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Blackheart Knights #2
Blackheart Ghosts
A half-drowned stranger turns up at the door of Garad Gaheris, retired King's Champion, with a hell of a story to tell. The ex-knight may have uncovered a conspiracy involving the very highest echelons of London's elite.
'A riveting tragedy of blood and desire. A masterwork of urban fantasy - and the coolest thing you'll read this year' - SAMANTHA SHANNON on Blackheart Knights
Current King's Champion Si Wyll, a master illusionist, still reeling from the betrayal of his lover and the death of his mentor, is poised to become the most dangerous man in London. Then a figure from his past surfaces, determined to blackmail him into a plot to change the balance of power for good.
'A brilliant, bloody wild' - JAY KRISTOFF on Blackheart Knights
And the city's godchildren, those born with illegal magical abilities, have had enough of being put down - but who must die to ensure their ascension?
'A riveting tragedy of blood and desire. A masterwork of urban fantasy - and the coolest thing you'll read this year' - SAMANTHA SHANNON on Blackheart Knights
Current King's Champion Si Wyll, a master illusionist, still reeling from the betrayal of his lover and the death of his mentor, is poised to become the most dangerous man in London. Then a figure from his past surfaces, determined to blackmail him into a plot to change the balance of power for good.
'A brilliant, bloody wild' - JAY KRISTOFF on Blackheart Knights
And the city's godchildren, those born with illegal magical abilities, have had enough of being put down - but who must die to ensure their ascension?
448 pages, Hardcover
First published March 30, 2023
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About the author
Laure Eve
7 books510 followersLaure Eve is the author of critically acclaimed duologies The Graces and The Curses,
Fearsome Dreamer and The Illusionists,
and the forthcoming duology Blackheart Knights (spring 2021).
She has been published in 10 languages and has regularly appeared at festivals, conventions and conferences in countries around the world.
She speaks English and French, and can hold a vague conversation, usually about food, in Greek.
The name is pronounced lore eev. (in English. In French there's a whole back of the throat deal).
Fearsome Dreamer and The Illusionists,
and the forthcoming duology Blackheart Knights (spring 2021).
She has been published in 10 languages and has regularly appeared at festivals, conventions and conferences in countries around the world.
She speaks English and French, and can hold a vague conversation, usually about food, in Greek.
The name is pronounced lore eev. (in English. In French there's a whole back of the throat deal).
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May 22, 2023
Oh no, a sequel that didn’t hit quite as hard as the first one. The things I loved most about the first book (the structure/POVs, the romance, the plot twist reveal) were all done less effectively in this book. The split POV timelines didn’t work as well given the two stories were completely separate and didn’t have the tension leading to a big reveal as in the first one. The relationships that were so excellent in book 1 were sidelined in book 2 - we barely got any Red/Wyll interaction, and even the other relationship that has some real heart and depth to it really didn’t have a lot of time spent on it. In addition, character actions didn’t really make a lot of sense, particularly at the end - da fuck happened to Wyll…?
Anyway, a bit of a disappointing sequel after how much I adored the first book!
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OH MY FUCKING GOD we have a title and a cover are you KIDDING ME how did I miss this
Anyway, a bit of a disappointing sequel after how much I adored the first book!
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OH MY FUCKING GOD we have a title and a cover are you KIDDING ME how did I miss this
March 31, 2023
On my blog.
Rep: bi mcs, nonbinary lis, lesbian & bi side characters
CWs: violence, rape
Galley provided by publisher
Blackheart Ghosts was a solid follow-up to Blackheart Knights. It carries on from almost immediately after the end of the first book, but this time has different POV characters: Wyll, who features prominently in Knights, wracked by guilt from what he sees as his role in introducing Art’s killer to him, and Ghost, an unknown character who rocks up at Garad’s door to tell him a fantastical tale.
The first thing to say about this one is that, sadly, it packs less of a punch than Knights. Perhaps that was simply because of the two-year gap between reading them. I had plenty of time to forget who was who in the world and the nitty-gritty of what was going on. So, while I got back into it pretty quickly — helped by the odd reminder of what I’d forgotten — I would still have to say it impacted my enjoyment. Of course, that does mean I think that, if I’d reread Knights, or if I choose to reread them both one after the other, I would rate this higher. Probably. (There’s always a slight chance not, I suppose.)
