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Deepwoods
“I was stopped by a messenger from Blackstone,” Sylvie said simply and held out a folded sheet of paper that had been sealed with black wax, the crest of the main guild of the city impressed into it. “Seems urgent.”
Siobhan broke the seal with a quick twist of her fingers before unfolding the paper. Deepwoods had strong ties to Blackstone, the master guild of Goldschmidt, and often took on minor jobs for them. To be given a message like this wasn’t unusual. To get it this late in the day, however, spoke of impending trouble. She scanned through the letter quickly and unease coiled into a cold lump in her stomach.
“Listen up,” she called to the table, not taking her eyes from the letter. A hush instantly descended. “This came directly from Guildmaster Darrens. His daughter Lirah has gone missing.”
“Missing?!” several people repeated in shock.
“She apparently was going to Sateren to negotiate something for her father but she never got there. He’s verified that she went through Island Pass so she at least got to Wynngaard, but it’s now three days past when she was meant to arrive and there’s no sign of her.” She raised her head and looked around the table, stating what everyone had already guessed. “He’s asked us to go after her.”
Siobhan broke the seal with a quick twist of her fingers before unfolding the paper. Deepwoods had strong ties to Blackstone, the master guild of Goldschmidt, and often took on minor jobs for them. To be given a message like this wasn’t unusual. To get it this late in the day, however, spoke of impending trouble. She scanned through the letter quickly and unease coiled into a cold lump in her stomach.
“Listen up,” she called to the table, not taking her eyes from the letter. A hush instantly descended. “This came directly from Guildmaster Darrens. His daughter Lirah has gone missing.”
“Missing?!” several people repeated in shock.
“She apparently was going to Sateren to negotiate something for her father but she never got there. He’s verified that she went through Island Pass so she at least got to Wynngaard, but it’s now three days past when she was meant to arrive and there’s no sign of her.” She raised her head and looked around the table, stating what everyone had already guessed. “He’s asked us to go after her.”
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First published August 31, 2014
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About the author
Honor Raconteur
62 books841 followersEver since I was a toddler, I have been making up stories. I’d entertain anyone willing to listen to my wild fantasies about unicorns and gargoyles and amazing people. At 13, I started writing the stories down. At 23, I finished the first book that was, in my opinion, good enough to publish.
I spent three years trying to publish my book, Jaunten, the old fashioned way. The problem was my story was outside of the norm for young adult fantasy – it didn’t have vampires or the supernatural in it, it was clean enough to earn a PG rating, and there wasn’t any dark overlord to defeat. No literary agent would pick it up because it didn’t fit the “fantasy formula” that all of the popular books did.
I put the idea of having my book published off to the side for a while as I finished a Bachelors in English at Middle Tennessee State University. But as I worked on my third degree, the idea of being published came back to me. This time, while working as a paralegal, I had a better grasp of the laws involved of doing self-publishing. For six months, I did a great deal of research in how to do self-publishing the debt-free way.
It was hard. I was working full time, going to school full time, and living on my own. I never really had a break. I was always working on something. At times I felt like my brain would just go into meltdown from having to learn so many different things to make my idea work.
After six months, I thought I knew enough to publish myself. I put Jaunten out as an ebook, created a website and forum so that fans could communicate with me, and spread the word as best I could. Within three months, I was selling internationally. Within six months, I was making enough to quit my day job and sit at home, writing full time.
After six months of writing, publishing, and building up a reputation, I started to be approached by other people wanting to emulate what I did. I soon realized that there was a niche out there waiting for me to fill it—a place where original fiction could be published and released into the world. As of February 2012, I started my own publishing house, called Raconteur House. Since that point I have signed on four additional authors (not including yours truly) and am attracting more in a steady stream.
I have continued to write and publish the rest of the series through my House. When I’m not writing or editing, I like to go out into the community and give presentations of how to be an author. It’s actually really fun to talk to all of these people who want to be authors. Most people think that you can’t make any money being an author—actually, you can. And you can do quite well. It’s just a matter of working really hard, having a little talent, and knowing how to market your books. All I’m doing with these presentations is giving people the know-how to make their dreams come true.
