A review by yccngz
Bane and Shadow, by Jon Skovron
5.0
This novel was everything I had been waiting for. Hope and Red was amazing, and this one, was phenomenal. We fall back into the world of biomancers, pirates, and royals seamlessly. Hope and Red are in completely different situations but somehow, I never got bored of either of their plotlines. When reading books with multiple point-of-views, I usually pick a favorite storyline and wait for their their chapters but with this one, I was exited for everyone.
The piracy scenes were EPIC and probably one of my favorite parts of the book. I also very enjoyed Red's banter, it was funny to see him in these situations that were completely out of his confort zones, and even funnier to see him make high-class citizens uncomfortable with his vocabulary. Another thing I greatly enjoyed was that whole focus on Nettles. Her character was explored to another level in this book and I really wasn't expecting it, but was very thankful!
I still love love love the world, everything about the empire of storms is so well built and complete. The island setting is original and honestly works very well, I liked seeing more of the differences between each part of the empire and I loved to see the royalty react to Red's New Laven slang. I am vert excited to see how this story evolves.
I honestly can't wait for book 3(soon pls).
The piracy scenes were EPIC and probably one of my favorite parts of the book. I also very enjoyed Red's banter, it was funny to see him in these situations that were completely out of his confort zones, and even funnier to see him make high-class citizens uncomfortable with his vocabulary. Another thing I greatly enjoyed was that whole focus on Nettles. Her character was explored to another level in this book and I really wasn't expecting it, but was very thankful!
I still love love love the world, everything about the empire of storms is so well built and complete. The island setting is original and honestly works very well, I liked seeing more of the differences between each part of the empire and I loved to see the royalty react to Red's New Laven slang. I am vert excited to see how this story evolves.
I honestly can't wait for book 3(soon pls).