A review by kitvaria_sarene
Blade of Tyshalle by Matthew Woodring Stover
4.0
This starts of with Harry's youth, so if you're waiting for the sequel to start off where Acts of Caine stopped, you'll be in for a surprise. It does continue the story later, so fine be afraid to be kept hanging.
It was even grimmer than the last, and some scenes really had me flinch. There's a scene for example where a woman is raped and her breast eaten at the same time for scale of how bloody this can get. So it's really another step up, and if you want to avoid such violence, this might not be the right book.
Otherwise I really enjoyed it - we get a deeper inside into the characters. Caine has to grow as he is crippled after the events in book one, and has to somehow learn to live with that. This story also won't be a nice cup of tea for him, and things only get worse. Lots of action, lots of betrayal, old friends resurfacing, new allies found, and quite some twists kept me well entertained and interested all the way through.
Also I really liked the end - though I obviously won't spoil it. ;)
It was even grimmer than the last, and some scenes really had me flinch. There's a scene for example where a woman is raped and her breast eaten at the same time for scale of how bloody this can get. So it's really another step up, and if you want to avoid such violence, this might not be the right book.
Otherwise I really enjoyed it - we get a deeper inside into the characters. Caine has to grow as he is crippled after the events in book one, and has to somehow learn to live with that. This story also won't be a nice cup of tea for him, and things only get worse. Lots of action, lots of betrayal, old friends resurfacing, new allies found, and quite some twists kept me well entertained and interested all the way through.
Also I really liked the end - though I obviously won't spoil it. ;)