fantasy. Though I can remember the days when there was only one and we described the novels we read with multiple adjectives rather than high jacking for nouns. Even though there many genres to explore, I lost count of the...
As far as fantasy goes, The Briar King was very ambitious. Keyes crafted a very detailed realm, complete with epic back story and lore, though communication of that realm some times fell short. I had issue with the many terms Keyes used at the beginning. The definitions could more or less be gleaned...
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This excellent fantasy series ("Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone") is veryreminiscent of George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire - except thatit's actually finished! (There's one more book in the series that Ihaven't yet read.) It follows a similar format, structurally, and the'feel' of the writing is v...
Fast and gripping read. I was swept away by the stories and intrigued by the magic and history of this world. The other books are already ordered :)
Another traditional Fantasy which I enjoyed, mainly because I found that the female characters were well realized. It is the story about political elbowing, and straight out murder for the crown and of course in the backdrop of a growing threat from powerful evil beings bent on destruction of the wo...
I am not a fantasy fiction aficionado. Compared to a lot of people, I'm not even particularly well read in the genre. (Notably, I have yet to pick up George Martin, Terry Brooks, or Terry Goodkind). But I am someone who used to read fantasy regularly and eventually gave up on all but a few authors d...
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