While it’s true that you don’t need a college education to be an author, I encourage everyone to be as educated as possible. I have a lot of experience and education that most people don’t, and that’s what gives me an edge in writing. I’ve lived in places as obscure as Tehachapi, California and other places as large as Salt Lake City, Utah. I hold three different college degrees. I practice two different martial arts. I think I’ve tried every life experience that came my direction. All of that is incorporated into my books, and that’s what gives reality to my worlds and characters.
Even if I abruptly stop selling books tomorrow—which I don’t see happening—I would still continue to write. Creating characters and worlds is that much fun. Once you start, you become quickly addicted.
I spent three years trying to publish my book, Jaunten, the old fashioned way. The problem was my story was outside of the norm for young adult fantasy – it didn’t have vampires or the supernatural in it, it was clean enough to earn a PG rating, and there wasn’t any dark overlord to defeat. No literary agent would pick it up because it didn’t fit the “fantasy formula” that all of the popular books did.
I put the idea of having my book published off to the side for a while as I finished a Bachelors in English at Middle Tennessee State University. But as I worked on my third degree, the idea of being published came back to me. This time, while working as a paralegal, I had a better grasp of the laws involved of doing self-publishing. For six months, I did a great deal of research in how to do self-publishing the debt-free way.
It was hard. I was working full time, going to school full time, and living on my own. I never really had a break. I was always working on something. At times I felt like my brain would just go into meltdown from having to learn so many different things to make my idea work.
After six months, I thought I knew enough to publish myself. I put Jaunten out as an ebook, created a website and forum so that fans could communicate with me, and spread the word as best I could. Within three months, I was selling internationally. Within six months, I was making enough to quit my day job and sit at home, writing full time.
After six months of writing, publishing, and building up a reputation, I started to be approached by other people wanting to emulate what I did. I soon realized that there was a niche out there waiting for me to fill it—a place where original fiction could be published and released into the world. As of February 2012, I started my own publishing house, called Raconteur House. Since that point I have signed on four additional authors (not including yours truly) and am attracting more in a steady stream.
I have continued to write and publish the rest of the series through my House. When I’m not writing or editing, I like to go out into the community and give presentations of how to be an author. It’s actually really fun to talk to all of these people who want to be authors. Most people think that you can’t make any money being an author—actually, you can. And you can do quite well. It’s just a matter of working really hard, having a little talent, and knowing how to market your books. All I’m doing with these presentations is giving people the know-how to make their dreams come true.
While it’s true that you don’t need a college education to be an author, I encourage everyone to be as educated as possible. I have a lot of experience and education that most people don’t, and that’s what gives me an edge in writing. I’ve lived in places as obscure as Tehachapi, California and other places as large as Salt Lake City, Utah. I hold three different college degrees. I practice two different martial arts. I think I’ve tried every life experience that came my direction. All of that is incorporated into my books, and that’s what gives reality to my worlds and characters.
Even if I abruptly stop selling books tomorrow—which I don’t see happening—I would still continue to write. Creating characters and worlds is that much fun. Once you start, you become quickly addicted.
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September 27, 2019
Great characters, interesting world building. I would have preferred more action or struggles, but it is definitely worth reading. Main point of view character is a strong female leader.
July 12, 2015
I'm on the fence with this book. I liked the premise--a Guild of misfits who are given the job of finding a missing person. I liked the characters and the way they acted like a family and was looking forward to getting to know them. BUT...I didn't. By the end of the book, I still wasn't sure that I knew much about them. And I kept waiting for the story to develop, but it didn't. I realized it was a series, but my gosh, nothing of any major import ever actually happened. I did like how the woman leading the guild "adopted" the assassin and began to show him he could have a different life, but geesh, why was she so dense about seeing what he felt and needed? Especially since she'd already done something similar with another one of her guild members. She just never seemed to see what was right in front of her. Maybe she was a lot younger than I thought she was. I was never sure. And there in lies the problem, I was never sure about anything in this book. Why did the same characters keep getting in the same trouble over and over? Why didn't anything of major importance ever happen?
The author has built a fun world with some good characters, but the entire first book shouldn't be just set-up for what is to come.
The author has built a fun world with some good characters, but the entire first book shouldn't be just set-up for what is to come.
