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Troy: Fall of Kings review
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Another Gemmell book, another awesome siege. David Gemmell is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors - his writing is descriptive without being dense, fast-paced, and easy to read. Gemmell might do the best fantasy battle scenes and sieges of any fantasy author I've read. Fall of Kings is a...
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Blood of Amber review
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Merlin still isn't as cool as Corwin was, and this book, like the first in this sequel series, doesn't capture the magic of the first series. Merlin is a little bland and some of his decisions are a bit dumb. It's still a good read, fast-paced and full of action, but this set of books doesn't feel...
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Shield of Thunder review
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An excellent followup to Lord of the Silver Bow. Shield of Thunder starts off a little weirdly, since it doesn't follow the main POV characters from the first book until about a third of the way through, but I ended up liking Banokles, Piria, and Kalliades anyway, so no harm there.
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Trumps of Doom review
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I've put off reading the second series of Amber books for a long time because I heard they just aren't as good as the originals. After reading the first book, that seems true to me, but Zelazny is a master and Trumps of Doom is still a great, quick read.
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Ship of Magic review
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It's been a long time since I've read a Robin Hobb book, and I didn't remember much about her style. One thing I did remember is that she likes to torture her characters, and that's definitely true in this book too.
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The Blacktongue Thief review
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The Blacktongue Thief is a book that's been on my radar for quite a while, after having read and really enjoying Between Two Fires by the same author, but I've been putting it off because the blurb on Goodreads is rather generic. Especially when compared to the uniqueness of Between Two Fires, I...
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