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Knight's Shadow (Greatcoats, #2)
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“It's stories that inspire people to change. It's stories that make them believe things can be better.”
I planned to leave a small gap between finishing Traitor's Blade and then starting its predecessor, but I loved Falcio, Kest and Brasti for too much, and I just needed more!
I personally actually preferred Knight's Shadow, despite loving Traitor's Blade. We have hilarious scenes once again, a very engaging plot, with mysteries and twists and turns that were executed really brilliantly, shocking me but also making the pieces all fit together.
Of course, the highlight is the bromance at the heart of the story. Falcio, Kest and Brasti are just beyond brilliant. I wish I could hang out with Brasti. It would be crazy, unpredictable and probably dangerous, but a lot of fun!
“Happiness is a series of grains of sand spread out in a desert of violence and anguish.”
The interactions and dispositions of the trio make them so funny together, but they also have such character depth, with their own flaws, their own separate tribulations, and different reactions to the situations they are thrust into, which adds another layer to this story that also makes you very attached to the characters as individuals. I think Knight's Shadow had more moments of gravitas and tension between these characters in precisely the right moments to make them believable and also possible to empathise with.
This continues the story of the surviving Greatcoats attempting to keep their final oath to a dead king. It is a world full of brutality. Full of betrayal and overall a lack of hope. But these characters and what they stand for adds the heart. They continue for the oath, but more so for each other. They are ground down by all these trials and tribulations, but they show character and carry on. It makes them lovable, but also creates a great tone and atmosphere as we follow these essentially good people in a dark and unforgiving world.
Knight's Shadow has Sebastien de Castell's classic sharp and witty humour, but also so much more. The plot is really great. The prose is very effective. The lore and the settings are really well crafted, and I am looking forward to finding much more about the world and characters when I begin the third instalment of this series.
4.5/5 STARS
I planned to leave a small gap between finishing Traitor's Blade and then starting its predecessor, but I loved Falcio, Kest and Brasti for too much, and I just needed more!
I personally actually preferred Knight's Shadow, despite loving Traitor's Blade. We have hilarious scenes once again, a very engaging plot, with mysteries and twists and turns that were executed really brilliantly, shocking me but also making the pieces all fit together.
Of course, the highlight is the bromance at the heart of the story. Falcio, Kest and Brasti are just beyond brilliant. I wish I could hang out with Brasti. It would be crazy, unpredictable and probably dangerous, but a lot of fun!
“Happiness is a series of grains of sand spread out in a desert of violence and anguish.”
The interactions and dispositions of the trio make them so funny together, but they also have such character depth, with their own flaws, their own separate tribulations, and different reactions to the situations they are thrust into, which adds another layer to this story that also makes you very attached to the characters as individuals. I think Knight's Shadow had more moments of gravitas and tension between these characters in precisely the right moments to make them believable and also possible to empathise with.
This continues the story of the surviving Greatcoats attempting to keep their final oath to a dead king. It is a world full of brutality. Full of betrayal and overall a lack of hope. But these characters and what they stand for adds the heart. They continue for the oath, but more so for each other. They are ground down by all these trials and tribulations, but they show character and carry on. It makes them lovable, but also creates a great tone and atmosphere as we follow these essentially good people in a dark and unforgiving world.
Knight's Shadow has Sebastien de Castell's classic sharp and witty humour, but also so much more. The plot is really great. The prose is very effective. The lore and the settings are really well crafted, and I am looking forward to finding much more about the world and characters when I begin the third instalment of this series.
4.5/5 STARS
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Hmm I read the first, but thinking about it, audio must be even better, 🤔 good idea to continue the series.
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Cat wrote: "Hmm I read the first, but thinking about it, audio must be even better, 🤔 good idea to continue the series."The audio is really great in my opinion :)