November 29, 2021
A fantasy series about an escorting guild of eclectic people who function more like a family. There's adventure, magical travel to foreign lands, intrigue, altercations that need bodyguards, and interesting relationship interplay.
August 22, 2024
I'm torn on this one. So first off, I read Rise of the Catalyst right before this. The only other book that I've read by Honor Raconteur. And I know *this* was written first... But I'm doing it based on the order I came to them in. I have never seen an author rip themselves off so hard. In completely different genres and worlds no less. To be fair, the real plot is different, but so much of the structure of the story and group dynamics and such are straight ripped from another of her works.
Things coming between Rise of the Catalyst and this book:
1) starts with a prebuilt party of characters, that have 'been doing this' for a long time before the story starts, led by a capable female
2) said capable female, in both cases, has lots of internal thoughts or outloud discussions about how she isn't as capable as others seem to think, but no one else is going to be willing or able to do better either
3) shortly into the story, in both cases, said party is joined by a male scholar stranger who wants answers to all the questions, by the party members
4) party members are all very forthcoming and not at all annoyed by scholar's questions (he takes a lot of notes too). Even *pleased* to answer him
5) one of the members of the party is a very hard to please, very protective man
6) new scholar guy proves himself to the group/protective hard to please man, so he gets to be a real part of the group
7) there are mixed race females in both works, where by being mixed race they are "mistaken for prostitutes", which puts them in positions where they are heavily harassed with unwanted male attentions. And have to be rescued
8) scholar has a big rescue scene for the "not a prostitute" character in both books, and it's a large reason why he comes to be trusted by the group
9) later in the story another man joins the group, from a rougher life/background/skill-set than scholar-man
10) once again mister protective man has to be won over
11) another big scene of rough newcomer man winning everyone over, in large part, by also rescuing "mixed race, confused for a prostitute lady"
12) rough newcomer man gets invited to join the prebuilt party at the end of the story,
13) while scholar man's affiliations are looser, even though everyone likes him too
That's far too many parallels, and some of them are a bit... Particular.
I also learned, from reading synopses of other Honor Raconteur works, that the "blind leading lady" thing gets reused elsewhere too (commentary on Rise of the Catalyst again).
I am concerned about how much of this sort of... Using the same story devices over and over again is going to happen. It's downright distracting because of how much there is and how on-the-nose it gets at times.
All that said, this is capably written and fun. But I absolutely can't pretend like all that copy and paste stuff doesn't happen between the only two books I have read by this author...
Things coming between Rise of the Catalyst and this book:
1) starts with a prebuilt party of characters, that have 'been doing this' for a long time before the story starts, led by a capable female
2) said capable female, in both cases, has lots of internal thoughts or outloud discussions about how she isn't as capable as others seem to think, but no one else is going to be willing or able to do better either
3) shortly into the story, in both cases, said party is joined by a male scholar stranger who wants answers to all the questions, by the party members
4) party members are all very forthcoming and not at all annoyed by scholar's questions (he takes a lot of notes too). Even *pleased* to answer him
5) one of the members of the party is a very hard to please, very protective man
6) new scholar guy proves himself to the group/protective hard to please man, so he gets to be a real part of the group
7) there are mixed race females in both works, where by being mixed race they are "mistaken for prostitutes", which puts them in positions where they are heavily harassed with unwanted male attentions. And have to be rescued
8) scholar has a big rescue scene for the "not a prostitute" character in both books, and it's a large reason why he comes to be trusted by the group
9) later in the story another man joins the group, from a rougher life/background/skill-set than scholar-man
10) once again mister protective man has to be won over
11) another big scene of rough newcomer man winning everyone over, in large part, by also rescuing "mixed race, confused for a prostitute lady"
12) rough newcomer man gets invited to join the prebuilt party at the end of the story,
13) while scholar man's affiliations are looser, even though everyone likes him too
That's far too many parallels, and some of them are a bit... Particular.
I also learned, from reading synopses of other Honor Raconteur works, that the "blind leading lady" thing gets reused elsewhere too (commentary on Rise of the Catalyst again).
I am concerned about how much of this sort of... Using the same story devices over and over again is going to happen. It's downright distracting because of how much there is and how on-the-nose it gets at times.
