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“Everyone shush now,” Falcio said. “I’m about to be impressive.”

When a book is breaking your heart while making you laugh uncontrollably at the same time. :D

♫
Plain writing (plain writing)
Take us so far (take us so far)
Plain writing (plain writing)
Has ruined this book for now
(ruined this book for now)

Lift me up, lift me up
Higher from my slump
Lift me up, lift me up
Ohla la la la! ♫

‘You can’t properly storm off just repeating the same word over and over.
He could have at least tossed in an unspeakable or perhaps unpardonable.’
‘Execrable?’ Kest suggested.
‘Aberrant has more flair,’ Brasti countered.
‘I think you mean abhorrent.’
‘Which one’s aberrant then?’
‘The one that means something else.’
‘Fine. Can we settle on inconceivable?’
‘Now you’re just being silly.’

Princess Bride nod :D

"You must be Ganeleon," she said. "I thought you'd be... older."
"Who the f**k are you?"
She drew a sword from her back and lowered its tip to his throat. "My name is Larkspur, and I am the last woman you'll ever love."
*shudders*

There it goes - out through the window - my hope for at least one normal female character in this book...
Instead I hang out with four gangly limbed old geezers... :D

Giants, Ghosts, Cyclops, Ogres, Centaurs, Necromancers, Walking Dead, Walking Trees, Talking Wolves....
Is there anything left in this world unaccounted for?

So, for book and a half I have been pronouncing main protagonist's name all wrong?
Well, he'll always be Falsio to me. :D

“Was that the entirety of your plan, you gangly limbed, half-starved excuse for a King?
We had shared a dream, he and I. At first it was just the two of us, but we’d tricked others into believing it too.”

Falcio Val Mond. Lead the way...

"A wise man would tell you she's gone, friend, and that you must let her go because nothing will ever bring her back.
But I'm not a wise man.
So I promise you this: I will bring her to you. I swear to you that some day, somehow, I will bring her back to you.
They say everyone faces Death alone - but I will break that law if that's what it takes."

Powerful. And romantic. Morbid, sure. But powerful. :D

"insert some bad-ass quote here"

Book simply doesn't have them that many... but it's really a good one. :D
I have totally forgot how Adamat could be cool sometimes.

First two chapters >>> Oh, I'm gonna like this. :D

It's too peaceful; to quiet for a very long time now.
*sniff sniff*
I swear... it almost smells like... like Steven Erikson's presence. Like Martin's.
"A Red Wedding" of this book is about to happen, I know it... :/

"Hunger sharpened their faces into a grim severity. Kirana longed for the days when every face she saw was some jolly fat parody of itself.
Even my own people look like corpses, she mused.
How appropriate."

Finally, my cold have given up on me, so I can start with one of the most promising series I have read in while.
And this sequel starts with ethnic cleansing, obviously.
"How appropriate".
:D

Probably most innovative worldbuilding I have seen since Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive.
But, as of yet, no usual "Sandersonisms" detected in it.
(That's a good thing) :D

It has Dinosaurs. Dragons. Knights.
It's kinda set in medieval Castile. But it's not. :D
And it feels like something I just need to read... like, right now. :D

"'If one of us lives, then so does something of the other. I love you.' she whispered, and jerked her hand free of [his] grip."

God damn it! This is going to be a sad Sunday I see... :(

It’s all clear to me now! First two books of this series were written by John Gwynne’s evil twin brother. :D
Infinitely better book then the previous two.
Also, Maquin and Fidele? Wh… ho… mhmm… So good. :D

Can we consider downgrading someone's intelligence as a a character development?
I mean, moderately smart Corban from book 1 is highly ignorant in more than half of it's sequel... by his own choice. :D

But Cywen for that matter... now that's a good lass. :D

"Live in the saddle!"
- "Die on the - hog!"

Hogs!? :D One of which quite charmingly called "Ugfuck". :D
Love this already. :D

"The mother, naturally enough, blamed the degenerate Ringil and his evil influence for her son’s lack of advancement, and he was not welcome in the schoolmaster’s house while she drew breath.
This latter activity had come to an abrupt halt the previous month, following a swift and unquenchable fever, sent presumably by some preoccupied god who had overlooked her great righteousness in religious matters."

Savage :D

OK, Miles, you were on a hold for far too long.
The Red Knight; second attempt. :D