Suzi
This was the oldest fantasy book on my TBR (around 9 years!) so I'm glad I read it, unfortunately it wasn't a new fave for me BUT I do have this authors new series so I know I'll enjoy the writing in that.
I found the first 300 or so pages of this so compelling, it really gave me the same vibes as The Will of the Many (obviously written much earlier) due to the academy setting and the brotherhood amongst the boys.
Once they were outside of this, it started to lose my interest a bit. It just didn't have enough going on to keep the plot plotting so felt a bit flat and sloggy.
I don't think I'll be continuing in this series, as I've heard pretty much universally that the rest of the series hasn't been liked as much, but I will be trying his newer series.
This was the oldest fantasy book on my TBR (around 9 years!) so I'm glad I read it, unfortunately it wasn't a new fave for me BUT I do have this authors new series so I know I'll enjoy the writing in that.
I found the first 300 or so pages of this so compelling, it really gave me the same vibes as The Will of the Many (obviously written much earlier) due to the academy setting and the brotherhood amongst the boys.
Once they were outside of this, it started to lose my interest a bit. It just didn't have enough going on to keep the plot plotting so felt a bit flat and sloggy.
I don't think I'll be continuing in this series, as I've heard pretty much universally that the rest of the series hasn't been liked as much, but I will be trying his newer series.