All that said, this is capably written and fun. But I absolutely can't pretend like all that copy and paste stuff doesn't happen between the only two books I have read by this author...
September 22, 2025
Content:
Language: None
Violence: higher end of mild? there are a lot of brawl-type fights and peril situations, but there is hardly any blood and nothing is graphic. Broken bones, stitches required, cuts, etc.
Sexual: High mild I think. There aren't any sexual scenes, but there is talk of prostitution. One of the characters is beautiful and gets 'wrong attention' so they are very careful of her. Another character is mixed race and in this fantasy world that means everyone thinks she's a prostitute so again, she has to be guarded carefully.
CW: There is some mention of kidnapping and slave-trading. mild spoiler: both have a lot of trauma and don't deal with life well because of it.
This book meanders.
A lot.
The tone is really reminiscent of a quest-type trope but has an almost video-game RPG feel as well. But it isn't action packed. Most of the book is more day-to-day happenings and the more mundane aspects of travel and living with a bunch of totally unique people under the same roof.
While the main plot could be said to be the disappearance of the daughter of a powerful political ally of the main group of characters, it isn't treated like that's the main plot. The whole focus of this story is the people. Everything else felt incidental to the interactions of the guild members of Deepwoods and just a vehicle for the author to share her cast of characters.
Typically I enjoy character-centric books, and I did enjoy this, but it got...repetitive? For instance, Wolf and Tran constantly are getting into petty fights with each other and anyone else who happens to be within a ten foot radius. To my knowledge these guys are mid to late twenties. Are they children? It seemed unbelievable that they'd be that idiotic. CONSISTANTLY. It was played for laughs I think, but I was getting annoyed by the end, and it made me like their characters the very least out of all them guildmembers by the end.
Having read a few of Honor Raconteur's different book series now, I'm seeing patterns. Which isn't a problem, per se, but I'm a tad disappointed. She likes to reuse certain tropes and specific characters. Again, not a problem usually, but in this case I'm starting to see that she doesn't put any kind of spin or twist to the tropes/characters. She just puts them in a new setting with a new name and maybe one or two background differences. Not awesome.
Knowing that now, I think I'll be able to enjoy the books more, because my expectations are now adjusted. So, just know that this author has her comfort zone and she doesn't stray from it.
Language: None
Violence: higher end of mild? there are a lot of brawl-type fights and peril situations, but there is hardly any blood and nothing is graphic. Broken bones, stitches required, cuts, etc.
Sexual: High mild I think. There aren't any sexual scenes, but there is talk of prostitution. One of the characters is beautiful and gets 'wrong attention' so they are very careful of her. Another character is mixed race and in this fantasy world that means everyone thinks she's a prostitute so again, she has to be guarded carefully.
CW: There is some mention of kidnapping and slave-trading. mild spoiler: both have a lot of trauma and don't deal with life well because of it.
This book meanders.
A lot.
The tone is really reminiscent of a quest-type trope but has an almost video-game RPG feel as well. But it isn't action packed. Most of the book is more day-to-day happenings and the more mundane aspects of travel and living with a bunch of totally unique people under the same roof.
While the main plot could be said to be the disappearance of the daughter of a powerful political ally of the main group of characters, it isn't treated like that's the main plot. The whole focus of this story is the people. Everything else felt incidental to the interactions of the guild members of Deepwoods and just a vehicle for the author to share her cast of characters.
Typically I enjoy character-centric books, and I did enjoy this, but it got...repetitive? For instance, Wolf and Tran constantly are getting into petty fights with each other and anyone else who happens to be within a ten foot radius. To my knowledge these guys are mid to late twenties. Are they children? It seemed unbelievable that they'd be that idiotic. CONSISTANTLY. It was played for laughs I think, but I was getting annoyed by the end, and it made me like their characters the very least out of all them guildmembers by the end.
Having read a few of Honor Raconteur's different book series now, I'm seeing patterns. Which isn't a problem, per se, but I'm a tad disappointed. She likes to reuse certain tropes and specific characters. Again, not a problem usually, but in this case I'm starting to see that she doesn't put any kind of spin or twist to the tropes/characters. She just puts them in a new setting with a new name and maybe one or two background differences. Not awesome.
