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I'm kind of loving this dark fairytale. I'm a bit 'meh' about the Magpie king parts, but I like the other bits with Lonan very much. Maybe I just have a thing for characters whose backstories feel like a gut punch. :)

Not as good as the first book, but I'm enjoying the parts with Tom/Mount Doom. :)

This book broke my heart every other chapter.

I'm all about this book. Demons? Corruption? Loads of blood? A silent main character? Yes please.

I'm shamelessly skimming the 'boring parts' of this book now. The section with the demons is still good, though.

Luke Daniels narrates this series to perfection.

Not as good as the OG book. :/ The vascilating POVs are getting annoying.

There's some clunkiness in the writing, but I'm loving this story.

This book was great and also everything I feared at the end...aka 'no ending' or 'ending that doesn't give real character catharsis'.

I'm loving this story so far. All of the characters could've thrown it off for me, but they're all very clearly tied into each other. The world building is simple (corrupt aristocrats with magic, downtrodden commoners without) but that has helped support all of the POVs. It's very clear where everyone belongs in the story. I'm just afraid this ending is going to be a giant 'not a real ending'.

This book has some sweet storytelling moments, but they're delivered with a bit of clunk.

What a slow second act...

I found this a rec thread in r/Fantasy. The premise is interesting, and while the writing style is 'meh', I like what's going on with Tom's character.

I'm not sure I like the prose...and I don't say that often. I might like Fi. I might like Zeke. I'm all about their awkward dating, but there's something very stilted about this story that's not quite working for me yet.

I apparently have a think right now for books that involve misantrhopic women/girls who have no idea how to flirt. This book was all kinds of adorable if a bit predictable towards the end.

While I do think how much you enjoyed this book will ultimately come down to how much you enjoyed Ferin (I didn't like her as much, personally) it still gave new and exciting elements to The Old Kingdom and all the best characters. Also, I could've literally read just an entire book of Lireal/Nick awkwardly flirting.

I haven't read this book in a long time (thanks, public library growing up) but there's a reason it's a fantasy classic. It's strangely affecting the way anachronism, myth, and rural culture are woven together.

Sometimes you go to a bookstore and find everything you wanted in used books.

LET'S START THIS. :)

Man, I think I can literally read de Lint faster than any other author.

Now THIS is what I expect from de Lint. The redeeming qualities of simple human connections saving the day. And magic. Can't forget that.

This was a nice bridge novella. Worth the read.

SIGH. Like The Hero and the Crown, this is another 'meh' book from an author I love to read. The story felt all over the place, and it lacked the usual attentiveness that de Lint usually brings to his main characters. This is another 'the side characters stole the story' book.

I've had this one stashed in my library for a while. I love de Lint and am always trying to scrape up more of his books to read from used book shops.

I think I'm going to DNF this one. There's nothing that has really made me want to come back for it.

Yeah I'm just going to finish this today. Sometimes, I hear books are good, but usually they're not no-sleep-need-to-keep-going-this-is-crack good. I mean, this is one of those that's just going make me go 'fuck, there's nothing else worth reading' for several days.

This is was the perfect read for 'I don't want to get off the couch Sunday.' I'm kind of afraid I'm going to finish this book too fast to enjoy it. Is that weird?