#ace's bookclub reviews

[theaceofskulls]

Farsight: Crisis of Faith

I have been sitting on my thoughts on this book for awhile because it's yet another reason numerical ratings would fail me if I ever seriously did reviews.

My feelings on it are complicated but surprising.

Let's back up:

So one day I said "God, I know Phil Kelly's books on Tau are controversial but I'm desperate to listen to any Xenos book and legitimately want to know more about the Tau. I'm going to go ahead and try this out"

That was months ago. I put this down for a bit midway through and finally picked it back up and listened to it straight through in one go.

And then I waffled about how I felt about it for almost a solid month.

First up: whatever you've heard about Phil Kelly, his actual prose is decent actually. When this book is good, it's actually really good, and Kelly cooked with the Tau propaganda footage scene where he literally just describes an average Imperium factory without the intentional detached satire of the setting. It's legitimately one of the best chapters of a 40k book.

When this book is firing on all cylinders, it's easy to go "hey why don't people like this? You just have to excuse- oh right."

Because there's no getting around the fact that the Ethereals are moustache twirling, Saturday morning cartoon villains that are stupidly evil and somehow they're not even the most obviously evil character in this book because Por'Mal'caor exist (btw, thanks for the narrator for making that sound like Paul Malcor the entire book).

And I find that character fascinating and I hate it. A Tzeentch possessed Tau who is dealing with the fact that he's basically experience cosmic horror and is being slowly hollowed out because his species is more resistant but not immune to the warp is just so fun, and his inability to lie due to Tzeentch playing a funny prank on the caste that reveres the ability to lie is great.

But as the story goes on, it's really hard to justify everyone else holding onto the idiot ball around him so that he survives until the end.

And the idiot ball is the best way to describe a lot of the events of the book. The Tau as a whole don't come off as badly as I was led to believe but it's so weird to find some of the most evocative stuff right next to segments of plot where I feel like I'm watching a frustrating cartoon series that's aiming for two audiences at once and makes everyone look stupid because of it.

And the thing that's most frustrating is this: I don't hate the book. I actually kind of liked it, and I can't articulate how that works.

This book cements the Tau mind control issue I have with the faction's current identity where their leaders are 100% already cartoonishly evil rather than just heading down the same potential paths to ruination that all other civilizations went down, as are the water caste who are hilariously petty and cruel in this with almost no redeeming qualities.

Farsight comes off as blind to literally everyone openly plotting against him just as much as he comes off as charmingly naive in other segments (shout out to one of my favorite moments where he thinks he's inspired a slave revolt on the lower decks of the ship... by turning off the geller field that keeps the daemons out. Who knew the imperium kept all these weird alien workers below deck?).

Half of it also feels like it's making winking references to things I don't know about because I don't know enough of the faction in question, and it awkwardly slows down just enough to highlight these call forwards in a way that makes me feel like I'm being excluded, but not enough to yank me fully out of it.

A lot of the book is mindless action that stretches just a bit too long but it doesn't feel as brainless as Guy Haley's Space Marine fights, and there's not a lot of "bolter porn" for xenos so it's hard to complain about it.

Lastly, the narration, as that's a small element that pulled me out the first time and I had to just get through: Andrew Wincott does a great job for the most part alongside Helen McAlpine, but he reads the entire thing in a sinister tone. Despite the title and several characters, it feels at odds with the tone of the book and serves to continuously both make the moustache twirling worse, the main cast seem less heroic (which the idea is that they should be seeing themselves as heroes even if they aren't in the grand picture), and the action scenes stacked against them. Also, the space marines in this book are obnoxious for the voices that were chosen for them which makes the final confrontation something of a slog more than an enjoyable face off. That said, he does a good job with trying to differentiate voices and noticeably avoids accenting the tau too much outside of using regional dialects at points, which is better than most of the community.

And yet, the book is endearing enough to endure these faults in a way that some of the other books I've dropped hasn't been.

I both want to recommend it and want to continuously bemoan it. Watching a young Farsight who sometimes comes off as pathetic and other times as this mythic hero is fantastic, I just wish that to emphasize he's wearing rose tinted glasses and blinders, we didn't have him miss 50ft tall neon signs.

So it remains a tentative recommendation, especially due to its novelty, and I feel like people who like Tau want to kill me for that, regardless of how conflicted I feel on it.

And what probably will earn me even more lashes at my eventual public whipping is that within an hour of finishing the book, I decided to pick up book 2.

Basically: if you're curious about Tau and are willing to make peace with the fact that you'll rarely be able to talk about this book without people immediately jumping on how much they hated it, give it a read.

It's not quite the "it's good when you don't have someone telling you it sucks" but it's close to that, and I can't help but feel that the fact that it fell short by virtue of some creative decisions is what drives most people crazy about it.

[gwen-tolios]

Ace Bookclub Recap - Coffee Cake

I love to share ace book recs, but I was a little wary about talking about this one. But my bookclub talked about it for almost a solid two hours - rare in a group that likes to ramble - and I want to just...collect feelings about the rep I guess.

Book has been added to my Ace Rep Database.

Summary: Bran Kendrick never expected to fall in love. He’s asexual, after all. What chance does he have of finding someone who’ll see past that? So when Malachi Warren catches his eye, Bran tells himself his crush will pass. Malachi disagrees. He has been attracted to Bran for some time, something he is delighted to find Bran reciprocating. They begin to date and feel their way through an intimate relationship that meets both their needs. Suddenly Bran finds himself juggling a new boyfriend, a demanding job, and a college degree he’s not sure he wants, but he couldn’t be happier—until a series of seemingly random accidents befall Malachi. When they escalate, Bran realizes someone is trying to take away the best thing that ever happened to him, and he must scramble to keep Malachi safe while they search for the would-be killer.

Spoilers and smut talk below the cut because surprise! This book a 5/5 on the smut scale. Yeah, we should have read the reviews more closely.

At the end of chapter 5, there had been three graphic sex scenes and that pace continued. And while as a sex neutral ace I don't necessarily mind sex scenes, this many scenes staring two men I saw no chemistry between I couldn't handle it. I DNF'd the book.

Oddly enough, I was the only ace around the table who didn't bring themselves to finish it. Though many people were skimming/hate reading by the end.