However, despite the initial confusion, I found myself entirely compelled by the direction the story was taking. Mostly, this was to do with Wyll’s arc, since that was what drove the story on from where it had left off. Ghost’s, while interesting, didn’t seem to have that much bearing on it (and, in all honesty, I feel that way still, having finished the book. If it tied in at all, it was only tangentially).
I think this was to do with the characters, since the plot was somewhat hit or miss for me. Again, that might have been resolved if I had decided to reread Knights first. Alas, I did not. Rookie error etc, and so forth. But, back to that. Where book one seemed to have a direction to it, Ghosts felt a little more lacking. Possibly, this was because Knights was, to some extent, based on existing Arthurian tales and Ghosts was freestyling a little more. Perhaps.
Either way, it was the characters of the book who rescued it for me. It’s always interesting when you get to see the POV of characters who have previously been non-POV characters and thus a little opaque to you. Wyll was a good example of that, and it was interesting how, to him, Red then became the opaque one. As I said earlier, I was less interested by Ghost, although she was not totally uncompelling.
In conclusion, then, I think this is a duology that needs to be read in quick succession of one another. Blackheart Ghosts is, simply put, not a book that stands well on its own. Not in the sense you might read it as a standalone, which is ridiculous, but that you need to be able to contextualise it. So, either you have to read Knights immediately beforehand, or at least remember more of it than I did. And therein lay my problem.
Rep: bi mcs, nonbinary lis, lesbian & bi side characters
CWs: violence, rape
Galley provided by publisher
Blackheart Ghosts was a solid follow-up to Blackheart Knights. It carries on from almost immediately after the end of the first book, but this time has different POV characters: Wyll, who features prominently in Knights, wracked by guilt from what he sees as his role in introducing Art’s killer to him, and Ghost, an unknown character who rocks up at Garad’s door to tell him a fantastical tale.
The first thing to say about this one is that, sadly, it packs less of a punch than Knights. Perhaps that was simply because of the two-year gap between reading them. I had plenty of time to forget who was who in the world and the nitty-gritty of what was going on. So, while I got back into it pretty quickly — helped by the odd reminder of what I’d forgotten — I would still have to say it impacted my enjoyment. Of course, that does mean I think that, if I’d reread Knights, or if I choose to reread them both one after the other, I would rate this higher. Probably. (There’s always a slight chance not, I suppose.)
However, despite the initial confusion, I found myself entirely compelled by the direction the story was taking. Mostly, this was to do with Wyll’s arc, since that was what drove the story on from where it had left off. Ghost’s, while interesting, didn’t seem to have that much bearing on it (and, in all honesty, I feel that way still, having finished the book. If it tied in at all, it was only tangentially).
I think this was to do with the characters, since the plot was somewhat hit or miss for me. Again, that might have been resolved if I had decided to reread Knights first. Alas, I did not. Rookie error etc, and so forth. But, back to that. Where book one seemed to have a direction to it, Ghosts felt a little more lacking. Possibly, this was because Knights was, to some extent, based on existing Arthurian tales and Ghosts was freestyling a little more. Perhaps.
Either way, it was the characters of the book who rescued it for me. It’s always interesting when you get to see the POV of characters who have previously been non-POV characters and thus a little opaque to you. Wyll was a good example of that, and it was interesting how, to him, Red then became the opaque one. As I said earlier, I was less interested by Ghost, although she was not totally uncompelling.
In conclusion, then, I think this is a duology that needs to be read in quick succession of one another. Blackheart Ghosts is, simply put, not a book that stands well on its own. Not in the sense you might read it as a standalone, which is ridiculous, but that you need to be able to contextualise it. So, either you have to read Knights immediately beforehand, or at least remember more of it than I did. And therein lay my problem.
April 21, 2023
This book uses a lot of the same tricks that the previous one did, but not to the same effect. It uses the same dual timeline/POV structure, but because the two timelines are much closer to each other and more interwoven, it makes it harder to keep track of events and the structure becomes confusing, rather than dramatic. In addition, the reason tension was maintained between the two storylines in Blackheart Knights was because of their eventual connection and who Art and Red were to each other. But Ghost and Wyll's stories have very little to do with each other, aside from a few plot points, and they mean nothing to each other as people, so when they finally meet it resolves or satisfies nothing. This is also a case where splitting the story between two narratives weakens both of them; Ghost's story on its own would have been fine for a mostly-standalone sequel, while Wyll's was the direct follow-up to the previous book, but neither was able to really flesh itself out or go in depth because it was hampered by the other.
