A review by godfrina
The Tyranny of Faith by Richard Swan

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Talk about explosive finish.

I admit the first 40% or so were a bit slower going for me - the prose is just as magnificent as book 1, mind you - it's very political and scheming at first.
However, at about the 50% mark it's one bang after another and I finished the latter half in a single sitting.
I might be delusional but I still hope for some happiness for Vonvalt and Helena.

I love how absolutely everybody is morally grey to say the least and has personal hardships/relationships to overcome or come to terms with all the while an insane plotting of a coup is going on (
I do kind of pat myself on the shoulder to have at least thought of the possibility of who might be actually pulling strings while first introduced to the character fairly early on. Well done me :)
). Sidenote: I love the german-esque names and countries in this world! I've never really come across a fantasy world like it.
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