We weren't thrilled with the ace rep. Bran does outright says he's ace, but then throws himself into a new relationship - including being the first one to initiate a sexual scene as a virgin - and has zero intrespection about it. For a guy confused and worried about how being ace will get in the way of a relationship in chapter one, it's no longer a concern by chapter three and never is again. It's especially obviously that his orientation was put on the backburner when he does go through a self-evaluation. Determining what his career would be was a plot point, not determining what he might or might not like in a relationship. What a strange thing for a romance.

We never saw him as acting like or embodying an ace mindset. 90% of the book wouldn't change if he had been allo.

That said, the sex scenes were weirdly ace? By which I mean Mal, especially early on, is contanstatly checking in and tells Bran it's okay if he has boundries. (Though they never really have that conversation, and Mal takes Bran initiative in a lot of cases to mean 'always yes'.) There's also never penetrative sex, and I found myself oddly charmed at a scene where Bran gets Mal off and when it's 'his turn' Bran just gets a massage that puts him to sleep. Bran is focused a lot of Mal's pleasure - which does feel very ace - but then he jumps into sex so often it...kinda ruins it.

A lot of us were really happy to see a sexual ace in a book! But the sheer number of times these two did it (multiple times in a hosptial bed too????) cheapened the idea of how rare it is and failed to treat that balance of sex and ace thoughts with any nauence.

Add to that a slew of characters who felt very scripted and a bunch of logical holes in the 'someone is trying to kill Mal plot' every ace at bookclub was just...dissapointed. We had such high hopes.

[fiction-heals]

Heyooooo. It is June 1st, so... time to review this list and see how well am I doing.

I finished 4 out of 24 hitherto, all of them in January. I am in the position to assume that my list lasted a month and that’s it lol

Likely DNFs, I tried and just. meh. Not the time or not interested anymore (*signs the ones I’ll give one more chance someday):

Sea of Tranquility,

O mapa de sal e estrelas* (too sad),

The travelling cat chronicles* (just not the time for the Japanese storytelling yet)

Making my way through (the alarmingly long ones, the first two on the list):

Heaven Official’s Blessing (26%)

Oathbringer (47%) 20-aug-2023

Juniper and Thorn (bookclub pick… 26%)

Cytonic (buddy read that’s kinda forgotten and it’s been a year since we started aa it shan’t be left like that no more)

El día que dejó de nevar en Alaska (28%)

Now, books I read that were not on the list!! But were definitely on my shelf or borrowed from a nice person in my life:

A prayer for the crown shy

The Push

Sixth of the Dusk

Ace: what asexuality reveals about desire, society and the meaning of sex

The Undressed Art: why we draw

Kim Jiyoung born 1982

Tudo é rio

Mo Dao Zu Shi book 1 (reread)

Mil Milhas

End of the year update c:

Just finished a buddy reading that was postponed for like half a year lol In Deeper Waters by F. T. Lukens, though the author is a babe, their book is sadly not. Such inconsistencies wow o.o anyways.

What I have started and maybe plan to finish next year is:

A Taste of Gold and Iron (35%) 5 jan

Cytonic

Oathbringer (still at 15%, hey 21%)

El día que dejó de nevar en Alaska (23%)

Sea of Tranquility (likely dnf)

What Moves the Dead (35%) 10 jan

Remarkably Bright Creatures 20 jan

Books I want to get back to soon:

Heaven Official’s Blessing (15%)

Knappt en Droppe Blod

Kings Rising

Dune Messiah 25 jan

Books I will get to in 2023 *snorts

Vita Nostra

O mapa de sal e estrelas (meh. 21% likely dnf)

The Atlas Paradox

Dark Rise (oh please. It’s time.)

What Big Teeth

A Thousand Splendid Suns

O Clube dos Jardineiros de Fumaça

As Canções da Terra Distante

Juniper and Thorn (21% and??)

O gato que amava livros

The traveling cat chronicles

The Sword of Kaigen

The Mirror Season

31-december-2022

4/24

[i-want-a-bagel]

3, 12, 25 <3333

hi bestie!!! 🥰

I already answered 3 here 🌼

12. Any books that disappointed me

Reader Player Two, by Ernest Cline

I loved Ready Player One, thought it was so fun and honestly well thought and the main character was an asshole and it was so compelling, and I was genuinely so excited for the sequel, and it sucked

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck, by Mark Manson

someone I usually trust recommended it to me a few years ago and I saw it was available for free through my library so I decided to give it a shot and holy shit, what an awful ace/arophobic ableist book

I ended up skipping around and it just nope, wasn't readable, and then I checked the reviews online and saw others agreed

25. What reading goals do I have for next year?

Well, as you know, I made a big discovery this year which is that I actually love book clubs now that I'm an adult and don't have mandatory assignments and schedules related to my reading. I am hoping to participate in more group readings (including the Destiel fic reading club and the Cursed bookclub). I am also going to set a goal of 50 again on Goodreads simply because it's a nice tool to keep track of what I've read and when.

on a less realistic level, I would love to read through all the books I bought and haven't read yet, but that's like 150 novels so I don't think that's possible 😂

thanks for the ask friend 🥰

[paperback-ponderings]

🏳️‍🌈Global Pride 2020🏳️‍🌈

While I've only been reading one of these books during Pride Month I'm going to call this my Global Pride 2020/Pride Month 2020 mini-review list. The titles on this list are a mix of non-ficiton and fiction titles, and not all are published works.

Title: Reverie Author: Ryan La Sala ISBN: 9781728221014 How I got the book: borrowed per employer policy Review: I didn't actualy finish this book and it's a book I should have finished as I'm the YA bookclub host and this was our January YA bookclub book. But, I ended up only getting around halfway through by bookclub night and then winging it with the one attendee (he had read the entire book, but also said he wouldn't have gotten through it were it not for the audiobook). The book was a very slow start, and I felt like the side characters shone much more than the main character. I also felt like the author got so hung up in the artistry of his writing individual sentences/descriptions that he really lacked in writing things like decent transitions or the how and why of vital parts of the story (though again, I didn't finish, so maybe these hows and whys were resolved after I gave up). All that said, this book is lauded for queer representation, for a reason: the main character is gay, he has a reciprocated love interest, there's a drag queen, and another characer reads like she might be a lesbian (but this is never stated).

