Shadow's Son (2010)

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Author

Jon Sprunk

Genre

Fantasy

Series

Shadow Saga

Rating

3.58 of 5 Votes: 3

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ISBN

1616142014 (ISBN13: 9781616142018)

Language

English

Publisher

Pyr

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About book Shadow's Son (2010)

Caim is a deliciously three-dimensional character. There is so much to him, such a depth to the character that I root for him no matter what he has to do to stay alive. The plot is twisty with many unexpected corners. It was a great pleasure to read this! I can't wait to read the other two books in the trilogy. Beautifully descriptive prose had me feeling like I was there, like the arrow had plunged into my side or I'd lost someone special to me, I even felt the burning of Levictus' blade. Loved it. This was a 3 star review for most of the book. It's light and disposable fantasy, a "gritty" one, that seems like it stole it's grittiness from Terry Goodkind, with stock characters and situations and really unfortunate female characters. And then the last, oh, quarter or third happened and it just sprinted down the cliff. I will never say this again in my life, but if you want a gross kinda dark fantasy novel that's less that 400 pages that adds no value to your life...go read a Sword of Truth novel instead. I'm sorry I just said that.