Having a main character whose true identity is obfuscated for most of the narrative also feels a bit gimmicky to do again, though thankfully this time the reveal wasn't so postponed. I also wasn't a fan of how both .
The plans and scheming in this book made even less sense than in the last one. There, at least, there was the excuse of Red being a teenager attempting intrigue; here, it is the nation's top political advisors coming up with a particularly terrible plan. The idea that they could fool anyone into believing Art is still alive for longer than 24 hours or so seems impossible - let alone using an illusion to fool other government members, what about the servants who notice the king isn't eating his meals, or sleeping in his chambers, or using his bath? Not to mention hiding the body somewhere.
And just like in the previous book, we had a last minute reveal that one of the supposedly good female characters is actually conniving and evil, combined with the other moment from the first book of a character walking into a room to discover their supposed ally is literally in bed with the enemy. Just like with the reveal that Orcade is evil, the reveal that feels completely out of the blue because we don't actually know anything about her. Her presence in the story is so minimal, her motivations and beliefs so thoroughly unexplored, that the only real response to her betrayal is "sure, why not."
I thought Wyll's characterization towards the end of the book to be very inconsistent; he reacts with apparent outrage and horror when he discovers Moth's daughter and how she's being used, but is perfectly happy to keep referring to her as a map, rather than a person, and use her in the exact same way. His determination to maintain the Menagerie feels very strange as well. It's one thing to use the science and technology recovered from that site and bring it to hospitals, or a better research facility, but to keep the same building with all the horrors that were committed inside, not even renaming it, and even the same staff working there, only making a few token changes to insist that it's a good thing now... It makes the ending feel very bleak, and it's not a bleakness that's earned - we don't get a clear sense of why Wyll would make that decision.
The best parts of this book are the little interpersonal moments - Ghost and Garad's relationship is quite romantic, even if it suffers a little from Garad not grasping the concept that Ghost and aren't the same person, and Wyll's last-minute confession of love to Red and almost-death in her arms definitely tugged on the heartstrings. This is another instance where the dual timelines really hurt things, because neither relationship got to be explored fully.
There are still a lot of really neat concepts at play, and the world Eve has built is fascinating. It's got a great balance between fantasy and modern-day elements, providing a fresh take on London while staying true to a lot of its aesthetics. Her prose is very evocative in terms of setting and tone, and she has a good handle on writing dialogue that sounds not only authentic to the setting but distinct from character to character without lapsing into stereotypes. The little details of this book are quite good, but it's the bigger picture that fails to impress.
Having a main character whose true identity is obfuscated for most of the narrative also feels a bit gimmicky to do again, though thankfully this time the reveal wasn't so postponed. I also wasn't a fan of how both .
The plans and scheming in this book made even less sense than in the last one. There, at least, there was the excuse of Red being a teenager attempting intrigue; here, it is the nation's top political advisors coming up with a particularly terrible plan. The idea that they could fool anyone into believing Art is still alive for longer than 24 hours or so seems impossible - let alone using an illusion to fool other government members, what about the servants who notice the king isn't eating his meals, or sleeping in his chambers, or using his bath? Not to mention hiding the body somewhere.
And just like in the previous book, we had a last minute reveal that one of the supposedly good female characters is actually conniving and evil, combined with the other moment from the first book of a character walking into a room to discover their supposed ally is literally in bed with the enemy. Just like with the reveal that Orcade is evil, the reveal that feels completely out of the blue because we don't actually know anything about her. Her presence in the story is so minimal, her motivations and beliefs so thoroughly unexplored, that the only real response to her betrayal is "sure, why not."
I thought Wyll's characterization towards the end of the book to be very inconsistent; he reacts with apparent outrage and horror when he discovers Moth's daughter and how she's being used, but is perfectly happy to keep referring to her as a map, rather than a person, and use her in the exact same way. His determination to maintain the Menagerie feels very strange as well. It's one thing to use the science and technology recovered from that site and bring it to hospitals, or a better research facility, but to keep the same building with all the horrors that were committed inside, not even renaming it, and even the same staff working there, only making a few token changes to insist that it's a good thing now... It makes the ending feel very bleak, and it's not a bleakness that's earned - we don't get a clear sense of why Wyll would make that decision.
