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Title: The Way of Shadows
Title: The Way of Shadows
Series:
Night Angel #1
Author:
Brent Weeks
Rating:
4.5 of 5 Stars
Genre:
SFF
Pages:
659
Format:
Digital Edition
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Synopsis: Spoilers |
Azoth becomes apprenticed to Durzo Blint and becomes Kyler. Magic, politics, love and death all roll into one super messy ball.
Kyler becomes the possessor of a magic
ball that gives him extraordinary powers. And just as he's gaining
them, he's forced to kill his master and watch his city fall to
invaders. Throw in a prophet, some other magic balls, a complete
godking of evil, best friend becoming king and teen love and you have
this story in a nutshell.
Oh, don't forget the violence. Lots and
lots and lots of violence.
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My Thoughts: Spoilers |
I had forgotten just how brutal this book was. It was heart wrenching to see everything falling apart for Kyler. Yes, he's successful in apprenticing under Blint, but by the end of the book, all Kyler has is his life and the life of the girl he loves. He sees, and we experience, everything else going to the pit. Friends? Dead, killed, imprisoned. Mentors? Poisoned, paupered, destroyed. It is all torn away.
The book ends on a slightly hopeful
note, as the city nobles and craftsmen flee and destroy everything to
deny it to the invaders. Kyler is alive, even though he died. The
legend of the Night Angel has taken seed and the invaders know
“something” walks the shadows. The prophet has set things in
motion to stop the godking from total domination. The War has
Started.
The writing definitely shows that this
is Weeks' first book and is not nearly as polished as his
Lightbringer series. Nothing
stood out as wrong, but some things weren't just as “right” as
they could have been.
To
end, I thoroughly enjoyed this book again and both cheered and
groaned at the triumphs and tragedies woven throughout this story.
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