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5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum http://bibliosanctum.blogspot.com/201...
Oh my, this one was SO MUCH FUN. Unexpectedly so. Even when the earliest descriptions came trickling in calling this book a bold, dashing adventure and pure, swashbuckling entertainment, I had no idea! I figured those were just buzzwords, right? Ah, no. In this case, Traitor's Blade really does deliver the great time that all those descriptions promise.
There are so many things I love about this book, but most of all I love ...more
Oh my, this one was SO MUCH FUN. Unexpectedly so. Even when the earliest descriptions came trickling in calling this book a bold, dashing adventure and pure, swashbuckling entertainment, I had no idea! I figured those were just buzzwords, right? Ah, no. In this case, Traitor's Blade really does deliver the great time that all those descriptions promise.
There are so many things I love about this book, but most of all I love ...more
Going to move this up on my TBR pile based on recommendation from someone on /r/fantasy who seems to have tastes similar to mine.
The Cons:
1 star is missing to purely personal preference -> I like light and easy "popcorn" fantasy - but I like it humorous. I also like dark and bloody fantasy, but I want those more epic and with a not so "easy" writing style". So while I enjoy Ryiria for example, the same undemanding writing style put me off in this book. For the dark tone it did have (torture, rape murder, assassins), I would also have wanted a more complex story.
The other star missing is for being predictable. I already gu ...more
1 star is missing to purely personal preference -> I like light and easy "popcorn" fantasy - but I like it humorous. I also like dark and bloody fantasy, but I want those more epic and with a not so "easy" writing style". So while I enjoy Ryiria for example, the same undemanding writing style put me off in this book. For the dark tone it did have (torture, rape murder, assassins), I would also have wanted a more complex story.
The other star missing is for being predictable. I already gu ...more
ok'ish to start but a bit on the light side to compel me to read it now; still may get to it soon
this has started to become really, really good - am about 1/3 in - and I expect to finish it soon, obviously hoping that it stays this way till the end
this turned out to be an excellent read - powerful narrative and many twists and turns of which some major ones are clear from long before, but they are still very entertaining; highly imaginative world building which has a little "iffiness" factor tru ...more
this has started to become really, really good - am about 1/3 in - and I expect to finish it soon, obviously hoping that it stays this way till the end
this turned out to be an excellent read - powerful narrative and many twists and turns of which some major ones are clear from long before, but they are still very entertaining; highly imaginative world building which has a little "iffiness" factor tru ...more
As now I'm reading the second book (Knight's Shadow) and enjoying it to the most, I think it's not fair that I didn't write any review of Traitor's Blade.
Story happens in a broken country ruled by an young idealist king that was beheaded by corrupt Dukes and Duchesses who couldn't stand seeing their brutality and power to be reduced by king's laws which were Greatcoats responsibility.
Before the king was killed he assigned each of his Greatcoats a last mission, Falcio the First Cantor and his two ...more
Story happens in a broken country ruled by an young idealist king that was beheaded by corrupt Dukes and Duchesses who couldn't stand seeing their brutality and power to be reduced by king's laws which were Greatcoats responsibility.
Before the king was killed he assigned each of his Greatcoats a last mission, Falcio the First Cantor and his two ...more
Actual rating 4.5
4.5 just for the fact that few parts were a little slow but I really enjoyed reading this book and can't wait for book two. ...more
4.5 just for the fact that few parts were a little slow but I really enjoyed reading this book and can't wait for book two. ...more
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Long live the Greatcoats! When younger and reading or watching the Three Musketeers, did you ever fancy yourself as one of the “brothers” of that fraternity? I know I did as I tied a towel around my neck and ran around the house evoking fear on the cats and my poor sister. This novel by Mr. de Castell, an upcoming star, brought back those memories. This read was great! Right from the opening sentence this book kicks butt! This book is sword and archers with just a touch of magic to keep things i
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Ok so think Three Musketeers set in a fantasy land and everything is just bad
The book had a lot of flashbacks and they worked cos they had a meaning. Instead of beginning at the beginning we began 5 years after the Dukes killed the king and took power. Thanks to Falcio's flashbacks we see why he became a Great Coat, how his life began and small things that happened during those 5 years and before. So the story kept on building. In a way that just felt like building and building, and it took a wh ...more
The book had a lot of flashbacks and they worked cos they had a meaning. Instead of beginning at the beginning we began 5 years after the Dukes killed the king and took power. Thanks to Falcio's flashbacks we see why he became a Great Coat, how his life began and small things that happened during those 5 years and before. So the story kept on building. In a way that just felt like building and building, and it took a wh ...more
Falcio val Mond was the First Cantor of the Greatcoats, passing the King's Justice across the land. But the Greatcoats are no more, disbanded by the venal and power-hungry Dukes, their symbolic - and armoured - coats reduced to tatters along with their reputations, and the King himself is dead. And Falcio, along with his friends and fellow Greatcoats Brasti and Kest, have just been framed for murder...
The debut from Sebastien de Castell, as well as the first in the Greatcoats series, Traitor's B ...more
The debut from Sebastien de Castell, as well as the first in the Greatcoats series, Traitor's B ...more
It’s been a really, really long time since I’ve read a book I couldn’t put down. Nice to see there’s still some out there.
Jul 28, 2014
Paul
rated it
it was amazing
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Jan 26, 2015
Danette Cole
marked it as to-read
