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Seven Princes
by John R. Fultz (Goodreads Author)
by John R. Fultz (Goodreads Author)
Took some time but I finally finished this today! This is a refreshing take on the epic fantasy. The author fast-tracks through map travel, magic studying and sword training, in fantastic package for the people with not too high attention spans. This reader, for one, appreciates this effort. The "slow burn" present in too many fantasy classics is eschewed to ensure a book that throws twists and new plot points every other page, rather than every other volume. The unsubtle presence of magic also cannot be present in too many fantasy novels, and its frequent use here should put books like The Lord of the Rings to shame.
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Reading Progress
| 01/12/2012 | page 37 |
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6.0% | "I'm just on page 37, but this book has already done a lot. I like this eschewing of the epic fantasy genre's trend of "deferred gratification" (e.g. Gandalf's non-use of magic even if he had great powers, Thomas Covenant's refusal to use the White Gold, etc.) In Seven Princes, if something is possible and hinted at, it will happen within the next few pages. Loving this one." |
| 01/14/2012 | page 93 |
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16.0% | "Fangodriel is a bastard, in more ways than one." |
| 01/14/2012 | page 93 |
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16.0% | "Fangodriel is a bastard, in more ways than one. >_" |
| 01/15/2012 | page 115 |
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19.0% | "Virion chases a white fox into the arctic circle, an adventure somewhat that brings to mind Conan's pursuit of the Frost Giant's Daughter. Lines are being drawn between the six kingdoms. War is coming." |
| 01/21/2012 | page 176 |
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33.0% | ""Three Princes going north, and three princes going south. It must be an omen." Also, Fangodriel (or should we start calling him Gammir II?) starts learning blood magic from Ianthe the Claw through drugged dreams..." |
| 01/31/2012 | page 206 |
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39.0% | "Vireon feels his brother Tadarus' death like he had some weird gay telepathic power to learn about his brother who was leagues away to the south. Fortunately, our hero had acquired six wives (and their accompanying snotty brood of giant kids) in the lost Udvorg kingdom by killing their husbands in brutal battle. Now, he is set on returning to the Kingdom of Men and Giants, to give away his Udvorg wives." |
| 04/17/2012 | page 309 |
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59.0% | "A Prince is laid to rest. War plans are drawn. Gammir slaughters his uncle at court." |
| 04/22/2012 | page 353 |
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67.0% | "Sharadza finally get back home with Vor's bones. Shaira updated her on what's to come. Sharadza get all hippy and sentimental and melodramatically anti-war. But still enlists the aid of her sorcery teacher, the Old One Iardu the Shaper. Both leave for Mumbaza to recruit the aid of another sorcerer there. Looks like the princes will be getting some major magical support in the impending war! ^^" |
| 04/22/2012 | page 353 |
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67.0% | "Sharadza finally gets back home with Vor's bones. Shaira updates her on what's to come. Sharadza get all hippy and sentimental and melodramatically anti-war. Yet she still enlists the aid of her sorcery teacher, the Old One Iardu the Shaper. Both leave for Mumbaza to try recruiting the aid of a third sorcerer. Looks like the princes will be getting some major magical support in the impending war! ^^" |
| 05/12/2012 | page 476 |
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90.0% | "Elhathym is sealed and thrown into the Mirror. The now undead Dzan is back on the throne of Yaskatha. And the penultimate chapter 30 takes us back to fallen Shar Dni, now occupied by the forces of Khyrei." |
| 05/15/2012 | page 497 |
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94.0% | "On to the Epilogue!" |