The best parts of this book are the little interpersonal moments - Ghost and Garad's relationship is quite romantic, even if it suffers a little from Garad not grasping the concept that Ghost and aren't the same person, and Wyll's last-minute confession of love to Red and almost-death in her arms definitely tugged on the heartstrings. This is another instance where the dual timelines really hurt things, because neither relationship got to be explored fully.
There are still a lot of really neat concepts at play, and the world Eve has built is fascinating. It's got a great balance between fantasy and modern-day elements, providing a fresh take on London while staying true to a lot of its aesthetics. Her prose is very evocative in terms of setting and tone, and she has a good handle on writing dialogue that sounds not only authentic to the setting but distinct from character to character without lapsing into stereotypes. The little details of this book are quite good, but it's the bigger picture that fails to impress.
April 8, 2023
My thanks to Quercus Books/Jo Fletcher Books for an eARC via NetGalley of ‘Blackheart Ghosts’ by Laure Eve.
This is the second book in Eve’s Blackheart Knights duology, which is a reimagining of the legends of King Arthur and his knights in a modern urban fantasy setting that Eve has described as ‘Camelot meets Gotham’. I was very impressed with ‘Blackheart Knights’ and keen to read its sequel.
Given the nature of the ongoing plot, the books do need to be read in order. Also, due to this I won’t say much about the story in order to avoid spoilers for ‘Blackheart Knights’.
‘Blackheart Ghosts’ focuses upon two point of view characters and also hops about in time, though the latter is indicated in the chapter openings. I will admit that at times it was a little confusing.
The first plot strand focuses on Ghost, a half-drowned stranger, who turns up at the door of Garad Gaheris, the retired King’s Champion. This mysterious ex-knight relates a shocking story that may indicate a conspiracy involving the very highest echelons of London’s elite.
The second strand focuses upon the current King’s Champion Si Wyll, a master illusionist. Wyll is still reeling from the events in ‘Blackheart Knights’ though is poised to become the most dangerous man in London. However, a figure from his past surfaces, determined to blackmail him into a plot that will change the balance of power.
Add to this is the plight of the city’s godchildren, those born with illegal magical abilities. They have had enough of this status yet how far will they go to ensure change?
I had read ‘Blackheart Knights’ almost two years ago and I was a bit disappointed that the narrative just plunged in without any preamble. Of course, if a reader is in a position to read the two books close together there’s no problem.
Still, not everyone is able to reread a nearly 500 page novel before reading its sequel. This is why I always applaud those fantasy authors who include a summary of past events and/or a dramatis personae to serve as a refresher for returning readers.
As a result it took me some time to reconnect to the narrative and I wasn’t quite as invested in its characters as I was with those of ‘Blackheart Knights’.
Overall, I still found ‘Blackheart Ghosts’ a powerful urban fantasy and a fascinating reimagining of Arthurian legend. I definitely would suggest reading both books close together in order to retain a sense of continuity.
This is the second book in Eve’s Blackheart Knights duology, which is a reimagining of the legends of King Arthur and his knights in a modern urban fantasy setting that Eve has described as ‘Camelot meets Gotham’. I was very impressed with ‘Blackheart Knights’ and keen to read its sequel.
Given the nature of the ongoing plot, the books do need to be read in order. Also, due to this I won’t say much about the story in order to avoid spoilers for ‘Blackheart Knights’.
‘Blackheart Ghosts’ focuses upon two point of view characters and also hops about in time, though the latter is indicated in the chapter openings. I will admit that at times it was a little confusing.
The first plot strand focuses on Ghost, a half-drowned stranger, who turns up at the door of Garad Gaheris, the retired King’s Champion. This mysterious ex-knight relates a shocking story that may indicate a conspiracy involving the very highest echelons of London’s elite.
The second strand focuses upon the current King’s Champion Si Wyll, a master illusionist. Wyll is still reeling from the events in ‘Blackheart Knights’ though is poised to become the most dangerous man in London. However, a figure from his past surfaces, determined to blackmail him into a plot that will change the balance of power.
Add to this is the plight of the city’s godchildren, those born with illegal magical abilities. They have had enough of this status yet how far will they go to ensure change?
