A review by teri_b
A Blackbird in Silver by Freda Warrington
5.0
I discovered this book by happenstance as my local library has all three books of this series available as audiobook.
I started listening and then just gobbled this story up. The narrator's voice is the perfect fit for the story told. It is epic fantasy that takes us onto a quest with three main characters that still have got to find out how they fit together and what to make of each other. Each of them comes from a different nation, with a different background, some of which we know, some of which we don't.
Throughout the journey the backstory of this world is revealed and the devastation, the serpent has recently dealt out. I loved the world building and also how the concept of yin and yang was introduced into it. And then there is magic and magical moments as well as moments of utter despair. There are demons and sages, and different kind of beings, and there is the blackbird too. Not all is yet revealed though, after all, this is book one.
The language is simple and yet, each word is so precisely set as you rarely find in novels that have been written since the computer age came upon us. Can only recommend.
I started listening and then just gobbled this story up. The narrator's voice is the perfect fit for the story told. It is epic fantasy that takes us onto a quest with three main characters that still have got to find out how they fit together and what to make of each other. Each of them comes from a different nation, with a different background, some of which we know, some of which we don't.
Throughout the journey the backstory of this world is revealed and the devastation, the serpent has recently dealt out. I loved the world building and also how the concept of yin and yang was introduced into it. And then there is magic and magical moments as well as moments of utter despair. There are demons and sages, and different kind of beings, and there is the blackbird too. Not all is yet revealed though, after all, this is book one.
The language is simple and yet, each word is so precisely set as you rarely find in novels that have been written since the computer age came upon us. Can only recommend.