![]() ![]() Sure there are battles fought, and feats of strength attempted. Not much actually gets done that would generally make for an excellent fantasy read. It was only until the very last book in which you get any serious ‘revelations.’Īs this is the first prequel story, and origin of Riyria if you will, the actual tale told is very odd. But, although the books can be read as one-off adventures, they sometimes feel like large pieces to a jigsaw puzzle you haven’t seen the actual cover of before beginning. ![]() He, in miraculous fashion, wrote all 6 of the Riyria Revelations books before publishing any. One of MJS’s best qualities as a writer, seems to also be one of his biggest issues when reading his books individually. As it’s the first in a potential 6-book prequel saga to the original Riyria Revelations series, this makes sense. This notion, of a book being altogether better than it actually is because you learn to love and enjoy the character dynamics and relationships, is served best in The Crown Tower. But as a team, Royce and Hadrian become more than the sum of their parts, and so too they push the book affectionately along to a place where you end up loving it more than you realized you probably should have. Royce, particularly, seems almost a hopeless case by the start of this novel. His characters are very troubled, and on occasion very dark. ![]() Sullivan’s books are a strange sort of success. ![]()
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