Blood Song (Raven's Shadow, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Aug 14, 2015 D.G. marked it as to-read

Shelves: fantasy, 1st-in-series

Started this in audio but all the voices sounded alike. Switching to print.

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Dec 28, 2012 Chompa rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, 2015

I really enjoyed this book. It was one of those that gripped me from the start and was awesome, but sadly bogged down a bit about 3/4 of the way through. The author used some flashbacks/forwards(?) that were not clear. I got it eventually, but when you are running full speed it sucks to stumble. That said - he recovered very well and the finish was very strong. 4.3 stars?

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Jul 02, 2013 Jesslyn rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: cat-epic-fantasy, cat-series-ongoing, audiobook-whispersync-companion, z2014-kindle-reads

I'm really not sure why people where comparing this to Sanderson or Rothfuss. Did no one read Mark Lawrence's The Broken Empire? In any case, I started off thinking this was boy lit--all testosterone and swordly prowess, but it turned out to be a nuanced look at loyalty, religion, honor, love and magic.

Being a '1st' book, there were times when the prose could have been smoother or a change of subject came too abruptly, but I have no doubt that this trilogy (series?) will just get better.

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Jul 17, 2025 Roshio rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, epic

This was a great fantasy book, excellent story telling, compelling hero, decent plot. I unfortunately have heard that the next two books do not meet the same expectations so perhaps this is where the road ends for me.

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Jun 05, 2015 Jesslyn rated it it was amazing

Shelves: re-read, cat-epic-fantasy, cat-series-completed, cat-series-not-a-cliffhanger, audiobook-whispersync-companion, audio-book, audiobook-discounted, cat-too-good-for-words, z2015-kindle-reads, audiobook-great-narration

Re-read 9/30/16: Still one of my favorites. If you're going to do dark fantasy, take this as your model.

The story and narration are wonderful. On to #2 ...more

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