A Time of Dread: 1 (Of Blood & Bone)

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It’s not an exaggeration to say that it will be extremely hard for Gwynne to create a series that tops my love for his first series. Where Malice used a white background, A Time of Dread used black; this captured the tone of the book perfectly.

I highly suggest everyone reads this book, but you really do have to read the four Faithful and the Fallen books before diving into these. It's not non-stop though which is good as there is down time for the reader to get to know the characters better and guess what might be going on.When I found out that he had a new series coming out, I pretty much begged whoever I could find was lucky enough to get a physical ARC from Pan MacMillan which transported me straight back into this world I love so much. But their dominion is brutally enforced and their ancient enemy may not be as crushed as they thought. In the south, hotheaded Riv is desperate to join the Ben-Elim's peacekeeping force, until she unearths a deadly secret. Riv, wants to be a White-Wing, the peacekeeping force of the Ben-Elim (warrior angels) but then she uncovers a mystery that will change her understanding of the world. A good way this could have been done, in my opinion, was for us to follow Olin’s (Drem’s father’s) perspective for part of the book.

It's within this subtle and shifting moral landscape where Gwynne really shines, never opting for the easy answers. My latest book, The Shadow of the Gods, book 1 of the Bloodsworn Saga, will be published in May 2021.He particularly enjoys fantasy and science fiction and was raised on a steady diet of Gemmell, Feist, Heinlein and Crichton. If she's not reading, you can expect her to be bullet journaling, playing video games, or streaming a show.