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I really enjoyed this book. The Rain Wilds Chronicles were the first books I read by Robin Hobb and I couldn’t understand why people seemed to find them so underwhelming, now I see it was the people who have read her other work. This book brings to life the tale of a bastard raised in court to become a killer and a tool, he is bought off and paid for by the king and he knows it. This knowing only makes his loyalty to the throne stronger. I love that the story doesn’t beat around the bush about h
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Well, finished this yesterday. Of course I couldn't stop listening, because I am a huge fan of this series. So I rolled right through it much faster than I probably should have. I posted a blog post about it at my website. Going to do a podcast on it this weekend, 5/25 to 5/27/18. I think one of the things I noticed this read was how much of a role Queen Desire actually played in the way things go down, despite her not being a large part of the story dialogue her presence is really felt through
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A good start to a series. The main character is likeable and has likeable allies. The villain are just evil enough without being cartoonish. I will be going on to book 2 of the series and hope the series will get stronger.
Should spark enough interest in characters and kingdom to set-up a continues interest in Realm of the Elderlings in general and Fitzchivalry in particular.
The book in itself is a cross between an coming of age story,and introductory text of the six Dutchies royal family and it's workings and an introduction to it inner and outer enemies. Great beginning to a potentially very rich and enjoyable saga.
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The book in itself is a cross between an coming of age story,and introductory text of the six Dutchies royal family and it's workings and an introduction to it inner and outer enemies. Great beginning to a potentially very rich and enjoyable saga.
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This is a solid first book. You can sense the magnitude of the events being set in motion. I'm very excited for the rest of the series!
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May 24, 2018
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