07-21-2022, 07:18 AM
Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard
What if the band of heroes on epic quest to save the realm all die rather than save the kingdom? What do you do next. That's the premise of this series and where the book starts off. All the heroes die and only a squire is left to bring word back to the castle of what has gone wrong. It was that premise that made me want to see what happened next. Well, bad things happen. And they keep happening.
It's a good bit of world building. Lots of clashing kingdoms ready to go to war. Untrustworthy people. At the center of it is Corayne daughter of a female pirate longing to go on adventure but denied by her mother to go on an adventure. Well her desires come to fruition when it's up to her to stop the scourge that threatens Allward. She joins another band of typical fantasy adventurers to go do the thing at the place to save everyone.
There are a few good twists in the plot. There are a lot of cliche's especially the bickering between the members of the troop. But it was kind of fun. My only complaint are some of the naming conventions. The story revolves opening portals to other worlds through magic. Yet, these portals are called Spindles. I know what a spindle is. It is not a portal. So every time they mentioned the Spindle, I would get thrown out of the story because i thought it was a very poor choice of words and I decried the author's choice. Since the Spindles play such a big role in the story, I read the word a lot. Grrr.
Kind of enjoyable. The second book is out already and is on the way from the library.
What if the band of heroes on epic quest to save the realm all die rather than save the kingdom? What do you do next. That's the premise of this series and where the book starts off. All the heroes die and only a squire is left to bring word back to the castle of what has gone wrong. It was that premise that made me want to see what happened next. Well, bad things happen. And they keep happening.
It's a good bit of world building. Lots of clashing kingdoms ready to go to war. Untrustworthy people. At the center of it is Corayne daughter of a female pirate longing to go on adventure but denied by her mother to go on an adventure. Well her desires come to fruition when it's up to her to stop the scourge that threatens Allward. She joins another band of typical fantasy adventurers to go do the thing at the place to save everyone.
There are a few good twists in the plot. There are a lot of cliche's especially the bickering between the members of the troop. But it was kind of fun. My only complaint are some of the naming conventions. The story revolves opening portals to other worlds through magic. Yet, these portals are called Spindles. I know what a spindle is. It is not a portal. So every time they mentioned the Spindle, I would get thrown out of the story because i thought it was a very poor choice of words and I decried the author's choice. Since the Spindles play such a big role in the story, I read the word a lot. Grrr.
Kind of enjoyable. The second book is out already and is on the way from the library.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm