#Skullsworn

[wyvernwinds]

gonna post my tentative tbr here so i’ll maybe be held accountable by someone other than myself:

- crooked kingdom (reread, starting tonight)

- finish chronicle of the unhewn throne (providence of fire, the last mortal bond, & skullsworn)

- start fitz and the fool trilogy (will not emerge from this one unscathed)

- maybe start the unhewn throne sequel series . if i feel like it after rote

i’m also attempting to work through lord of the rings on audio but we’ll see how that goes

[fuckyeahlegionm]

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Skullsworn by Brian Staveley

~ “The world is broken. Anyone who doesn’t know that, who doesn’t feel it right down in their bones, has to be broken too.” / “What if we’re all broken?”

~ I stared in the cage of my mind, wondering what I had done.

~ Truth doesn’t matter to a mob. Justice doesn’t matter. What matters is rage, having a target for that rage.

~ All the time I’d known him, he’d been so cool, so ready. Even busted up, even bleeding, her never really looked hurt....I could have ended him in that moment, but I needed more. I needed him to scream at me, or beg, or start sobbing. I needed him to deny me, or accept me, or anything other than rock with another punch. I needed to see past the calm to the beating heart of him. The surface of the man was gorgeous, but I couldn’t love a surface.

~ “And who said love was beautiful or gentle? Who said it was only those things?”

~ “What’s the sickness in thinking love is bigger than a few kisses, bigger than running through the same platitudes night after night? Why shouldn’t love be more than that? Why shouldn’t it be braver, more frightening?

~ What I felt--that need to have you close, to have you near me all the time--that wasn’t love. It was something else, something small and grasping and selfish. Love is not this stupid holding on. Love is larger.

~I wanted to be like that, like her. I was tired of doubting the heft of my own heart, of parsing my emotions as though they were weights on some merchant’s scale. I wanted to be full, and furious, and free. I ached with that need, and the ache kept me pinned in place...

~...love is not some eternal state, but a delight in the paradise of the imperfect. The holding of a thing is inextricable from the letting go, and to love, you must learn both.

~ She was gone, utterly gone, but that didn’t matter either. Love is not something you can keep. It is something you do, every day, every moment, regardless of who is dying.

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Title: Skullsworn | Author: Brian Staveley | Publisher: Tor (2017)

[ladyandherbooks]

Book Review 12 - Skullsworn

18.5/20

Skullsworn by Brian Staveley tells the story of Pyrre, an assassin from a religious order serving the god of death, who, in order to pass the Trial must kill 10 people in 10 days, including the person she will love most. This story is full of action, violence, death, sex, love and above all life. This is a story of a woman who is beginning to grow tired of and begin questioning her religion and its gods and whether she really wants to pass the Trial and become a true assassin. 

Brian Staveley has constructed a complex world and religious systems in which Pyrre and the rest of the characters exist and live. It is dangerous and exciting and pulls you in from the moment you begin reading.  

This is not the first book Brian Stavely has written in this universe, he has a trilogy, The Unhewn Throne which already establishes this world and its people and given how much I enjoyed this book I will definitely be picking them up sometime this year..     

[antrontsr]

Skullsworn by Brian Staveley

Just finished reading this, and I’ve got to say it is a solid book.  So much different than I was expecting. It could easily hold up as a standalone but probably better appreciated by those that have read the Unhewn Throne trilogy.

[torpublishinggroup]

32 Books for American Gods Fans

Sometimes they walk among us. Sometimes they empower us. They try to trick us, or don’t care for us, or don’t even notice we’re there. Whatever their agendas, the gods of fantasy literature rarely make characters’ lives any easier. Sometimes, they’re even willing to descend from on high to get their divine hands dirty. Inspired by the brilliant television adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods—in which the old gods are at war with the gods of modernity—here are 32 books in which deities take direct action.

[somewhere-in-the-dungeon]

2020/02/20

Grateful for audiobook narrators with luscious accents.

[aspectofadreamer]

SKULLSWORN - Pyrre Lakatur by Cyprien Rousson

[vera-dauriac]

The Year So Far Book Ask

tagged by @pretenderoftheeast​ Thanks!

