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A review by patremagne
Tower Lord by Anthony Ryan
4.0
Gonna go with a 4.3 for now...
Really, really liked this far more than I thought I would considering what people have said. Stunning swords & sorcery conclusion, awesome characters and setting, though I had some issues. Lyrna and Reva were way too quick to pick up various different forms of martial prowess. It was kinda jarring, really. Reva was able to put a shaft in someone's neck from a fair distance after like 2 weeks of training (though I will admit there are some passages later that could potentially have me convinced she is (very minor spoiler)). In Lyrna's case it's more spoilery so I'll avoid talking further about it. They were great characters otherwise, though, and I have no qualms about reading Queen of Fire.
Steven Brand is the perfect narrator for Vaelin, and his voice is very easy to listen to, but he's in the narrator-narrator camp (rather than actor-narrator) so it was a bit tough to differentiate voices occasionally.
Really, really liked this far more than I thought I would considering what people have said. Stunning swords & sorcery conclusion, awesome characters and setting, though I had some issues. Lyrna and Reva were way too quick to pick up various different forms of martial prowess. It was kinda jarring, really. Reva was able to put a shaft in someone's neck from a fair distance after like 2 weeks of training (though I will admit there are some passages later that could potentially have me convinced she is (very minor spoiler)
Spoiler
blessed by the WorldfatherSteven Brand is the perfect narrator for Vaelin, and his voice is very easy to listen to, but he's in the narrator-narrator camp (rather than actor-narrator) so it was a bit tough to differentiate voices occasionally.