Title: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Author: Alison Bechdel ISBN: 9780547347004 How I got the book: read on Hoopla through my local library Review: Fun Home is a graphic memoir (and the basis for the play of the same name) of Alison Bechdel's early life through college, and includes her discovering her sexuality, coming out, and discovering and grappling with her father's sexual orientation after his death shortly after she starts college. The memoir serves the draw parallels between daughter and father, but also to find signs and markers in hindsight about her father.

Title: Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex Author: Angela Chen ISBN: 9780807013793 How I got the book: I recieved an eARC to read and review through Edelweiss Review: Ace has an anticipated publiction date for September 2020 (though publication dates have been changing due to the pandemic). The book stands poised to be an excellent reference for asexual and allo-sexual readers alike, as it constrasts the expreiences of those who may be thought of as more obviousuly asexual (the sex repulsed) and those who are are less obviously asexual (the sex neutral and even sex positive); talks about romantic loves vs. sexual feeling vs. friendship; explains key differences to celibacy and incels; and more. The book also discusses it's limitations as a book that ultimately focused on mainly White and Asian respondents, and thus perpetuates white-washing issues. The book uses highly accessible language and would be a great resource on its own or in a class.

[basicshadowhuntersstuff]

Closing out 2018 in Shadowhunters news, updates, sneak peeks, and behind the scenes. All the stuff you need to stay up to date.

Official Promotion

The one and only Magnus on day 17 of #25DaysOfTeasers. #Shadowhunters 

Vampire stare down. Day 18 of #25DaysOfTeasers. #Shadowhunters

Yup, that was as awkward as we imagined it would be. Ollie meets her first #Shadowhunters in this deleted scene from Season 3 Episode 3. Day 18 of #25DaysOfTeasers. 

This beauty on day 19 of #25DaysOfTeasers. #Shadowhunters 

Working or Christmas shopping? Day 20 of #25DaysOfTeasers. #Shadowhunters 

We’re glad the Owl is no longer on the prowl #Shadowhunters

If anyone can charm Lorenzo, it would be Izzy. Deleted scene from #Shadowhunters Season 3 Episode 9. Day 20 of #25DaysOfTeasers. 

Together again. Jace & Aline behind the scenes of #Shadowhunters Season 3B on day 21 of #25DaysOfTeasers. 

.@EW shares an exclusive first look at the February 25 premiere of #Shadowhunters Season 3B. 

ICYMI: The hunt for Clary is on. Thanks @EW for this #Shadowhunters final season first look. #ShadowhuntersLegacy 

Yes, they're talking about Simon. Day 22 of #25DaysOfTeasers. #Shadowhunters 

We don't know which is worse, facing the Soul Sword or Consul Penhallow.  😬 Deleted scene between Clary and Jia from #Shadowhunters Season 3 Episode 8. Day 22 of #25DaysOfTeasers.

ICYMI: here’s your first look at Jonathan Morgenstern in #Shadowhunters Season 3B. Thanks to @TVLine for the exclusive. 

And you were worried about meeting your significant other’s parents. #Shadowhunters

Siblings being siblings. Day 23 of #25DaysOfTeasers. #Shadowhunters 

#ShadowFam dad reppin’. #ShadowhuntersLegacy 

No mistletoe needed. #Malec on day 24 of #25DaysOfTeasers. #Shadowhunters 

Maryse shows her concern for Alec in this deleted scene from #ShadowhuntersSeason3 Episode 10. Day 24 of #25DaysOfTeasers. 

Merry Christmas, #ShadowFam! Day 25 of #25DaysOfTeasers. The final episodes of #Shadowhunters begin Monday, February 25 on @FreeformTV. 

FreeformTV tweeted: The wait is almost over...the final episodes of @ShadowhuntersTV begin Monday, February 25. 

This smile = instant mood boost. Behind the scenes of #Shadowhunters. 

Luke is all of us trying to work between Christmas and New Years. #Shadowhunters 

Izzy & Alec behind the scenes of #Shadowhunters Season 3B. 

It may not have been the will of the angels, but it was Clary’s. Stream #Shadowhunters now on @Hulu 

Alec will always look after his #Parabatai #Shadowhunters

Simon’s Hunter’s Moon performance in #ShadowhuntersSeason3. Stream it now on @Hulu 

Queen. What was your favorite Lilith moment in #Shadowhunters Season 3A

Shadowhunters In The News

Entertainment Weekly (article):  Luke and Jace search for Clary in Shadowhunters final season first look 

TVLine (article):  Shadowhunters Welcomes the 'Real' Jonathan Morgenstern in Season 3B (2019 FIRST LOOK) 

Just Jared Jr. (article):  Jace & Simon Are Having a Really Hard Time Without Clary in First 'Shadowhunters' Promo For Final Season 

TVLine (article):  Shadowhunters Promo: Jace Blames Himself for Clary's Death in Season 3B 

BuzzFeed (article): Pick Your Fave Desserts And We'll Tell You Which Shadowhunters Character You Are 

Girlfriend (article):  Freeform just confirmed the WORST news about 'Shadowhunters' in the shadiest way ever

The Geekiary (article):  Freeform Issues Weak Apology After Mocking “Shadowhunters” Fans in Disappointing Move

Bleeding Cool (article):  Angry Shadowhunters Fans Tell Freeform It’s Too Soon…Too Soon

ComicBook.com (article):  Freeform Trolls 'Shadowhunters' Fans With 'Toy Story' Broadcast, Prompting Backlash

TV Guide (article):  Freeform Pokes Fun at Shadowhunters Fans for Trying to Save the Show

TV Line (article): 2018 in Review: TV's Workaholics — Connie Britton, Johnny Galecki, Mckenna Grace and 22 More Actors

Meaww Entertainment (article): Shadowhunters' Magnus Bane is a sassy, powerful LGBTQ+ icon made more relatable with a tragic past and inherent flaws

PRIDE (article): 13 Geeky AF LGBT Shows You Can Stream Right Now

Just Jared Jr (article): Katherine McNamara tweets about wanting to be on ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ & fans are here for it

Just Jared Jr (article): The top 15 TV shows on JustJaredJr shouldn’t surprise anyone

Tell Tale TV (article): 30 Favorite Couples from 2018

Meaww Entertainment (article): 'Shadowhunters': Jace Herondale's melancholic backstory makes him more mysterious than his dashing looks and cold exterior

Deadline Hollywood (article): Freeform Buys ‘Scare Club’ Drama From Matt Hastings

