It has been a very long time since a book has enthralled me as this one did. I loved this story's dark fantasy world that was at once vivid and surreal. The writing transported me to Pelim so that I could feel the cold fingers of mist and smell the fishy miasma over the docks. This book also prov...
Everything about the area is lushly understated. The grandeur of the buildings is subtle, even the tree branches that meet overhead seem to have been pruned just so, to give them a look of effortless elegance. A secretary leads me to a small waiting room lined with bookshe...
The bird went limp and unresisting. “You wouldn’t really?” “I don’t think I would,” Sarah said, then decided that didn’t quite sound menacing enough. “But I’ve never really been in a situation where I’ve wanted to.” She paused and glared at the raven. “I may be getting there.” “Let me go, and I s...
I can hear them from the scullery. Every now and then one stands up and orates at length to the unfortunate crowd, after which he bows to their scattered applause. Personally, I think they’d be better served by plates broken over their heads than by hand-claps. And if I’m correct, more than a few...