I had read ‘Blackheart Knights’ almost two years ago and I was a bit disappointed that the narrative just plunged in without any preamble. Of course, if a reader is in a position to read the two books close together there’s no problem.
Still, not everyone is able to reread a nearly 500 page novel before reading its sequel. This is why I always applaud those fantasy authors who include a summary of past events and/or a dramatis personae to serve as a refresher for returning readers.
As a result it took me some time to reconnect to the narrative and I wasn’t quite as invested in its characters as I was with those of ‘Blackheart Knights’.
Overall, I still found ‘Blackheart Ghosts’ a powerful urban fantasy and a fascinating reimagining of Arthurian legend. I definitely would suggest reading both books close together in order to retain a sense of continuity.
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July 15, 2025Dnf'd about 1/4 of the way through. I am so bitterly disappointed in this. Even though I have dnf'd, my friend has continued to read it and has been telling me about it as he goes, but all he's done is confirmed that this book is so badly composed, and the characters so inconsistently annoying, that I made the right choice to stop.
I gave the first book 4.5 stars. I thought this would become an all time favourite series. Instead, not only does book 2 feel like a different author wrote it, I found myself genuinely questioning if this was even the same series. What I expected from book 2: the immediate aftemath of book 1. The kingdom in turmoil. Characters suffering angst as they figure out what next. Red continuing her quest and staying a main character alongside Wyl and Garad. REVENGE, REVENGE, REVENGE.
Instead, we get Wyl turning emo and getting distracted by a new character I could not give a single care for. Garad meets ANOTHER new character we're supposed to care about and even as the story goes on and I suspect her true identity, I just do not care for her story and fail to see how it is relevant. And Red may as well not even be there for all the word count she's taken up.
I feel like the author decided that rather than have a more linear plot and really follow up hard on the first book, they decided to follow the same pattern and use the same tactics of a dual timeline and a mysterious character with dubious intents, but where it worked in book 1, in book 2 it ended up destroying the plot, the characters and everything that made the story great until that point.
Genuinely heartbroken that this was such a letdown.
I gave the first book 4.5 stars. I thought this would become an all time favourite series. Instead, not only does book 2 feel like a different author wrote it, I found myself genuinely questioning if this was even the same series. What I expected from book 2: the immediate aftemath of book 1. The kingdom in turmoil. Characters suffering angst as they figure out what next. Red continuing her quest and staying a main character alongside Wyl and Garad. REVENGE, REVENGE, REVENGE.
Instead, we get Wyl turning emo and getting distracted by a new character I could not give a single care for. Garad meets ANOTHER new character we're supposed to care about and even as the story goes on and I suspect her true identity, I just do not care for her story and fail to see how it is relevant. And Red may as well not even be there for all the word count she's taken up.
I feel like the author decided that rather than have a more linear plot and really follow up hard on the first book, they decided to follow the same pattern and use the same tactics of a dual timeline and a mysterious character with dubious intents, but where it worked in book 1, in book 2 it ended up destroying the plot, the characters and everything that made the story great until that point.
Genuinely heartbroken that this was such a letdown.
October 6, 2024
2,5/5⭐️
Band 1 der Dark Camelot Dilogie hat mir recht gut gefallen und ich hab eine ganze Menge Potenzial für den zweiten Teil gesehen. Bereits in Band 1 habe ich einige Zeit gebraucht um mich in die Geschichte einzufinden. In diesem Teil ist das leider nie passiert.
Band 2 nutzt recht viele Tricks die es auch im ersten Teil gab, allerdings haben diese hier leider nicht den gleichen Effekt. Die beiden POV‘s die im ersten Teil für Spannung gesorgt haben waren hier für mich einfach nur verwirrend.
Dazu kam ich leider mit unseren Protagonisten nicht wirklich klar. Es hat einfach nicht Klick gemacht. Ich konnte keine Verbindung zu den beiden aufbauen, daher hab ich mir sehr schwer damit getan mich auf die Geschichte zu konzentrieren.
Während des lesens bin ich immer wieder abgeschweift, daher habe ich es dann mit dem Hörbuch probiert in der Hoffnung das mich die Geschichte dann mehr begeistern könnte. Ich bin bei dem Hörbuch zwar besser vorangekommen, aber die Sogwirkung des ersten Teils hat sich leider auch hier nicht eingestellt.