Knowing that now, I think I'll be able to enjoy the books more, because my expectations are now adjusted. So, just know that this author has her comfort zone and she doesn't stray from it.
January 2, 2017
3.5
Reader thoughts: The guilds are interesting because there are no governments (that I can tell). This makes for a patchwork feel to the cities and countryside. Oh, and it seemed there were a bunch of islands separated by oceans but connected by miles-long, ancient bridges. This world also has pathfinders (who can basically teleport but only along special roads).
Basically, nobody trusts each other, and your whole family/country/guild might only be the size of one or two dozen people. Everybody is either someobody to trade with, or they're your enemy.
Then you have Siobhan. She leads her own guild. They travel everywhere, trade with everyone, talk with everyone, and trust everyone. She takes in strays of every kind, and she's quicker to make allies than enemies. She and her guild are completely loyal to each other, even if they are sometimes reckless.
No, this doesn't sound exciting per se, but it is interesting. The plot in this book is slow only because it does have as many fights and assassins and explosions as it could have had if it didn't focus so much on the "trust, loyalty, redemption" side of things. Yet, a book needs that side, too. A book full of explosions can seem slow to me if it never delves into the deeper feelings/motivations of its MCs.
I'll probably read the next ones, but maybe when the audiobooks come out.
Writer thoughts: At first, there were too many characters. It took a while to sort them out, and I'm still not sure about the differences between them all. I think there were only 9 or 10 members of Deepwoods, but I kept thinking of them as "Siobhan, the new guy, the big guy, and everyone else."
HR made them all unique. They had interesting back stories, and readers were introduced to them one or two at a time. However, it just didn't seem important to keep them all straight.
Reader thoughts: The guilds are interesting because there are no governments (that I can tell). This makes for a patchwork feel to the cities and countryside. Oh, and it seemed there were a bunch of islands separated by oceans but connected by miles-long, ancient bridges. This world also has pathfinders (who can basically teleport but only along special roads).
Basically, nobody trusts each other, and your whole family/country/guild might only be the size of one or two dozen people. Everybody is either someobody to trade with, or they're your enemy.
Then you have Siobhan. She leads her own guild. They travel everywhere, trade with everyone, talk with everyone, and trust everyone. She takes in strays of every kind, and she's quicker to make allies than enemies. She and her guild are completely loyal to each other, even if they are sometimes reckless.
No, this doesn't sound exciting per se, but it is interesting. The plot in this book is slow only because it does have as many fights and assassins and explosions as it could have had if it didn't focus so much on the "trust, loyalty, redemption" side of things. Yet, a book needs that side, too. A book full of explosions can seem slow to me if it never delves into the deeper feelings/motivations of its MCs.
I'll probably read the next ones, but maybe when the audiobooks come out.
Writer thoughts: At first, there were too many characters. It took a while to sort them out, and I'm still not sure about the differences between them all. I think there were only 9 or 10 members of Deepwoods, but I kept thinking of them as "Siobhan, the new guy, the big guy, and everyone else."
HR made them all unique. They had interesting back stories, and readers were introduced to them one or two at a time. However, it just didn't seem important to keep them all straight.
May 6, 2017
I really liked this book- the humor had me laughing every other page, and I loved the characters. I'm not a huge fan of all of the plots and mystery, so that's what took off the last star for me. If you like witty characters, mystery, and strong female characters, this book is for you!
August 19, 2016
The guild members, as characters, have a lot of potential. I also like the theme of diversity, but this book has basically no plot and too much good will.
June 4, 2024
Fantastic. Delightful characters and interactions, intriguing worldbuilding and plot, humor. Feel-good. Emotionally satisfying.
June 21, 2020
The Deepwoods trilogy (am reviewing all 3.5 books here as they all fit into one story) was a wonderful book of friendship, camaraderie, the sense of family and belonging and being human. Set in a world that is still a little barbaric (probably the most so of Honour Raconteur's worlds that I have read so far), often sexist, and very judgemental, where slavery exists, good people still win out, the good wins the battle and learning, dignity and honour always come through.
The world is thrown into turmoil by a few actions where all is not always as it seems and we steadily find out more as they books progress. In the meantime Deepwoods grows as a guild and play an ever more important part in the worlds politics and the well being of the population as a whole.
