The Look of a King

This is another book that was very nicely sent to me by the author. Don't get me wrong...I in no way offered a review, or promised to write one, nor did he even ask for me too... 

But I really enjoyed what he wrote here in his story, so therefore I WANT to talk about it! 

When reading the back of the book, I found myself interested right off the bat. I mean, this stuff is right up my alley anyway, but I did wonder how it would stand out from the rest too...

To me, this has a very medieval, crusader-style England/Europe feel to it that I really liked. As a fantasy tale with no magic system, it was definitely nice to see this story feel more grounded like a story you'd hear in history. 
The twists and turns in this story definitely have a George R. R. Martin-esque weaving to them, but as it's told in only two perspectives it's easy to follow for those that aren't that huge into gigantic tales. I will say though that I did enjoy it to the point where I wondered about the characters we get to meet. And in that sense, means I would have read more perspectives and more storylines, which is the most Martin feeling part of all. 

I'm really not even sure what else I can say because I want to remain spoiler free, but I need more people to read this, so that I can talk more openly about it. And I definitely need a sequel. 

5/5* please find/buy/read it immediately.

I definetly wasn't expecting The Look of a King to appear in my tbr but what a great surprise it was.

We are introduced to Cyrus, a very humble young man who wants to be a hero like the ones in the stories he likes to tell, but we see him constantly failing. Then, through a series of unfortunate events, he gets a chance to create his own legacy of greatness.

The conclusion was great, delivering on all the promises and pushing the story forward with some new revelations, unexpected decisions and twists.

I guessed the first twist and was dissapointed because I had seen the same thing done in another series. But then that twist twisted itself, and then again. And then another twist. And the best part is that it never felt forced. Each character decision makes sense even when it goes against everything you would expect.

There even was a moment when it felt a bit like reading the ending of a Sherlock Holmes story, when everything seems obvious after some detailed explanation of what was going on away from the main pov character.

I read about half of this book in the time it took my girlfriend to watch Jungle Cruise, which made me really happy after she told me she didn't like the movie and I couldn't stop tapping my kindle screen.

The story is really fast-paced and there aren't filler pages at all, so I would highly recommend it if you're looking for great characters and relationships, unexpected plot-twists, and epic stakes packed in 270 pages. (May I mention the sequel is out and the last book is coming out next year? Yeah, that's a big selling point for me too.)