Was mich allerdings genau wie im vorherigen Teil überzeugen konnte, war das Worldbuilding. Dieses ist wirklich einzigartig und auch etwas Crazy, aber genau das hat mir unfassbar gut gefallen.
Vieles in diesem Band hat einfach nicht meinen persönlichen Geschmack getroffen, trotzdem würde ich die Dilogie definitiv jedem weiterempfehlen der Lust auf eine ausgefallene Neuerzählung des König Artus Mythos hat🥰
Band 1 der Dark Camelot Dilogie hat mir recht gut gefallen und ich hab eine ganze Menge Potenzial für den zweiten Teil gesehen. Bereits in Band 1 habe ich einige Zeit gebraucht um mich in die Geschichte einzufinden. In diesem Teil ist das leider nie passiert.
Band 2 nutzt recht viele Tricks die es auch im ersten Teil gab, allerdings haben diese hier leider nicht den gleichen Effekt. Die beiden POV‘s die im ersten Teil für Spannung gesorgt haben waren hier für mich einfach nur verwirrend.
Dazu kam ich leider mit unseren Protagonisten nicht wirklich klar. Es hat einfach nicht Klick gemacht. Ich konnte keine Verbindung zu den beiden aufbauen, daher hab ich mir sehr schwer damit getan mich auf die Geschichte zu konzentrieren.
Während des lesens bin ich immer wieder abgeschweift, daher habe ich es dann mit dem Hörbuch probiert in der Hoffnung das mich die Geschichte dann mehr begeistern könnte. Ich bin bei dem Hörbuch zwar besser vorangekommen, aber die Sogwirkung des ersten Teils hat sich leider auch hier nicht eingestellt.
Was mich allerdings genau wie im vorherigen Teil überzeugen konnte, war das Worldbuilding. Dieses ist wirklich einzigartig und auch etwas Crazy, aber genau das hat mir unfassbar gut gefallen.
Vieles in diesem Band hat einfach nicht meinen persönlichen Geschmack getroffen, trotzdem würde ich die Dilogie definitiv jedem weiterempfehlen der Lust auf eine ausgefallene Neuerzählung des König Artus Mythos hat🥰
August 7, 2023
BLACKHEART GHOSTS - LAURE EVE
🏍️Londres está jodida. Un Rey que no aparece, una conspiración para perseguir a los Godchilds y una Caballería que está en el más absoluto desconcierto. Ghost y Wyll, cada une por su cuenta, intentando que el Reino no se desmorone. Pero, por supuesto, no va a funcionar.🏍️
⚔️Laure Eve prosigue la trama del Camelot moderno, en la que los caballeros van en moto, compiten en justas con magia y el Rey se apoya en ellos. Es sorprendente que ninguna editorial española apueste por una saga tan inclusiva, de retelling y con toques medievales.⚔️
🏰El mundo que ha creado Laure Eve es violento, sensible, una mezcla entre las leyendas Artúricas y Blade Runner, donde las conspiraciones y las deudas debidas y prestadas (y el honor) tienen muchísima importancia.🏰
🌈La identidad de género y, en definitiva, la identidad, son superimportantes en Blackheart Ghosts. Saber quién eres, saber qué eres, aceptarlo y aceptar que el mundo lo sepa, son preguntas clave que nos haremos a lo largo de la novela. 🌈
🎭Los poderes de les Godchilds son maravillosos y permiten giros argumentales y muchos engaños al lector que harán que tengas que estar muy atento a las palabras usadas.🎭
Se hace un poco lento de leer, por el nivel de inglés y las mezclas medievales pero...
Worth every penny.
