“The King’s Blood” picks up more or less where we left “The
Dragon’s Path”. The writing style &
major POV characters remain the same.
Abraham does a great job with the moral ambiguity of some of
these characters. Because portions are
presented from their POV, characters whose actions (& at times motivations)
are repugnant become somewhat sympathetic.
I found myself liking the characters even while they did horrible
things.
My major complaint is that this book is not enough of a
stand alone novel. I felt that “The
Dragon’s Path” reached acceptable levels of plot resolution. “The King’s Blood”, however, just seems to
end. It’s not that there are
cliffhangers, it feels more like Abraham simply decided to stop once he got to
a certain page count. If you are reading
this once the next novel in the series has been published, that won’t really be
a problem.
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