Matt Carter (article): Shadowhunters Season 3 Episode 11 spoilers: The search for Clary

Digital Spy (article): Shadowhunters season 3, episode 11 gets first-look picture as series boss hints at show's ending

Pop Sugar (article): Its official, this was the best TV couple of 2018

TV Guide (article):  Winter TV 2019: A Guide to All Your Returning Favorites

TV Insider (article): 10 TV shows we’ll be sad to see end in 2019

Meaww Entertainment (article): 'Shadowhunters' season 3B first look: Clary is on everyone's mind as Luke and Jace kick off a search party

Hidden Remote (article): Shadowhunters Season 3B: Jacky Lai to play Aline Penhallow

The Series Regular (article): ‘Shadowhunters:’ Christmas Carols With Our Characters

Matt Carter (article): Shadowhunters season 3: New photo of Luke Baines’ Jonathan

Digital Spy (article): Shadowhunters’ final season unveils a first look at Luke Baines as the real Jonathan Morgenstern.

The Fandom (article): Entertainment Weekly releases Shadowhunters first look

Meaww Entertainment (article): ‘Shadowhunters’ Clary Fray is a ray of hope for anyone niggled by self-doubt and struggling to fit in

Matt Carter (article): Shadowhunters season 3 teaser: Jace struggles, lashes out

Cosmopolitan (article): Everything to know about ‘Shadowhunters’ Season 3B and finale event 

Buzzfeed (quiz): Everyone’s personality matches a ‘Shadowhunters’ character - here’s yours

Pure Fandom (article): ‘Shadowhunters’: Looking back at Pandemonium Con

Matt Carter (article): Shadowhunters season 3 video: Magnus��� morning without magic

Meaww Entertainment (article): ‘Shadowhunters’ Alec Lightwood is a stark portrayal of the boundaries people can cross and the limitations they can overcome

Just Jared Jr (article): Jace & Simon are having a really hard time without Clary in first ‘Shadowhunters’ promo for final season

Meaww Entertainment (article): ‘Shadowhunters’ Simon Lewis is a wholesome, geeky vampire who also managed to beat the friendzone

Hypable (article): ‘Shadowhunters’ Season 3B: Piecing together all the teasers

Just Jared Jr (article): JJJ’s top actors of 2018 are all tall, dark, and handsome--see the full list!

Meaww Entertainment (article): Did Freeform just troll Shadowhunters fans again? Network uses hit show tagline for new project ‘Siren’

TV Fanatic (article): 23 Most Headscratching Cancellations of 2018

Nerds & Beyond (article): New trailer and Images released for second half of season three of ‘Shadowhunters’

Spoiler TV (article): Year end Stats-Facts and Figures from 2018-Most popular shows, post, videos, and more

Tell Tale TV (article): 26 Fantastic Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror TV Shows from 2018

Matt Carter (video): The five most surprising cancellations of 2018

Tell Tale TV (article): 30 Favorite TV Couples from 2018

Entertainment Tonight (video): #Bughead, #Lyatt, #Choni...we can’t get enough of these steamy smooches of 2018! We fearlessly stan each and EVERY one of these lip-locking moments and look forward to plenty more in 2019. Did your faves make the list?

Meaww Entertainment (article): ‘Shadowhunters’ Maia Roberts is a symbol of radical values coming together as a sexy werewolf bartender

Matt Carter (article): Shadowhunters season 3: New Alec-Izzy behind-the-scenes tease

Matt Carter (article): CarterMatt Awards 2018: Shadowhunters’ Malec wins best Couple!

TV Insider (article): 10 shows that surged in popularity in 2018

TV Line (article): TV shows ending in 2019: Jane, Thrones, and More--Which will you miss the most?

Meaww Entertainment (article): ‘Shadowhunters’: Mushy, yet spicy ‘Malec’ action unfolds in new teaser for season 3B

Hidden Remote (article): Shadowhunters season 3B teasers: Where in the world is Clary?

KSiteTV (article): KSiteTV’s Top 18 Shows of 2018

Film Daily (article): True Love’s Kiss: A scorching ranking of Malec’s hottest ‘Shadowhunters’ scenes

Film Daily (article): All the shows cancelled this year (and if they deserved it).

Twitter & Social Media Stuff

Brian Hui (makeup artist) tweeted: Snowshoes and smiles! Right ⁦@DomSherwood1⁩ ? #shadowhunters3B

Brian Hui (makeup artist) tweeted: ⁦@AnnaBananaHops⁩ you reminded me about the glory of those Lilith nails!

Darren Swimmer (showrunner) tweeted: Magic 8-ball says: The Shadowhunters family is not to be "toyed" with.  Freeform execs have personally and sincerely appologized to @Toddzer1 and I for the Toy Story debacle and we accept their apologies

Anna Hopkins (Lilith) tweeted: Wowee! I mean I like to have fun too though. Thank you for including me on this list!! And for using a pic of #Lilith #Shadowhunters #Shadowfam #theexpanse #Killjoys #badblood

Luke Baines (Jonathan Morgenstern): Funniest part about this scene: it’s the actual cafeteria at the SH studio so we had to eat lunch in a hallway.

Matt Hastings (showrunner) responded to a fan tweet: I’m ok. Know this: we love and respect you. Without this fearless fandom the show simply wouldn’t exist. So proud to be a part of it.

Alberto Rosende (Simon) tweeted: I’m very proud of our bookclub! Thank you @ritawarrazzo for the writeup. I hope #RosendeReads countinues to be a place of learning, growth, and fun. 

Johnathan Ho (Brother Zachariah): SURPRISE I DID A THING!! Watch me attempt my VERY FIRST GINGERBREAD HOUSE (spoiler alert: it doesn't go as smoothly as I'd expected...). Tune in to @FanCityTV's YouTube channel TOMORROW for the hilarity and shenanigans!