It took me a while to wrap my head around the people in the first book but eventually they became as family to me too. I loved the addition of the sketch drawings throughout the books, especially in Deepwoods, of the characters themselves.
A wonderful read!
The world is thrown into turmoil by a few actions where all is not always as it seems and we steadily find out more as they books progress. In the meantime Deepwoods grows as a guild and play an ever more important part in the worlds politics and the well being of the population as a whole.
It took me a while to wrap my head around the people in the first book but eventually they became as family to me too. I loved the addition of the sketch drawings throughout the books, especially in Deepwoods, of the characters themselves.
A wonderful read!
December 30, 2024
Slow Burn
Deepwoods1
There are illustrations!
A small guild who do more than guard caravans, is charged with finding a lost party of sixteen. This was a guild representative and her escort who have disappeared. Since Deepwoods is an ancillary guild to Blackstone, they take the commission.
Though small, there is a full complement of specialists, starting with their pathmaker. By setting stones in mosaic patterns, a pathmaker can tesseract between locations. They also have their own physician, quartermaster and guards.
But, what they really have is a mystery - what happened to the first group and why.
We gain some clarity over the course of the story. But there is much more to come.
Deepwoods1
There are illustrations!
A small guild who do more than guard caravans, is charged with finding a lost party of sixteen. This was a guild representative and her escort who have disappeared. Since Deepwoods is an ancillary guild to Blackstone, they take the commission.
Though small, there is a full complement of specialists, starting with their pathmaker. By setting stones in mosaic patterns, a pathmaker can tesseract between locations. They also have their own physician, quartermaster and guards.
But, what they really have is a mystery - what happened to the first group and why.
We gain some clarity over the course of the story. But there is much more to come.
June 29, 2020
Deepwoods is set in an interesting fantasy world. I liked how we got hints of the history without full info dumps. I never felt lost, Raconteur always gave us the information we needed when we needed it.
The characters were all interesting, I enjoyed learning about everyone in the guild. The quest that turns into a mystery was well done. It moved along at a good pace. The story wrapped up at the end of the book nicely while still leaving room for the next book.
If I had any complaint it would be that the main character was a bit too flawless. However, she wasn't obnoxiously so, so I wasn't bothered by it.
The characters were all interesting, I enjoyed learning about everyone in the guild. The quest that turns into a mystery was well done. It moved along at a good pace. The story wrapped up at the end of the book nicely while still leaving room for the next book.
If I had any complaint it would be that the main character was a bit too flawless. However, she wasn't obnoxiously so, so I wasn't bothered by it.
March 25, 2022
Honor Raconteur truly lives up to her name. She is an amazing storyteller. She creates here several characters, each of who is relatable and memorable in each one's individual strengths, flaws and insecurities, and gives to them as a team a world-changing quest (which none of them wanted or sought) and lets them go forth and deal. And deal they do. I resented every moment I had to put this series down to do other things (like eat, sleep, work...). This is an eminently readable series that I recommend to any young adult who enjoys reading Erin Hunter or JK Rowling.
April 14, 2020
Deepwoods is centered around family. I’m a complete sucker for built families of misfits and finding one’s place in the world. Add magic, guilds, strong female characters, humor, and great fight scenes to amazing family dynamics and im hooked. I adored the main character Siobhan, and I found it very easy to keep track of and fall in love with all the characters.
Each was unique and brought not only their own skills to the team but their cultures, ideology, and backgrounds.
Each was unique and brought not only their own skills to the team but their cultures, ideology, and backgrounds.
May 25, 2020
I've enjoyed pretty much everything that Honor Raconteur has written, starting with The Shinigami Detective. While this isn't my favorite of her books (that would be the above mentioned Shinigami Detective, which I found while reading the blog of my all time favorite writing team - Ilona Andrews) it is definitely worth reading. In fact, I haven't found a book by Honor that I haven't enjoyed. If you enjoy High Fantasy, Urban Fantasy or Steam Punk you're sure to find something to enjoy
November 13, 2025
While this does have a slow pace and build of characters, I am enjoying the world and the team. There are about 10 main characters in the guild with Siobhan as the leader. She is strong and intelligent but does get flustered with personal level conversations - especially when they seem impactful (on a personal level). I like the team - they each have different strengths and personalities, and backstories. I do plan to read book 2
July 7, 2018
Another one...
