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The second volume of the series

I hope to start it tomorrow

It says to be delivered soon on Libby, so hopefully I'll get it this week. I'm ready to start it as soon as it comes off loan.

Rebecca wrote: "It says to be delivered soon on Libby, so hopefully I'll get it this week. I'm ready to start it as soon as it comes off loan."

ok, then I'll start a non-fic today instead and shift to this book after you get it

Great, thanks!

I'll also give this one a go. Probably start in about a week's time as I'm currently finishing The Book of Doors.

E.D. wrote: "I'll also give this one a go. Probably start in about a week's time as I'm currently finishing The Book of Doors."

Great!

I've started it today. There is a nice concise outline of the 1st volume at the beginning and it was helpful in reminding me who is who plus one plot twist at the end that I forget

The first chapter is a new territory...

25% and I like how new elements are introduced, which are based on hints from the previous volume.

Chapter 1 (view spoiler)[I'm glad to see Udinny back, she is my favorite character. The the afterlife (?) is very interesting setting to explore (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 2 (view spoiler)[Ont, the butcher, sounds interesting, but he cannot replace Udinny! (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 6 (view spoiler)[So Cahan gets a new source of power? Fascinating (hide spoiler)]

Yay! Libby has been saying “available soon” for like two weeks, sorry it’s not off hold yet. 😣

Rebecca wrote: "Yay! Libby has been saying “available soon” for like two weeks, sorry it’s not off hold yet. 😣"

sad

FINALLY came off loan. Starting tonight. 🎉

Rebecca wrote: "FINALLY came off loan. Starting tonight. 🎉"

Great!

Thank goodness for the synopsis at the start!

Chapter 1: (view spoiler)[I too was happy to kick off with her, even thought it seems she is only just alive still. (hide spoiler)]

The non Cahan chapters: (view spoiler)[I'm feeling a bit confused by the chapter from the POV of the fighter who burns the city - I'm reading on kindle and away from it atm so can't recall their name. Its unclear how this relates to the larger happenings, there are different Rai, different gods, and different locations that I'm not familiar enough with at this point. I do miss the ease of going back in physical books to look at the map (which is illegible on my kindle. I like for foreshadowing and partial reveals in the Shora (sp?) chapters so far. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 6: (view spoiler)[I like that you thought this was cool Arcorn, the whole time I was like "this is a horrible idea, stop stop stop" everyone was telling him to stop. And now he is changed because of it. Doesn't he learn his lesson re power sources he doesn't understand? (hide spoiler)]

So on the whole, I'm a bit confused but trusting in the author to see us through! I'm happy to be back in this world and ready for the story to really take off!

Agreed on non Cahan chapters - they while interesting are usually less gripping then ones of 'main characters'

Still making my way through this, I'm enjoying the Cahan chapters but feeling like things are slowed down with the other POVs. I do find myself liking the Udinny chapters, I'm excited to see what adventures she gets herself into :)

Btw, is this the last book in the series (atm)?

Yes, currently the last, the final volume to be out in 2025 IIRC

Ahh I like the fact that Cahan now needs to be near Sohra (sp?), but I still don’t understand why we need the Uniddy chapters.

Rebecca wrote: "Ahh I like the fact that Cahan now needs to be near Sohra (sp?), but I still don’t understand why we need the Uniddy chapters."

Yes, this "enemies linked with one chain" creates a lot of possibilities and tension.

even if Udinny were just for fun, it still would have been great :)

Finally started.

E.D. wrote: "Finally started."

Great!

Yay! I just finished. I liked the first book better and the ending of this book wasn’t very satisfying for me. I’ll add more next week once I’m back at my computer.

Rebecca wrote: "Yay! I just finished. I liked the first book better and the ending of this book wasn’t very satisfying for me. I’ll add more next week once I’m back at my computer."

Yes, I also liked the first book more but I think this one was a solid continuation before the final

Finally finished! Running a bit late with my reading.

Although I sometimes get impatient with a long synopsis I was actually glad for one on this occasion.

I was a bit disappointed with the early Udinny chapters, feeling that they were just padding. However, for the last third or so of the book I became more interested as the different strands of the story were bought together and I'm now looking forward to seeing her link up with the other characters in the third book.
I feel that this book is as enjoyable as the first, if not more so.

My only issue is with the ending. I agree with Rebecca that it lacked something. I think it's because I like to have a firm conclusion of at least certain strands of a continuing story at the end of each book in a series. This one feels to me as though the author reached a certain point and decided that the word count had reached a handy number at which to end.
(Maybe I'm being a bit over-critical about this).

I'm certainly planning to continue with book three when it becomes available.

Now on to 'Haunt Sweet Home'.

E.D. wrote: "This one feels to me as though the author reached a certain point and decided that the word count had reached a handy number at which to end."

Yes, I think this is a problem of a lot of middle volumes today, partially a result of love of trilogies

I read the first one with this group, and just finished the second. I really enjoyed it. I'm glad to see a third has been announced.
I think the religion is more of a magic system since the gods a mostly absent; it's just the power we see.
I really enjoyed that the world building expanded in this one. We learn more about the Forestals and meet the Osere.
I think a big question for me is how the gods the Osere keep bound, Ranya, and Zorir all relate. There are definitely similarities in how they function but not enough to understand how one might relate to another.

I also liked the broadening of the world

The final (?) volume is out: Heart of the Wyrdwood, I plan to get to it this summer. Does anyone plan to join me?

Oh awesome! Ya I’d join for sure. Library hold says 10 weeks but the times have been wildly off recently. Maybe we aim for late July? Or others can start and I’ll join once it comes off hold.

Rebecca wrote: "Oh awesome! Ya I’d join for sure. Library hold says 10 weeks but the times have been wildly off recently. Maybe we aim for late July? Or others can start and I’ll join once it comes off hold."

Late July is fine with me

I have not even read the first one, but they look highly rated. I'm not sure if the series is for me, though, because it seems to be epic fantasy-not my fave.

What do you think, Acorn? Not for me? Or such good epic fantasy that I might even like it.

I liked the first volume the most. It is a quite unusual setting - a deep dark forest, both deadly dangerous and the source of a unique resource - enormous trees (like miles wide and tens of miles long)

Oleksandr wrote: "I liked the first volume the most. It is a quite unusual setting - a deep dark forest, both deadly dangerous and the source of a unique resource - enormous trees (like miles wide and tens of miles ..."

well, if I have time . . . but probably I won't have.

Anyone interested in reading the 3rd book together?

Rebecca wrote: "Anyone interested in reading the 3rd book together?"

I plan to, in a few months