Jade Hassoune (Meliorn): I know you want juicy spoilers. So... **SPOILER** #Meliorn has a new weapon. and he’s a happy child. — #Shadowhunters returns Feb25 on freeform and Feb26th on #Netflix worldwide!!! — — #themortalinstruments #seelie #faerie #FaerieKnight #elf lyfe. — @Netflix_CA

Katherine McNamara (Clary): Throwing my pointy black hat in the ring for next season of #ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina... or the next production of The Crucible - either works - I’m feeling witchy... @sabrinanetflix @tiltedmagazine #wednesdaywitchdom ;)

Katherine McNamara (Clary): Haha to be clear... I have not been cast in #CAOS... I’m just a fan and I couldn’t resist with the resemblance of the pic. #wannabewitch

Alexandra Ordolis (Ollie): this was such a fun scene to shoot! Playing it cool is not in Ollie’s vocabulary. #Shadowhunters #25DaysOfTeasers

Luke Baines (Johnathan): Duh. #Shadowunters fans are the best. EVERY TIME

Jade Hassoune (Meliorn): A polaroid I took of the thousand you, on stage in #Milan this past summer. Remember? #tbt #itainstitutecon2 @ITAInstituteCon  @Kinetic_Vibe   — #shadowhunters #fandom

Katherine McNamara (Clary) posts a photo from her childhood: Some things never change... #spoonfulofsugar #tistheseason

Taylor Mallory (writer):  [Speaking Spanish] Izzy: This blade is worthy of a king. (rey = king = his last name, zing!) Lorenzo: How generous... and unexpected.

Javier Munoz (Lorenzo Rey):  #TBT while simultaneously looking towards February like.... @ShadowhuntersTV #LorenzoRey Can. Not. Wait. #shadowhuntersseason3

Sydney Meyers (Helen Blackthorn):  Eileen is one of my oldest and dearest friends so I'm sorry for any confusion our genuine friendship caused. With that said, Jacky and Eileen know each other, it's all love over here

Sydney Meyers (Helen Blackthorn):  Welcome @hijackylai!!! she's a firecracker in all the best ways

Todd Slavkin (showrunner) tweeted:  Helen and Aline BTS ⁦@meyers48⁩  ⁦@hijackylai⁩  #dancingshadowhunters #putyourswordsdown #Shadowhunters #3b

Jonathon Ho (Brother Zachariah): You haven't seen the last of me yet! Brother Snackariah will be making a couple more appearances in 3B

Jacky Lai (Aline Penhallow) shares a photo on Instagram:  Aline Penhallow is coming for you #2019 #Shadowhunters

Luke Baines (Jonathan Morgenstern) responded to some fan questions:

Honestly, I did a lot bc he’s such a big character & Will played him so perfectly that I didn’t want to ruin that. Aside from reading, watching the show, other research, I worked with a criminologist who helped me better understand the psyche of a person who was raised as JCM was

I’m really interested to know what you all will think of 3x17... we worked really hard on it and it reveals a lot about Jonathan.

Not the scripts, but the call sheet which is a document that production sends out the night before shooting so you know what time to arrive on set and what scenes you’re filming.

I did not. I’m annoyingly serious on set. Also I spent most of 3B crying, so there wasn’t much time. 

Shame it’s gonna be undone when you see me terrorize the cast. #RememberThisFeeling

Katherine McNamara (Clary) tweeted a photo: Truth or Dare

Luke Baines (Johnathan):  ERCHOMAI: I am coming

Brian Hui (makeup artist) shared a photo: “Hmm, are you thinking about more than just chestnuts roasting over an open fire @LukeBaines ? #Shadowhunters

Taylor Mallory (writer) responded to a fan question: There’s a reason for the change! Book Val has white blonde hair so book Jon’s hair is a visual signifier of his Morgenstern blood. But bc flashbacks establish TV Val as brunette, TV Jon’s red hair is a stricking indicator of his blood connection to the family-and Clary. #BTS

Katherine McNamara (Clary) shares a photo: Mirror mirror on the wall...@lukebaines #Erchomai #ShadowhuntersLegacy

Luke Baines (Johnathan): Thanks Feri! Team work makes the dream work

Katherine McNamara (Clary): A little early holiday treat for you angels...@lukebaines and I building sibling rapport. I give you #MorgensternMindMeld! #Headsup @theellenshow #ShadowhuntersLegacy #ShadowhuntersTV

Katherine McNamara (Clary): Holiday fitness...Just roll with it 

Todd Slavkin (Showrunner): We only had 42 minutes for each episode, not a second longer. Luckily, these scenes live on through social media #merryxmas #whendoogiehowsermdasksyouanswer #motherandson #moretocome #Shadowhunters

Todd Slavkin (Showrunner): Merry Xmas to the best fandom in television #lilithandmagnus #holidayinedom #shadowhunters

Todd Slavkin (Showrunner): Cheers to you and your loved ones #happyholidays #fromourfamilytoyours #shadowhunters #3B

Katherine McNamara (Clary) tweeted: Have yourselves a merry little christmas, angels! We’ll see you soon! FEB 25th! @ShadowhuntersTV #25DaysofTeasers #ShadowhuntersLegacy

Luke Baines (Johnathon) tweeted: If you’re wondering how @DomSherwood1 went punching that mirror...it went great Really well. But it’s chill, we found medicine. 

Dominic Sherwood (Jace) tweeted: Hahahaha. He’s not wrong folks.

Dominic Sherwood (Jace) tweeted: Mum?

Sydney Meyer (Helen Blackthorn) tweeted: Merry Christmas from #Heline! (And also apparently prom?

Katherine McNamara (Clary) tweeted: Happy Christmas to all and to all a good night...Visions of sugarplums or food coma? Either way-I’m happy. Surrounded by family, food, and film. Wishing you and yours love and joy this holiday.

Brian Hui (makeup artist) responded to a fan question: Luke and I decided that Johnathan would be obsessed with Clary so he would have a lot of the same ones as hers but all slightly askew. He also has some of Jace’s but a mirror image (like the speed) on his neck. Shh, secrets!!!

Dominic Sherwood (Jace) tweeted: Thank you very much @richarddennen​ and tatlermagazine for including me. This was a lot of fun with some really great folks.

Dominic Sherwood (Jace) tweeted: Totally candid. They just caught me turning up. @richarddennen​ and tatlermagazine Thank you!

