Pros & Cons
Pros
Phil tucker is brilliant in his creation of the path of ascension. The ascendency religion that is at the centre of the world’s belief system is very credible and gives insight into the way people think and why they act as they do. Noah michael levine... Read More
I rarely write reviews, let alone come back to the first book to encourage others, but this series deserves it. Hopefully these points will be adressed in the sequels.
Cons
This author seems to confuse the medieval tournaments with the gladiatorial games of rome!
Highlights
Quality
If this is your genre you will not be disappointed.
The narration was spot on with the voices!
First off, i'll start with the only thing that i didn't quite enjoy in this book, the multiple pov's.
Packaging/appearance
I'm still rather burned out on the absurdly overdone trope of the story revolving around politics and nobility, but one of the ... Read More
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I could not guess what was gonna happen next
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A very interesting story lots of action happening
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He pronounced a few words oddly like strength was pronounced strenth as if there was no g
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At first i was at a loss about how everything would meld together since the barbaric kraugh seemed so far off topic
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Do not expect everything to be tied up nicely with bows or explained in the pages of this first book though the books immediate plot is not left hanging
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The fact that i picked this up after the entire series is done may be giving me a different perspective on this im not sure how id be perceiving it if i was coming into it when no sequels were yet released
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Born and raised within the ascendancy religion he doesnt even realize when his beliefs and the corresponding words cut people to the quick sometimes
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Like i said a thinking persons book