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I'm the author of this book, so I'm not going to do a rating but I did want to take just a moment to say a few words about what I was trying to do in this book.
For those who don't know, I wrote all six books in the series before publishing any of them truth be told when I wrote the books I had no intention on publishing at all.
This allowed me to weave threads between the books, but I made sure that each title had its own conflict and resolution.
My intention was to start small and end big, with the mysteries deepening and the stakes escalating with each book.
Rather than front loading, I purposefully spread the world building and character development across the whole series so there is always something new to learn or discover until the final revelation which concludes the series in a very satisfying fashion.
When picked up by Orbit the fantasy imprint of bigfive Hachette they released the series as three, twobook omnibus editions which makes for an exceptional value since you get two books for the same price as most single books.
I hope you'll enjoy these first two books in the series, and I'd love to hear what you think about them so please drop me a line at michael dot sullivan dot dc at gmail dot com.
All feedback is welcomed. This is a light and fun fantasy that happens to be mostly traditional in that it features kingdoms, elves, betrayals, a wizard and a big bad monster and a broken sword.
And oh, yeah, two lovable rogues, a princess, a prince, and a geek, Um, sorry, I mean monk,
It's really all about the adventure, adventure, adventure,
This book was originally two smaller volumes that was combined into one, and I'm not quite sure that combining them was really the proper way to go about it.
Do they really fit together all that well Sure, in terms of characters, but not really in terms of flowing story.
Years pass between the books and the individual adventures are pretty much complete unto themselves, Still, it may not matter that much,
Both are an enjoyable romp, even if it's pretty traditional Sword and Sorcery, So what are the real differences, as opposed to the many, many similarities to the rest of the Traditional Fantasy Adventure Mostly it's in the elves, superior to humans and also the great losers in a long lost war.
Our main surprises revolve around them, too, whether in longplot or characters, so hold your horses, Or not. There really are too few horses in this Fantasy, and that's a feature, not a bug, :
This is not gritty and definitely not grimdark, which I happen to think is a good thing.
The focus is on the story and the characters and in securing life, limb, and kingdom, :
The writing is clear and easy, I'm more than willing to continue on with this series to see where it heads,
This book turned out way better than I expected, Its been a while I rated a fantasy bookstars, that is how much I love this,
This book is a combination of two books, The Crown conspiracy and Avempartha, the first two books of the Riyria Revelations, My review is going to be about the two books,
“Arent you going to say, I told you so” Hadrian whispered,
“What would be the point in that”
“Oh, so youre saying that youre going to hang on to this and throw it at me at some future, more personally beneficial moment”
“I dont see the point in wasting it now, do you”
This book has lots of action which I enjoyed, the magic wasn't much, but based on how Avempartha ended, am expecting more.
The characters are unique with great personalities,
The world has amazing history that I can't wait to explore more of, The friendship and relationship between the protagonists is amazing,
World building and Writing
The world building is explicit, I believe it can be improved.
There is no confusion. I also love the depictions of the world, The writing is way too contemporary for fantasy, but the author did such a great job that it didn't reduce my rating of the book.
The book is written in third person multiple POVs,
Characters
Hadrian Blackwater is one of the protagonist and also a member of Riyria which means two.
He is a thief, assassin and lots of other things, Despite his job, Hadrian is kind hearted and is willing to help people in need, He is also a great fighter, He literally walks around with three swords,
Royce Helborn is the second member of the duo and also the second protagonist in the series.
He is mean and cynical which is totally part of his job description, He can get into any building and see very well in the dark,
“Actually,” Royce said, “I dont have any political leanings, They get in the way of my job, Noble or commoner, people all lie, cheat, and pay me to do their dirty work, Regardless of who rules, the sun still shines, the seasons still change, and people still conspire, If you must place labels on attitudes, I prefer to think of myself as an individualist, ”
Some other lovable characters are Alta and Arista which are siblings and also royalty,
Fanen and Mauvin which I adore, these brothers adore themselves,
Esrahaddon is a handless, thousand year old wizard, He reminds me of Heboric from Malazan,
Finally Myron who is a monk, He has a photographic memory and loves to read, He has never been outside the monastery since he got there at three,
“Are there women here”
“No,” Hadrian replied sadly,
“Oh. I was hoping to see one, Do they keep them locked up as treasures”
Hadrian and the others just laughed,
Myron looked at them, mystified, then shrugged, " Full review now posted!
