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Øyvind

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Mostly reading fantasy and science fiction books, reading while commuting is genius :D

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S. A Chakraborty: The Kingdom of Copper (Paperback)
Brandon Sanderson: Wind and Truth (2024, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)
S. A. Chakraborty: THE CITY OF BRASS (Paperback, Harper Voyager)

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Alan Moore: Jerusalem (2016)
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McLaughlin: Heartland (Hardcover, Little Brown & Company)

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James S. A. Corey: Persepolis Rising (2017, Orbit)

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reviewed Shadow's Edge by Brent Weeks

Brent Weeks: Shadow's Edge (Paperback, Orbit Books)

Kylar Stern has rejected the assassin's life. In the wake of the Godking's violent coup, …

The second book in the Night Angel trilogy

The second book of a trilogy sometimes suffers with primarily being a setup for the final book, this book however does not suffer that fate. That's not to say that there are certain plot lines that's left unfinished for the third book though. The story continues in it's good pacing and we get to know more about the world and new places in it. There characters evolve based on their experiences and all in all it's a well written and fun story.

reviewed The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks (Night Angel Trilogy)

Brent Weeks: The Way of Shadows (Paperback, 2011, Orbit Books)

For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art. And he is the city's most accomplished artist, …

The origin story of Night Angel

The way of Shadows introduces us the world of Midcyru, and we follow the orphan Azoth and his story being teached the art of being a wetboy by Durzo Blint. It's an interesting world that we dip into and the world building is decent, and while the characters appear a bit one dimensional are there more to them and there is some character growth in this book, especially for Azoth.

reviewed Night Angel Nemesis by Brent Weeks (The Kylar chronicles, #1)

Brent Weeks: Night Angel Nemesis (2024, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)

An interesting return to the world of Midcyru

This book has a totally different feel to the original Night Angel trilogy. It both works and throws me of it some times. The book starts fairly shortly after Beyond the Shadows and it one of it's main focuses is how the events from the end of the primary saga has changed the characters and the world. We get a fair bit of world building as we visit new places in the world and there are interesting character developments as well for the main characters of the book. If you like the original series then this is worth a read. You should be fine with having this as your first book into Midcyru since this is the first book in a new series, however you'll probably miss out on quite a few details.

quoted Night Angel Nemesis by Brent Weeks (The Kylar chronicles, #1)

Brent Weeks: Night Angel Nemesis (2024, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)

"Ooooh." said Vi, feeling very very stupid. "So the book made up all that stuff? Just off-the-cuff?" "Off-the-margin, you mean?" "Huh?" "Never you mind. You said when you fil ahead the pages are blank?" Vi noded. "The magic on the book senses who's reading it; that's why only you can read it. It wants to only be read by you, so when anyone else tries, there's some kind of trap triggered..."

— Night Angel Nemesis by  (The Kylar chronicles, #1) (Page 444)

quoted Night Angel Nemesis by Brent Weeks (The Kylar chronicles, #1)

Brent Weeks: Night Angel Nemesis (2024, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)

She scoffs, amused. "Kylar, if you were going to retire, you'd've done it."

"You wouldn't have done that job at the Repha'im estate. Some of my best agents have been doing 'one last job' for me for twenty years, Kylar. ruth is, people like us don't get new jobs. We're lucky if we get new masters---a thousand time luckier that most if our new master as i man like Logan. No matter how you lie to yourself, you'll get pulled back into the life, and the longer you wait to do what you must, the more heartache and grief you'll cause everyone around you.

— Night Angel Nemesis by  (The Kylar chronicles, #1) (Page 0)

Just seems to sum up the premise of the story in this book

reviewed Traitor by Anthony Ryan (Covenant of Steel, #3)

Anthony Ryan: Traitor (2024, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)

A decent end to this series

The traitor finishes the story of Alwyn Scribe that started back in the pariah, and I have some of the same issues with this book that I had with that one. Simply put there's just something about how this story is narrated in these two books that I didn't have an issue with in the martyr. However I'm unable to tell what the is though. I enjoyed the story and the characters and the setting. Alwyn is an interesting character to follow and how Lady Evadine Courlain characters develops through the story is both interesting and scary. We get to see more of the world and get some answers however I have at least as many new questions as the ones that got solved. Parts of the book felt a bit fast tracked however I'm uncertain if slowing them down would work either as that would make the story a …