Katherine McNamara (Clary) tweeted: When you realize the holiday leftovers are all gone... #FrayFriday #ShadowhuntersLegacy @ShadowhuntersTV #FBF 

Brian Hui (makeup artist) tweeted: Let’s have a little throwback BTS with two lovely ladies! Right @AnnaBananaHops @aleyordolis ? #Shadowhunters

Taylor Mallory (writer) explained: Each episode is broken down scene by scene by the whole writers room! Then one writer goes off to write the outline & script. Both documents get lots of notes from the room, showrunners, network, & producers; the writer is in charge of implementing them! #Collectiveprocess

Katherine McNamara (Clary): Tryna get my fit together...thanks to @nuno_salles for kicking my ass on the daily! #progress

Katherine McNamara (Clary) congratulated Dom (Jace) and Greg Sulkin on gracing the cover of Tatler magazine 

Arianna Williams (Madzie): Dom & me #sweetride #memories #Shadowhunters

Anna Hopkins (Lilith): I’m loving all your answers. Whether it was “all of them I’m gay for her” or “none, I wanted her to burn and die every second she was on screen.” I love you all and am proud of you and miss you!! #disciples #shadowfam #Shadowhunters #ShadowhuntersLegacy #Lilith

Katherine McNamara (Clary) wishes Steve Byers (Underhill) a happy birthday.

Katherine McNamara (Clary) posted a photo of herself with the caption “Daydream with me...”

Emeraude Toubia (Izzy) posted a photo of her with Prince Royce

Matthew Daddario (Alec) posted a photo announcing his wedding last year with the caption “Gotta be able to do all three! Happy One year! Happy New Year!”

Esther Kim (Matthew Daddario’s wife) posted a photo announcing their one year anniversary with the caption “Happy Anniversary gonna be hard to top last year’s celebrations!”. 

Alisha Wainwright (Maia): 2018 was intense. I’m happy to come out the other side with a sense of possibility and gratitude. Dream big. Happy new year. 

Katherine McNamara (Clary) posted a photo with Will Tudor (Jonathon Morganstern/Sebastian Verlac) at her New Years eve celebration with the caption “Ringing in 2019 with these dapper gents! #HappyNewYear to one and all!”

Arianna Williams (Madzie) posted some photos of herself from 2018 with the caption “Where’s the party at? 2018 was fabulous, I can’t wait for 2019 and all the new memories to come #loveyou #ariana #makingmemories #arilovers”

Katherine McNamara (Clary) tweeted: 2018, thank you. 2019, I’m ready. #happynewyear

Other News

Shadowhunters TV tweeted: Two practically perfect things in one video: @Kat_McNamara and @Disney’s #MaryPoppinsReturns. Make sure to catch this one, in theaters Wednesday.

YoutubeTV tweeted: First up on our #Shipmas List is the iconic Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood. May @ShadowhuntersTV let them live happily ever after. #MalecForever

FanCityCentral tweeted: Hey #Shadowfam We’re joined by @_jbho_ in tomorrow’s FANMAS episode!! We compete in a Gingerbread House Challenge with Brother Zachariah & talk all things Shadowhunters! Subscribe to check it out & enter our awesome SH giveaway tomorrow!

Film Daily (contest): 60 second fan fiction seasonal contest

FanCityCentral (video): GUYS ITS HERE!!! DAY SIX OF #FANMAS Our super intense gingerbread making contest with @_jbho_ is live! AND our amazing #shadowhunters giveaway. We had so much fun making this for you guys we can’t wait to hear what you think!   

FanCityCentral (Video): Helllooooo fandom fam... As promised we have a 9 minute Blooper-esque video coming to you tomorrow with outtakes from our gingerbread competition with @_jbho_ #Shadowhunters #SaveShadowhunters

FanCityCentral (video): #12 This moment “A new love interest? Are you out of your mind?!” Proving once again why entertainment shows should hire fans for interviews-or at the very least do their research. #MalecForever #SaveShadowhunters #FandomIn2018

@ferilambert tweeted: It’s officially on freeform.com. why they didn’t post it on twitter? Go and stream the shit out of it #Shadowfam #SaveShadowhunters #Shadowhunters

Alberto Rosende (Simon): Feb 25th! #ShadowhuntersSeason3B #MerryChristmas

TV Insider (article): Which TV stars are expecting in 2018?

[momscookingthebooks]

Need You Now, the newest standalone in the Man of the Month Series by #1 New York Times bestselling author J. Kenner is LIVE!

Book Review

Title: Need You Now

Series: Man of the Month #3 (Each novel is a standalone)

Author: J. Kenner

Total Pages:  250 Pages

Genre:  Contemporary Romance

Publication Date:

Cliff Hanger: No

4 Stars

*This story is for mature audiences only. Contains explicit scenes and language intended for adults 18+

Synopsis:

Charming smile. Wicked skills.

Meet Mr. March.  With his tousled hair, cocky grin, and surprising abs hidden under a conservative button-down, bartender Cameron Reed is no stranger to the attention of women.  He dates, but never gets serious, claiming that he’s too focused on his studies. But it’s not really school that preoccupies him; it’s sensual fantasies of his best friend’s sister.  Mina Silver might be absolutely off-limits because of her overprotective brother and father, but that doesn’t stop Cam from imagining the feel of her in his arms, the brush of his lips over her soft skin, or the sparks that would fly between them if he ever got her into bed. But for Cam, the bonds of family and friendship are sacrosanct, and there is no way that he’d ever violate his friend’s trust. Or would he? Because with love on the line, maybe it’s time for Cam to break a few rules. Taking a risk never felt so right.  **Need You Now is part of a binge read series by New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and #1 International bestselling author of the million copy Stark series, J. Kenner.  Each novel in the series is a STANDALONE romance with a guaranteed HEA! But even so, you won’t want to miss any in the series. Because then you can answer the question…

Who’s Your Man of the Month?

My Thoughts:

I was anxiously awaiting Cam and Mina’s book as there have been subtle hints of his attraction since book one. Little did I know that he has been harboring these feelings almost as long as he has known Mina.

Cam has been promoted to assistant manager at The Fix on Sixth, the neighborhood hot spot that is hosting a Man of the Month competition for a calendar they are doing to help raise money to keep the establishment from going under. Cam was in close competition but was aced out of the February win for Man of the Month. He didn’t have any intentions of entering the March contest, but at the prodding of his best friend Darryl and his twin sister Mina, who he has a serious crush on, he decides to enter. Cam has a sad back story, but he has really done well for himself. He has won scholarships for college and he is currently working on his doctorate! He is not only gorgeous but smart!