When I first read The Name of the Wind a few years ago, I just knew that Patrick Rothfuss would be my favorite fantasy author for the rest of my life.
Im a loyalist once I hitch my little fan wagon onto a fandom train, Im there until the end of the line.
Even if the quality goes down, even if plot twists in a way that I hate, even if I have to wait years and years between installments, my mama didnt raise no quitter.
And Im definitely not quitting the Kingkiller Chronicles, But I have to confess that Rothfuss has been usurped as king of my fantasyloving heart by Brandon Sanderson, whose creativity and work ethic knows no bounds.
Once the throne was taken from him, I felt sure that Rothfuss would at least remain the prince regent, but alas.
Now that Ive found Michael J, Sullivan, my former favorite may have been relegated to the wings,
Did Sullivan use words as paint on the canvas of his pages to craft sentences so lovely they made me want to weep No, he is not Rothfuss.
Did he build a world and a magic system so real I suspect I could step inside the book, followed by plot twists that stop my heart and make me scream in shock No, he is not Sanderson.
But thats what is so refreshing about Sullivan hes not trying to be anyone but himself, Hes not trying to reinvent the wheel, If anything, he tries to pack as many fantasy tropes as he can into his novels, Hes not trying to do anything new for the genre, What he is trying to do, and what he is succeeding at, is put out something fun and lighthearted in the midst of an overabundance of grimdark entries into the genre, and he manages to do so without coming across as cheesy in any way.
Theft of Swords was so much fun! Hadrian and Royce had great chemistry, The partners were thieves for hire, with Hadrian serving as the muscle and Royce as the sticky fingers, Usually when partners are the main characters of a story, I have a favorite, But I couldnt choose between Hadrian and Royce, Theyre both snarky and sassy and good men against their better judgment, There are host of fun side characters as well, my favorites of whom are Ersahaddon, Magnus, and especially Myron none of whom I want to say much about because I dont want to give anything away.
Besides the wonderful characters and sassy dialogue, Sullivan also managed to add a lot of mystery into a fun romp of a fantasy, which I thought was pretty different.
He managed to write a really engrossing fantasy in easy to read, everyday English, I would recommend this book to anyone who loves fantasy, and especially to those who sometimes have a hard time focusing on a book.
Lack of focus wont be a problem here, for sure, I cant wait to read the rest of the series, and everything else Sullivan puts out! I am so excited about this one: I made a longer review on my blog, here it is:
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I have no mixed feelings about this book: I simply loved it.
Now, this is two books in one pretty much, Both stories are really good but the second lays the foundations for the following development,
I am clearly in love with Royce and Hadrian, the gooddeed doers, although often because Hadrian jumps the gun!
Arista and Alric are also really great, and I have a soft spot for Arista, woman and independent, educated and clever, strong and humble as well.
I really liked her.
Esrahaddon is by far the most mysterious of all of them, He lived foryears in a prison out of time, if you pass my saying so, So much mystery around him, his
abilities, his history, He is also a great character,
And despite Royce saying he hates them, I actually happen to really like the dwarf!
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The two books in this tome are AMAZEBALLS!
BookThe Crown of Conspiracy
I fell in love with Hadrian Blackwater and Royce Melborn right off the bat.
They are moseying along to get to their destination and they are over taken by a few bandits of sorts.
And Hadrian and Royce have this conversation with themselves and with the bandits, Said bandits are a little confused at the relaxed manner of the Riyria men, But once they find out who Hadrian and Royce are, they are beside themselves trying to get things cleared out for them to pass on their way with no trouble.
Oh, to have written that whole part of the book in my review of this first book.
So this jerk sets up Hadrian and Royce into stealing a sword from the king, They said it was all easy since said jerk had already moved the sword to a hidden place, I mean come on, who would fall for that AND they didn't want to do something short notice, They like to plan for a bit, but they did it anyway and all hell breaks loose!
Anyhoo, so they scale the castle, get in and look for the sword and lo and behold, the king has been stabbed and the men are trapped and then of course framed.
