Promise of Blood | 
pickThis is only my second foray into the flintlock fantasy genre and despite my reservations I find I'm kind of enjoying it? The magic systems in this one are intriguing but a lot of this is taken up by worldbuilding. There's a political theme but I cared more about finding out how the magic systems worked. I am curious how the rest of this series will go but not in an I have to find out immediately sort of way.
pickRead a few books this year and one of them was this book. I am fascinated by the French Revolution. Promise of Blood is a magic story based off of the French Revolution. The king and the like is disposed off by Tamas, but there is a greater threat beyond politics. The telling comes from 4 perspectives: Tamas, his son Taniel, Inspector Adamat and laundress Nila, who I forget exists TBH. I feel like I‘m reading anime though. Cat pic for fun
pickThis first book in a fantasy trilogy featuring mages, gods, mercenaries, regicide, blackmail, betrayal, and epic battles more than lives up to its title. French Revolution with wizards indeed. It‘s a fast-paced story told from multiple POVs (easy to distinguish) which starts fast & only occasionally gets bogged down in lengthy descriptions. Interesting magic system, great characters, entertaining story. I enjoyed this one more than I expected to.
Decided I needed to work on my TBR pile so I randomly grabbed a book and came up with this one. One blurb described it as the French Revolution with wizards and it is very much that. It is also surprisingly fun—10 chapters or so in and I‘m really enjoying it.
Political, military, magical fantasy with guns … This is the first in the Powder Mage trilogy which is a flintlock fantasy. I love the magical system, it was something new and I really liked how it worked.
The characters are complex, it deals with the realities of war, prejudice, and relationships and characters develop organically which I enjoy.
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pickMy first flintlock fantasy and I‘m so excited to read the next one. I think Ive found another favorite author.
Power mage, gods, and inspector and lots of cool magic!!!
Squeezing in some reading and sunshine before the rain comes back tomorrow
pickIf I‘m being honest, (and I usually am) the cover is what drew me to this one. A haggard soldier, beaten and bloodied sitting on a throne, musket in hand. It looks cool and I like that sort of thing. Can‘t say that I‘m disappointed either. Fast-paced and enthralling. Looking forward to the next one.
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Got a good #libraryhaul! I have other stuff that I should be reading but the mood struck me and I got a bit carried away. I regret nothing.
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pickI really enjoyed the Promise of Blood... a lot! It felt like a cross between Mistborn and Draconis Memoria which are some of my favourite fantasy series. The story was fast paced with many POV's being told. The magic system is fun, fitting it's surroundings; getting high on gunpowder just sounds crazy and pretty epic at the same time.
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Fantastic flintlock/military/fantasy!
I mean...they snort gunpowder like cocain to gain special abilities like bending bullets or sniping from impossible distances. That's pretty badass.
The characters are engaging & the action is ri-friggen-diculous! There's also a 2nd trilogy after this one that is already complete called, God's of Blood & Powder. Haven't read it yet - waiting for the 3rd book to drop in TPB.
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pickThe book that's been fuelling my roadtrip! I've never really got the whole magic with guns thing before but there's so much more going on here.
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My current library checkouts. Clearly it's all about fantasy at the moment.
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bailedOut of the small handful of women mentioned in the first 100 pages, 2 fainted at the sight of a guillotine, one is repeatedly referred to as “the savage” to her face, and another is unable to act logically or be a productive member of a team because “I‘m way better than you idiot, I don‘t even need your help!” despite clearly not having a handle on the situation. Ugh. I expect better.
Started this a couple days ago and I‘m on the fence about it. The story seems interesting enough I suppose but the treatment of women is really starting to grate on my nerves. Nearly 100 pages in at this point and thinking I‘ll need to investigate whether this continues throughout the book.
pickRead it the second time. Couldn't remember part of it to continue with book 2.
My first flintlock fantasy. Lots of good characters! Ka-Poel is amazing!
Almost a year to the day since I started the powder mage trilogy, I‘m starting it again, but this time I‘m bringing the book club with me. And I love this opening scene. Hello, Adamat!!
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ An amazing magic system and great characters. This has everything #fantasy has to offer. I couldn‘t put it down. Can you kill a god?! 😱
pickPromise of Blood is the first book of the Powder Mage trilogy. The whole series is downright bonkers awesome! The author has created a really interesting magic system that incorporates flintlock weaponry and the digestion of gunpowder that gives certain people crazy cool powers.
No wizards with staffs here! This is badassery at its finest.
A few books featuring #addiction to various substances... My husband is currently reading the tagged book after I recommended it to him forever ago. The book tells the story of Taniel Two Shot, a powder mage (person consumes gun powder and gains supernatural abilities) who appears to be addicted to the powder and runs the risk of becoming powder blind throughout the book. I def recommend the series.
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I bought the first one in the series because I thought the cover was really cool. Of course I liked the blurb but I wouldn't have picked the book if not for that cover 😍
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But first, let me take a #shelfie. Most of my prints are still in boxes after the move so this is my only bookcase. Now my ebook shelf, well thats another story.
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"Get the word around. The arch-diocell took a nasty fall. Find witnesses. The Inspector will be one. Won't you?"
"Yes, sir! Terrible spill. Two flights before we could stop him!"
"Doctor, what could you prescribe for the arch-diocell's condition here?"
"Arsenic."
"Doctor! Something that will just render him unconscious and give him some memory loss."
"Cyanide, then!"
"Doctor!"
Next book(s) up are The Powder Mage Trilogy. Any book recommended by both Pat Rothfuss & Brandon Sanderson is a book I need to read.
pickThis book was just a pile of awesome. It had engaging characters, a cool and unique magic system and a plot that kept me up past my bedtime many nights. The use of gun powder and the balance of magic adds to the plot rather than the other way around which is he mark of a really good system.