...done and enjoyed. I really like Siobhan and her crew. The story is very whimsical—almost wishful thinking to be blunt—and full of love, acceptance, healing, genuine friendship, and several other utopian ideas which don’t exist very many places except in our dreams. The action is worth the fun and the arc remains true. Honor is a great writer.
...done and enjoyed. I really like Siobhan and her crew. The story is very whimsical—almost wishful thinking to be blunt—and full of love, acceptance, healing, genuine friendship, and several other utopian ideas which don’t exist very many places except in our dreams. The action is worth the fun and the arc remains true. Honor is a great writer.
August 31, 2020
Took a while to get into - but really good!
This is the start of a series, so there's lots of world building and there's unfinished elements at the end. But it's never a whole bunch of draggy explanations, and you're never lost. It ends at a good point, without cliffhangers. I'm only docking a star because it did take me a while to get into the book, but it was worth it.
This is the start of a series, so there's lots of world building and there's unfinished elements at the end. But it's never a whole bunch of draggy explanations, and you're never lost. It ends at a good point, without cliffhangers. I'm only docking a star because it did take me a while to get into the book, but it was worth it.
July 13, 2021
I really enjoyed this book. I loved the characters and the interactions they had with each other. I especially loved Rune, and I loved watching him slowly come out of his shell. The author included pictures of the characters in the books, which I thought was interesting, but it definitely helped me to envision them. It was a little difficult to keep them all straight though.
January 13, 2022
I read a whole collection of Honor Raconteur books during what proved to be my father’s final illness. A bit of a blur but they were a very helpful distraction when I couldn’t do much else but wait and watch. Sometimes you need warm, not too challenging books about basically decent people forming friendships and doing things to make their world a little better.
July 31, 2017
A nice even-paced story that at first seems to meander, but as it progresses it gathers momentum until it generates real impact. I really enjoyed this book and the two others in the series as well. Totally character-driven, with a diverse but limited character set.
August 11, 2020
Good story. Magic, gods and demons were absent...except for the Pathfinder. I did have one place, an inconsistency. If gunpowder was used, why aren't firearms? I didn't even see archery mentioned but a lot of sword-slinging was there.
Overall, a good read.
Overall, a good read.
August 18, 2021
Enjoyable story, good pace
I liked the characters, even though they are very different from what I've read before, and from each other. This is a restful, simple story with good guys vs bad guys.
I liked the characters, even though they are very different from what I've read before, and from each other. This is a restful, simple story with good guys vs bad guys.
April 10, 2022
fun and kind adventure
Cheerful and loving family of misfits and creative folk making heir way in a world of cutthroats and cheats (as well as good people) in a caring set of thrills
Cheerful and loving family of misfits and creative folk making heir way in a world of cutthroats and cheats (as well as good people) in a caring set of thrills
May 26, 2024
The plot thickens
A good start to the series and tons of questions unanswered which I can only hope they’ll get answered in the next book. Intriguing characters and a good mix of personalities. Looking forward to the next one.
A good start to the series and tons of questions unanswered which I can only hope they’ll get answered in the next book. Intriguing characters and a good mix of personalities. Looking forward to the next one.
August 1, 2024
Very good
This story grab my attention right away and kept hold all the way through. It’s a lovely bunch of misfits that make the story perk right along. Looking forward to continuing the journey.
This story grab my attention right away and kept hold all the way through. It’s a lovely bunch of misfits that make the story perk right along. Looking forward to continuing the journey.
September 24, 2018
Clearly not a favorite. Dialogue is flat, plot ambling, illustrations ludicrous.
April 4, 2019
Awesome
Awesome read with the building of a guild while sabotage and subterfuge intertwined in an attempt to take the trade and economy to a standstill.
Awesome read with the building of a guild while sabotage and subterfuge intertwined in an attempt to take the trade and economy to a standstill.
May 30, 2020
I really liked the characters but there's not much of a story.
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February 4, 2021Charming adventure
Easy read with good storyline and believable characters. The world in which the story is set complements the whole setup
Easy read with good storyline and believable characters. The world in which the story is set complements the whole setup
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