Note: There is a little bstard of a dwarf that needs to get his!
Moving on, so Royce and Hadrian are in the dungeons to be tortured and killed.
fjsdgadoghadoigaoihgaiodfdioshgaiga lt that was me cussing!
But the sweet princess, Arista saves them, sets them free and tells them they have to kidnap her brother, Alric, who put them in the dungeons to be killed to begin with.
It's all cray but I love it,
So they drag Alric off and finally tell him all that is going on, Of course Alric is very angry thinking someone killed his father and wants to kill him and is worried for his sister.
But Alric's sister wanted him to go to a secret prison and see a wizard there named Esrahaddon, But lets backtrack for a minute,
Along the way they stop at an abbey but they find out it has been burned to the ground and the monk, Myron is there all alone trying to rebuild the library by rewriting all of the books.
I fell right in love with Myron, He is sweet and funny and omg he has never left the abbey since he was fouryearsold, He had never pet or ridden a horse, never seen a woman, never seen anything, Period. They talked Myron into going with them and the new king, Alric said he would give him a job.
Poor Myron didn't want to go, he was scared but they finally talked him into it, And he was amazed at the world outside, It was so sweet.
Now back to the prison, Royce finally figures out how to get into the hidden prison, they meet Esrahaddon who isish years old.
Against their better judgement they set him free, And now I wonder what he is going to end up doing to the world when we get back around to him.
After all of this, the gang head over to see Count Pickering and tell him what all happened.
The count says he will side with the new king, Alric and starts gathering his forces, But they get word that Alric's sister is going to be put to death for treason and is being called a witch.
I mean she did learn some stuff from Esrahaddon but so far she's a good person and it's the evil uncle that wants them all dead so he can rule.
Jerk!
Count Pickering's peeps aren't all going to get there in time so Alric sends Royce and Hadrian ahead to save Arista which they do ha, it's so awesome and funny.
Let's just say some peeps are beheaded and things are set right for now
Oh and they leave a little message on the wall of a jerk that was going to side with the evil uncle.
BookAvempartha
Holy sht balls! I loved this freaking book!
Okay, so it's like a couple of years later.
. . if I read that right,
Hadrian and Royce are out to seek revenge on the man that almost got them killed, but circumstances changed that and they end up following a girl Thrace back to her home in Dahlgren.
She's afraid for her father because a creature that turns out to be a Gilarabrywn is killing everyone in their little town.
Some of Thrace's other family members have been killed and she can't get her father to leave,
In this book we only have Alric in the beginning of the book when he makes Arista the Ambassador of Melengar.
She has to go and deal with some jerks, And the old Bishop Saldur who is a snake and was for their uncle in the first story, is still in the second book being a jerk.
Oh, I hope someday he gets his!
And, Magnus the dwarf that I thought very badly of in the first book, he made up for it in this second book.
I fell in love with him, And I love the banter between him and Royce!
We find out some revelations about Royce! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! I knew it too! I'm not saying a word, just yeah, I'm looking forward to some cool things going on in the next books.
And we find out a few more things about Hadrian, OMG, I love them both! I can't help it,
The wizard, Esrahaddon, who now goes by, Esra Haddon, is in the same little town, I actually like him a lot, unless he does something bad in the next books, I never did mention that he had his hands cut off a billion hundred years ago! He's still got some mojo though.
And don't you love the play on his name :D
At one point, Arista ends up at this little town too.
They are all up in a castle above it and are having some games on who can defeat the Gilarabrywn.
And of course there is some dumb set up with the evil peeps,
Oh and some of the Pickering boys are back and I just love them, Mauvin is my favorite. I keep hoping something will happen with him and Arista but she just sees him as a brother,
Royce, Esra, Hadrian and even ole Magnus are trying to get into the tower to get this sword because it's the only way to kill the Gilarabrywn.
Well, all kinds of things go right and wrong there,
Some people die that I wish didn't die, I cried during some parts, for sadness and for the awesomeness,
And me thinks there be elves in those woods, . .
I love this book, Theft of Swords! I love the characters, even the evil ones are written perfectly.
I love the world, I love every little thing!!!!! Accept I want Millie to come back, for those of you that know who Millie is.
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I look forward to continuing on in this world,
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