Valoración: 🧙🏻♂️🧙🏻♂️🧙🏻♂️➗ (3 Merlines y medio)
🏍️Londres está jodida. Un Rey que no aparece, una conspiración para perseguir a los Godchilds y una Caballería que está en el más absoluto desconcierto. Ghost y Wyll, cada une por su cuenta, intentando que el Reino no se desmorone. Pero, por supuesto, no va a funcionar.🏍️
⚔️Laure Eve prosigue la trama del Camelot moderno, en la que los caballeros van en moto, compiten en justas con magia y el Rey se apoya en ellos. Es sorprendente que ninguna editorial española apueste por una saga tan inclusiva, de retelling y con toques medievales.⚔️
🏰El mundo que ha creado Laure Eve es violento, sensible, una mezcla entre las leyendas Artúricas y Blade Runner, donde las conspiraciones y las deudas debidas y prestadas (y el honor) tienen muchísima importancia.🏰
🌈La identidad de género y, en definitiva, la identidad, son superimportantes en Blackheart Ghosts. Saber quién eres, saber qué eres, aceptarlo y aceptar que el mundo lo sepa, son preguntas clave que nos haremos a lo largo de la novela. 🌈
🎭Los poderes de les Godchilds son maravillosos y permiten giros argumentales y muchos engaños al lector que harán que tengas que estar muy atento a las palabras usadas.🎭
Se hace un poco lento de leer, por el nivel de inglés y las mezclas medievales pero...
Worth every penny.
Valoración: 🧙🏻♂️🧙🏻♂️🧙🏻♂️➗ (3 Merlines y medio)
November 10, 2024
Unfortunately, I only recently found out that there is a second volume, after I liked the first one but found the ending very unsatisfying.
Unlike some people who have reviewed the book before me, I liked the second volume better than the first, or rather, looking back, the first seems to have been more of a build-up for the second.
I feel that the setting has only now really unfolded and I really enjoyed being able to immerse myself in this world again. I appreciated that what I found unsatisfying about the first volume was resolved and that I got a deeper impression of some of the characters.
I found the plot coherent and exciting, the characters and their relationships to each other interesting and the twists worked very well for me. Ghost was such a good, complex main character and I was constantly cheering her on. The book just felt more "rounded" to me overall.
Although the ending reads as relatively final, I hope that there will be more books set in this world?
Unlike some people who have reviewed the book before me, I liked the second volume better than the first, or rather, looking back, the first seems to have been more of a build-up for the second.
I feel that the setting has only now really unfolded and I really enjoyed being able to immerse myself in this world again. I appreciated that what I found unsatisfying about the first volume was resolved and that I got a deeper impression of some of the characters.
I found the plot coherent and exciting, the characters and their relationships to each other interesting and the twists worked very well for me. Ghost was such a good, complex main character and I was constantly cheering her on. The book just felt more "rounded" to me overall.
Although the ending reads as relatively final, I hope that there will be more books set in this world?
February 28, 2023
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the review copy.
Picking up from the dramatic ending of Blackheart Knights, Blackheart Ghosts follows two different character povs - one new and one familiar.
The story is told over a matter of months, in a countdown leading up to the present day. Interestingly, there is no teaser of what is happening in the present as is usually expected with this format. For the most part, it doesn't need it as the events and characters are intriguing.
However there was a point where I felt like I had had enough of waiting for the main event to be revealed. Which might be because there wasn't as much of a grand finale as the first book had. Instead there is some classic book two scene setting ready for the next instalment.
I enjoyed the character growth of both Wyll and Ghost, and the political intrigue was great.
Overall a very enjoyable read.
Picking up from the dramatic ending of Blackheart Knights, Blackheart Ghosts follows two different character povs - one new and one familiar.
The story is told over a matter of months, in a countdown leading up to the present day. Interestingly, there is no teaser of what is happening in the present as is usually expected with this format. For the most part, it doesn't need it as the events and characters are intriguing.
However there was a point where I felt like I had had enough of waiting for the main event to be revealed. Which might be because there wasn't as much of a grand finale as the first book had. Instead there is some classic book two scene setting ready for the next instalment.
I enjoyed the character growth of both Wyll and Ghost, and the political intrigue was great.
Overall a very enjoyable read.
April 1, 2023
I read this in one sitting, so obviously it was a good book. I was so excited to jump back into this world again and back to the characters I loved. It didn't disappoint, but I have mixed feelings because I didn't enjoy where the character development went. I thought it was well written, characters made sense, but it didn't stop me from being like nooooo. I can't really say anything more without leaping into spoilers but Laure Eve was really like 'i'm going to ruin all your favourite characters and you will enjoy it"
May 12, 2023
I thoroughly enjoyed Blackheart Knights and this one is even better: fast paced, full of actions and a lot of fun.
I loved the storytelling and the world building is even better.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this arc, all opinions are mine
I loved the storytelling and the world building is even better.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this arc, all opinions are mine
June 26, 2023
3.5 stars
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