King of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #2) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Feb 13, 2016 Shannon rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2016, fantasy, epic-fantasy, male-author, adult, magic, novels, male-protagonist, necromancers, trolls

The most interesting thing I took away from this book was that I started to like Jorg, albeit just a bit, more. He still does reprehensible things, don't get me wrong, but he's older and wiser and not so eager to jump in and kill people without asking questions first. He strategizes a great deal more as well and really tries to think many steps ahead of his opponents. Jorg actually seems to be bothered when certain people are hurt or die, instead of just forgetting them and moving on. He thinks ...more

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Sep 19, 2012 Jesslyn rated it it was amazing

Shelves: cat-epic-fantasy, cat-series-ongoing, z2012-kindle-reads

Okay so that was actually 10 stars.

Favorite Quote:

“The next words out of your mouth, priest, will be ‘Yes, Your Highness’ or you’ll be making a meal of this cane.” To his credit the priest hesitated, then said, “Yes, Your Highness.” I doubt he believed my lineage, but he sure as hell believed my culinary predictions.

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Apr 04, 2017 Samantha wickedshizuku Tolleson rated it liked it

Shelves: male-lead, high-fantasy, under-revision, 3-stars, not-manga, 2017, dystopian, title-k

The plot for this book is insanely brutal. When I thought that I couldn't find anything anti-hero, Mark Lawrence proved me wrong. ...more

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Aug 06, 2014 Chompa rated it liked it

Not sure what happened here. Prince of Thorns was pretty damned awesome. This one just didn't hit me the same way. Don't get me wrong - it isn't bad. It is quite good. Just wasn't amazing.

I will be reading the next book. ...more

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