1. Best book you have read in 2021 so far?

I’m always nervous making definitive statements about books I haven’t finished, but at 60% of the way through The Magician by Colm Tóibín, it’s going to have to really fuck up the ending not to be the best so far, and likely all year. (This book comes out in September. As a Librarian, I have access to NetGalley, and sometimes I get hooked up with some pretty great ARCs.)

2. Best sequel you have read in 2021 so far?

Priest of Gallows. Love this Peter McLean series.

3. A new release you want to check out?

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton came out in May, and I really need to get it penciled in.

4. Most anticipated book release of the second half of the year?

Probably Joe Abercrombie’s The Wisdom of Crowds, but I’m feeling overwhelming dread about it, tbh. I’m so worried I won’t like it.

5. Biggest disappointment?

My relisten of Brian Staveley’s Unhewn Throne trilogy. The first book was great and the second was fine, but then I got to the third and I remembered just how much I hate Adare, and that Valyn really started to grate toward the end of the series. I’ll probably still check out The Empire’s Ruin when it comes out later this month, but with less enthusiasm.

6. Biggest surprise?

I’ve been meaning to read John Dos Passos for years but I didn’t expect just how much I would enjoy Manhattan Transfer.

7. Favourite new author (either new to you or debut)?

Colm Tóibín. But I’ve also been in a mood to either reread books or at least stick with the same authors. I haven’t been adventurous in the first half, but I feel that about to shift for the rest of the year.

8. Favourite new fictional crush?

It’s not new, but I reread The Trouble with Peace, and all I want in this world is more Jappo.

9. Newest favourite character?

Started KJ Charles’s Will Darling series this year, and both Will and Kim are delightful.

10. A book that made you cry?

In addition to rereading the Unhewn Throne trilogy, I also finally finished the prequel book, Skullsworn, and I definitely cried at the end of that. (And the new book’s tie to this one is actually what still has me somewhat excited about it.)

11. A book that made you happy?

Rereading Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon was so much fun. Robert Audley is such a hilarious slacker.

12. Most beautiful book you have bought or received this year?

Actually, it’s just a cheap paperback, but I really dig the simple cover of my Lady Audley’s Secret.

13. What book do you need to read by the end of the year?

Other than The Wisdom of Crowds, there’s also a new Rachel Reid hockey smut novel, Role Model, coming out, and then all the stuff I need to read for Women in Translation month. And I’m reading Wretchedness by Andrzej Tichý with @lizlensky​  soon. Oh, and of course all the books for my book clubs at work. 😊

Thanks so much for the ask!!!

Tagging: of course Liz. ;) And also... @seeker-in-the-shade​ @revedebeatrice​ @thinkofaugust​ @xn3city​  And literally anyone else. I ALWAYS want to know what people are reading!

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LEAST FAVORITE FANTASY BOOKS IN 2017

Well, it is that time of year again.  The end of the year to be exact.  The time when we all look back at the twelve months in the rear view mirror and reflect on the highs and the lows, the good and the bad.  Sure, I hate picking my Least Favorite Fantasy Books in 2017, but you can’t appreciate your favorite books without contrasting them with those you did not like as much.

Does that mean I’m…

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Book Review: The Last Mortal Bond by Brian Staveley

Book Review: The Last Mortal Bond by Brian Staveley @BrianStaveley @torbooks

My review today is for:

The Last Mortal Bond (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne Book 3)

by Brian Staveley

A copy of this book was provided to me in exchange for an honest review. My opinions are my own.

I read and absolutely loved the first two books of this series. One of my new favorite fantasy series and authors. So I had some high expectations going into this book. Alas all of those expectations…

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Skullsworn - Book Review

Skullsworn – Book Review

I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:  Pyrre Lakatur doesn’t like the description skullsworn. It doesn’t capture the beauty of her devotion to Ananshael, God of Death. And she’s not an assassin, but a priestess. Or she will be, if she can pass her final trial. The problem isn’t killing, as Pyrre has spent her life training for this. The…

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Skullsworn by Brian Staveley

New Review: Skullsworn by Brian Staveley #fantasy #review @UKTor

Pyrre Lakatur doesn’t like the word skullsworn. It fails to capture the faith and grace, the peace and beauty of her devotion to the God of Death. She is not, to her mind, an assassin, not a murderer–she is a priestess. At least, she will be a priestess if she manages to pass her final trial. The problem isn’t the killing. Pyrre has been killing and training to kill, studying with some of the…