Mina is Darryl’s twin sister and he is very protective of her. He was born first and healthy, but Mina was a preemie and had a rough start her first few years, but growing up she caught up except her size, she is petite. Their mom left, and they were raised by their Dad and he is also very protective of her. Her dream is to get a job in Hollywood as a director. She has her master’s degree in film and media production, so her stint as an intern on the Fixer Upper show that’s also filming at The Fix on Sixth will only pad her resume, not to mention, she just got a job as an assistant to the VP of a production company in South Austin.

An innocent touch Mina gave Cam set the wheels in motion for the attraction to ramp up and after a few drinks and liquid courage took over, the passion was ignited! Wholly hotness they have chemistry. Cam is wanting to out them as a couple, but Mina wants to keep it on the down low.

Will their relationship become public? Can Cam confess to Darryl that he is dating his sister? Who wins Man of the Month for March? I’m not going to spill the beans! You are just going to have to read it and find out for yourself. This was a terrific addition to this series and it just continues to keep me enthralled.

ARC kindly provided by Social Butterfly PR for an honest review.

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Down on Me

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About J. Kenner

J. Kenner (aka Julie Kenner) is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal and #1 International bestselling author of over seventy novels, novellas and short stories in a variety of genres.

Though known primarily for her award-winning and international bestselling erotic romances (including the Stark and Most Wanted series) that have reached as high as #2 on the New York Times bestseller list, JK has been writing full time for over a decade in a variety of genres including paranormal and contemporary romance, “chicklit” suspense, urban fantasy, and paranormal mommy lit.

JK has been praised by Publishers Weekly as an author with a “flair for dialogue and eccentric characterizations” and by RT Bookclub for having “cornered the market on sinfully attractive, dominant antiheroes and the women who swoon for them.” A five-time finalist for Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA award, JK took home the first RITA trophy awarded in the category of erotic romance in 2014 for her novel, Claim Me (book 2 of her Stark Trilogy). Her Demon Hunting Soccer Mom series (as Julie Kenner) is currently in development with AwesomenessTV/Awestruck.

Her books have sold over three million copies and are published in over twenty languages.

In her previous career as an attorney, JK worked as a clerk on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and practiced primarily civil, entertainment and First Amendment litigation in Los Angeles and Irvine, California, as well as in Austin, Texas.  She currently lives in Central Texas, with her husband, two daughters, and two rather spastic cats.

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When I said my review for @jennaguillaume second book would be soon I wasn't kidding 😂 this review was written the night I read it but for authenticity sake I'm not changing anything about it... You'll get why 👌 So at 7pm I thought I'd just read something lighthearted and fun, new Jenna Guillaume... I loved her debut so hell yes!! It's now 10.40pm and I binge read the whole book 🙈 I loved this book so much. I love the authenticity of the characters. I ADORE the sense of humor. I love the meaningful lessons and quotes interspersed into the story. I love the Australian culture shining through. I love the Ace representation ❤ I just love this. It's an emotional rollercoaster in the best way possible. It's cheesy, and heartwarming, and rom-com cliche meets sci-fi young adult shenanigans...it's a strange, wonderful, warm and funny book and this has cemented Jenna Guillaume as a new fave author because my heart is just so full and happy and feeling warm and fuzzy right now. It follows two girls who joke about a list of traits for their ideal boyfriend and then they accidentally create said boyfriend 🙈 neither girl really believes it's possible despite the evidence the scienced the boy into being and the resulting confusion and emotions are crazy and beautiful ❤ Seriously though... Read this book. It is wonderful. I initially got frustrated with two narrators but it really helped the characterisation and hilarious wit shine through. Give it a go it is glorious ❤ . . . . . . . . . . . . . #youweremadeforme #jennaguillame #Panmacmillan #australianauthors #loveozya #book #books #bookish #bibliophile #bookreview #bookreviewer #bookblogger #bookstagram #booknerd #booklover #bookaddict #bookishlove #bookcommunity #bookclub #bookgram #bookishfeature #booksbooksbooks #booksofig #bookworm #bookwormlife #goodreads #welovebooks #readersofinstagram #ipreview via @preview.app (at Liverpool, New South Wales) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDABpk9AdiI/?igshid=536xjurzu2n0

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[theaceofskulls]

I listened to (the rerecorded) Fall of Cadia and my thoughts on it are:

Yeah that was every Guard book ever all at once. Could've trimmed a bit down. Anytime Cawl and Trazyn were on screen (which took most of the book for them to reappear. Don't go into this book for them if you can't stand Guard books) it was standing heads and shoulders above the rest of the book.

It felt overstuffed but it's also one of the few event books that actually feels like it's actually the novelization of the actual events rather than a snapshot of the event (I'm skipping Siege of Vraks for this very reason after hearing several reviews of it).

Oh and the World Eater is solidly the worst part. Especially on the audio side of things where it just repeats and repeats and repeats with every one of his scenes until the book quite literally just starts screaming the word "BLOOD" at you.

The book works and I'm more hesitant than a lot of critics on this book on what I'd cut because most of it actually works out really well and it does come together.

I think my end thoughts are that I have just enough tolerance for Guard storylines to get to the funny robot man, but this book reminded me that my struggles with some other stuff in GW's library is because typical guard stories don't interest me even if I can enjoy some of the best ones on offer.

I do want to take a moment to state that the first half of this book, the early siege, is much slower paced and detailed, often chewing through worldbuilding and character work but I appreciate Rath not going through every individual event in detail. I found the latter section almost breakneck in speed by comparison and almost wished some sections were lengthened. This feels like this book either ballooned or was meant to be a two parter that's struggling to stay within its single volume, though it's less pronounced than in Godsbane.

Sadly this second half is where a lot of very interesting things arrive on the scene and we don't get a lot of time to spend with them in comparison to the first half's cast. So I struggle to say which half I enjoyed more (though the lack of a certain character in the second half definitely improved it).

In the end, my recommendation is very much if you're interested in the event that kicked off the new canon and can deal with a few arcs that are noticeably worse than others running alongside them, it's actually fairly good and a lot of the arcs land fairly well and have several stand out moments throughout them.

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[theaceofskulls]

I finally finished Fulgrim and there's something to be said about how we focus more on the bad than the good or the simply alright based on how many posts I've made about it while I've been listening to it, but I think my true takeaway from the book is that it's a fascinating one because you can see how it could've been a good book if things were changed.

