The Demon King by Peter V. BrettMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Oh lordy, I really fell apart while reading this one. Excellent on every level. Gold-standard epic fantasy.
Maybe it's a bit of the weight of all the history of the the Warded series and a great deal about the fact I've grown to love these kids so much, but being cut off from everything they knew and having to to navigate their way around a foreign country with very alien ideas and ideals, let alone technology, would have been enough for any standard fantasy novel.
It would have been enough to satisfy me.
But instead, Brett went all out and gave us not only a fantastic build-up, making me love all large cast of characters and their complicated setup, but really throws it all into the real shit AND we have to deal with some truly brilliant fights. And the scale? Never fear.
It's DELICIOUS.
This is and continues to be one of my all-time favorite fantasy series. Creative, clever, rich, rich, rich.
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