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Publisher: Independently published
Publication Date: 1st November 2021
Genre:Fantasy
Summary:
In a land where the wolf wind and mists roam like ghosts, the conflicted son of a witch was knighted by the king. Knighted to repay a debt to his father.
His name is Calec.
He alone holds knowledge from both the knighthood and the mysterious witches of the woods.
When the king's sheep are found lying in the snow, riddled with black rashes and hemorrhagic eyes, Calec is summoned to discover the reason for their deaths. Then, as human victims arise in the city, Calec uncovers an eerie string of clues. He seeks the aid and determination of pious Eristin—his betrothed and niece of the king—but to catch the murderer they must find answers, answers hidden beneath a web of secrets ensnaring the royal family, a witch, an innkeeper, a priest, and a former thief.
And Calec never suspected he'd have to choose between the only two things he's ever loved.
Review:
Firstly thank you to Love Books Tours and R.M Schultz for having me on this tour and sending me a copy of the book.
Now I've read a book by this author before so I knew going into this to expect some brilliant world-building and characters that were really interesting, and that's exactly what I got. This is the first book in what is currently a 9 book series so I expected to have a lot of explanation and filling in of gaps of information about where we were to take up the bulk of this book and don't get me wrong we do have a lot of that but the way we get given the backstory of our MC Calec is really well done. Instead of the usual, the MC is telling us, the reader, about his backstory and important information we need to know about family dynamics etc we get Calec answering questions from his betrothed and that gives us what we need to know, and I really liked that format it makes me feel like a fly on the wall rather than someone he's talking too. I've loved all the world-building and learning about the dynamics of the different groups of people in this world, It is all so brilliantly written that once I start reading I'm drawn in and I don't want to put the book down, I think the first time I picked it up I flew through the first 30 chapters without even realising that id read quite so much in one go, it really is such an easy to read fantasy book.
I've found Calec such an interesting character, his conflict with his witch side and his "Normal" side really intrigued me and his whole friction with his brother was something I immediately wanted to dive deeper into, I loved that we got pieces of his past given to us like crumbs of a trail to follow but equally I could have just sat and read about his past so easily.
I can't wait to read the rest of this series, I'm actually reviewing books 2 and 3 in February so I don't need to wait too long to read more but I will be finishing this series this year! Unless the author writes more books...
Firstly thank you to Love Books Tours and R.M Schultz for having me on this tour and sending me a copy of the book.
Now I've read a book by this author before so I knew going into this to expect some brilliant world-building and characters that were really interesting, and that's exactly what I got. This is the first book in what is currently a 9 book series so I expected to have a lot of explanation and filling in of gaps of information about where we were to take up the bulk of this book and don't get me wrong we do have a lot of that but the way we get given the backstory of our MC Calec is really well done. Instead of the usual, the MC is telling us, the reader, about his backstory and important information we need to know about family dynamics etc we get Calec answering questions from his betrothed and that gives us what we need to know, and I really liked that format it makes me feel like a fly on the wall rather than someone he's talking too. I've loved all the world-building and learning about the dynamics of the different groups of people in this world, It is all so brilliantly written that once I start reading I'm drawn in and I don't want to put the book down, I think the first time I picked it up I flew through the first 30 chapters without even realising that id read quite so much in one go, it really is such an easy to read fantasy book.
I've found Calec such an interesting character, his conflict with his witch side and his "Normal" side really intrigued me and his whole friction with his brother was something I immediately wanted to dive deeper into, I loved that we got pieces of his past given to us like crumbs of a trail to follow but equally I could have just sat and read about his past so easily.
I can't wait to read the rest of this series, I'm actually reviewing books 2 and 3 in February so I don't need to wait too long to read more but I will be finishing this series this year! Unless the author writes more books...
Krystina xx
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