The final parts of it felt bad, but it actually made me like Ishvaan V and Ferrus Manus more than every summary I've heard of it as it no longer comes off as stupid as it seems. It takes the time to establish how Ferrus's rage works and how it subsides and makes him come off less as "the guy who gets mad at the drop of a hat and jumped the gun too hard", especially by pointing out why waiting too long would've been just as bad and why they couldn't just shoot down from orbit.

However, this book is about the fall of Fulgrim and that part is handled so badly. You can see the attempt to make it a slower corruption but in the end you also see how this book suffers from being so early in the series, wanting to get to the daemon stuff too soon.

And yet as I've mentioned so many times, individual character arcs are handled so well, and the contrast it puts between the Iron Hands who also idolized perfection and feared failure but were told that refusing to admit failure was worse than the failure itself really helps highlight their fall.

The book also struggles with the fact that it comes off as a sequel to several other books in the series, with a couple of character arcs having large portions of them located elsewhere in earlier books, making this feel more supplemental of a story.

This is honestly the book I most feared from reviews when I started this whole thing and is part of the reason I put off this series in the first place, as one of the central events of the start of it was apparently in a horrendous book, and having finished it, it's different than what I was told to expect.

It fumbles most of its payoffs, from the terrible warp orchestra that feels a little too much for this early in the Heresy, to the moment Fulgrim joins Horus, to the dropsite massacre being over in pages, to what actually happens in the moments when Fulgrim performs the infamous sword swing, but a good portion of the book is actually fairly good.

Fabius, Lucius (if you're like me and enjoy watching Starscream-like pathetic sad sacks, not so much if you're the type who already hates him because of these exact traits), and Eidolon all get great scenes that carry forward with future appearances, and Fulgrim himself actually has several good moments outside of the ones that he really needed to have.

I walked away from this book still wishing I could've liked it, but understanding why this one is so hated. It's not stalling the plot by getting distracted or full of terrible prose (though there are some moments) but it makes the exact wrong missteps that don't leave any opportunity to come back and fix them.

My final recommendation is the same one I thought I'd give it from my early impressions: this is a book that you'll read once if you're interested in the series and can appreciate it as a lesson on what can go wrong in a narrative. Dissecting this book is interesting because it helps you understand what you're looking for from this series as well as from this style of genre fiction in general because the highs and lows are so extreme it's easy to separate them out and the lows leave such gaps that it's easier to understand exactly what you wanted to fill them.

Anyway, this marks the last point of my sequential readings of this series and am now going to be jumping around to different books as they interest me.

In the end I think this is as good a point to talk about the series so far.

Horus Rising is great, classic, and works well on its own. Even with an ending that's setting up the next one, it basically could've ended there with a wink of "well you know what happens next". I stand by my statement that it's almost entirely for 40k fans instead of a newcomer book since half of it is written with dramatic irony thick in the prose.

False Gods is good, being a fantastic sequel with a misstep that plagues the early series where Horus's fall lacks enough characterizing motivation to endear him enough. However, the books are primarily concerned with other characters all of whom feel like a smooth continuation of the previous book's characterizations and it works well in that respect.

Galaxy in Flames has some great heights, especially in its pivotal scenes, but honestly it mostly blends together until you get to the event you're here for.

Flight of the Eisenstein continues the story but is honestly the point where I could tell that the writer switching was changing the tone of the books. It's still a good book but outside of the moment the message is delivered at the end of the book, and a few pivotal moments (the bomb in the hanger), most of it has slipped from my memory.

Finally Fulgrim I've given my thoughts on extensively, but definitely a weak ending to streak of 5 books before they begin to jump around to various perspectives.

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Oh, I forgot to review The Infinite and the Divine by Robert Rath. Here let me rectify that

Stop whatever it is that you are doing and go read this. Or if you can, go listen to the audiobook. I don’t care if you don’t even do Warhammer, just go do it.

There, review complete, because you should all be reading it right now instead of this post.

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This is going to be a weird one because I have to start by addressing the other War- in the room. That’s right, a Warhammer book talk that looks over and says “Hey, let’s talk about World of Warcraft”

Anyways, before I get to that, here’s the subject of this post, Dynasty of Monsters by David Annandale.

And here’s where I immediately begin talking about another book, Before the Storm by Christie Golden.

Both of these book involve the tense relationships between undead and their living counterparts and attempted reconciliations and potentially finding a new path forward as well as the forces that undermine those attempts at peace.

In Before the Storm, there’s a lot going on as it centers itself between two expansions of WoW, tracing how relationships between the two major factions are breaking down after their battles alongside each other to save the world.

This is almost the exact inverse of that, being released right before the new edition of Age of Sigmar where the setting shifted to here, Ghur the Realm of Beasts. Instead of major factions, it centers in on a smaller group, even though one of them has a named character (Lauka Vai, the Mother of Monsters) involved, further focusing on characters within the factions trying to either aid or break down the tenuous peace as they’ve joined together to repel an approach army of Beastmen.

David Annandale loves his vampire stories and as such the feel of this book is more centered on the monstrous lurking within a city built on pistons that adjusts itself on an ever shifting landscape that itself wants to eat and consume. As such a the political intrigue is slightly diminished in favor of the atmosphere of this book, evoking gothic horror alongside bestial horror, not just from the vampires.

Still, I wanted to make the comparison because the book at times feels like what I wished Before the Storm could’ve been. You can feel how fragile the peace is but it doesn’t come down to the ego of one named character (I’m so sorry Blizzard did all of that to you Sylvanas), there’s a lot of tension resting on each side, and it’s actually interesting to see how the two factions taking center stage are divided into different groups.

Sadly, while I do think it has moments of greatness, I feel like the novel doesn’t have enough breathing room and the plot moves quicker than it feels like it should at points towards a great conclusion but with a lot of events occurring rapidly. The book itself begins moving shockingly fast from Ghur’s landscape shifting and cutting off a caravan to it being set upon by beastmen far quicker than I feel like it should’ve been.

The book needed a little bit of the fat that feels like was trimmed for its political intrigue to fully flesh out, but it almost seemed worried about the audience getting bored and bouncing off.

There’s glimpses of a fantastic novel here that could’ve been given more time to unfold but what is there is solid and plays to its strengths. It’s hard to describe but this left me feeling slightly disappointed and yet I could easily recommend it as a book for someone looking to fill some time or get a look at the setting of the Realm of Beasts or the weird vampires that inhabit it.