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A review by kiwi_fruit
Age of Iron by Angus Watson
4.0
This first novel in the Iron Age series has a well paced story, interesting characters who work well as a team and witty dialogues. Due to the obvious “Magic” elements, , this book is definitely better categorised as Historical fantasy, which isn’t my cup of tea normally, however read as a fantasy novel, it worked for me. I will continue with the second novel in this series. 3.5 stars
Fav. Quotes:
He could have stood like a hero of old and met the Maidun force, he thought as he ran, but there were old soldiers and there were brave soldiers. You can’t be both.
“When people ask for advice,” he said eventually, “they are usually looking for corroboration”.
Aithne was right, perhaps not literally, but men did seem to fall heavily for her every now and then. It was a shame she never felt the same way. Usually she pitied her suitors, and pity was about as big a turn-on as incontinence.
There was one unpleasantly opinionated man who thought he knew best and spoke over everyone else, but that was heartening because, as Drustan pointed out, every group needs its twat, and if you’re in a group of people and there isn’t a twat, then it’s you.
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e.g. druids able to read minds and little girls able to resurrect themselves and kill attacking dogs at a distanceFav. Quotes:
He could have stood like a hero of old and met the Maidun force, he thought as he ran, but there were old soldiers and there were brave soldiers. You can’t be both.
“When people ask for advice,” he said eventually, “they are usually looking for corroboration”.
Aithne was right, perhaps not literally, but men did seem to fall heavily for her every now and then. It was a shame she never felt the same way. Usually she pitied her suitors, and pity was about as big a turn-on as incontinence.
There was one unpleasantly opinionated man who thought he knew best and spoke over everyone else, but that was heartening because, as Drustan pointed out, every group needs its twat, and if you’re in a group of people and there isn’t a twat, then it’s you.