Half a War and Whisper frpm Mirrowen - book reveiws

Half a War - Joe Abercrombie

The final part of the Shattered sea Trilogy, eagarly awaited and well received.
We follow three new point of view characters as they take part in the event of the war of the Shattered sea. Princess Skara, becomes the linchpin in the northern alliance. Brutal Raith provides us with our combat scenes that the author is renowned for doing so well. And Koll who played a small part in the last two books has matured into his own inner monologue.
The previous books have had some amazing plot twists. And so I spent time while reading trying to guess where they would happen. Even expecting the twists, some of them took me by surprise still.
Such is Abercrombies skill at writing.

Whispers from Mirrowen Trilogy by Jeff Wheeler
                                Fireblood

Dryadborn

Poisonwell

Found this series while it was cheap, suited my tastes so I picked it up.
This is my first paddle into this world, it is different from a lot of others. It has the feel of a high fantasy world but even though I tried I could not make the original races of this world fit with my expectations of a high fantasy worlds. This is a good thing, it make me engage my brain to imagine the races described, rather than just pulling images of established stereotypes.

Fireblood follows a group of young characters as they are set on a fetch quest. The first book really sets the scene for the trilogy well, building the world, protagonists and antagonist are introduced for the story to come.

Dryadborn with the world established we get into the middle part of the story, collecting the pieces of the puzzle needed to finish the quest.

Posionwell the final journey into the Scourge lands. Action, despair and death, all is explained and revealed. A fine ending to the trilogy, everything that I was wondering about in the previous books is explained.

I like the writing style of these books, I was surprised while reading it to see quotes used (in terms that made sense in the story) that I recognized from our history. Upon reading the Authors bio I realised it was his intension as he was a student of history, and is obviously pulling from his education.

I will have to look at other books by this author, I believe he has more set in this world, and it was unique enough for me to want to know more.