Top 10: Q1 Reads

after 140 years even though we've got a mostly new cast of characters we do have some returning friends here it felt very fresh and vibrant and it didn't feel like john gwen was out of ideas

honestly all the stuff that people complain about in this book with the slow pacing i thought enriched the world i think it'll pay off in the future fitz books i really loved assassin's quest

before they are hanged was just it was an absolute delight it really picks up the pacing because a lot of complaints from the first book was it is very plot light we get a lot a little bit faster pacing things storylines start coming together we get a lot more character evolution

specifically what i loved is the chain of dogs story line i love that story line it is so good that literally i could just reread the chain of dog storyline exclusively probably twice a year and just feel absolutely gutted each and every time

the humor was great but it had a great story to tell and very specific themes that it touched on and as i'm reading more terry pratchett i realized that he touches on very important social and societal issues but in a very humorous way that is very accessible and digestible to the author

i loved king of thorns i think it had the best plot out of the three it had the best pacing it had the best flashback scenes

it was beautifully written the action was amazing the fight scenes were great and the camaraderie and the banter was fantastic i did not see the end coming and i don't think you will either so i really highly recommend never die

royal assassin we just he we just see the end of that book would just hit me in the gut as well

i absolutely loved my second time through of saints blood and it really catapulted me into the fourth book tyrant's throne

i love loved this book a lot more than i thought i would i was a little dubious on initially to start that's why it's a four out of five for me because there was a little bit of time where i was just like oh he's just rehashing and kind of recasting it in a different light and then as soon as my expectations are just like yeah this isn't anything new bam brand new direction completely took me by surprise

i really loved the characters of royce and hadrian and their camaraderie that they just it jumps off the page at you and i really enjoyed that the quests and how they get sent on their quest and how they get roped into this politics and from who they are and to who they become all starts here in theft of swords

i actually rated saints blood a little higher than tyron's throne