Age of Ash: The Sunday Times bestseller - The Kithamar Trilogy Book 1

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I liked seeing their friendship and all the angst alongside the exploration of how high political stakes and constant threat put close relationships under a lot of strain.

When the details of this story are included in the larger story, a lot of these events become important in their own way, but individually, not only do they seem somehow mundane and unimportant, but they’re also completely overshadowed by the details of the central story when it finally comes into play. I think ultimately, that actually sums up my feelings about Age of Ash quite nicely – it’s solid, decent fantasy, but personally, I just expect a little bit more. Initially, it kind of felt like the author had taken a similar tack to Abercrombie, thinking that you can have a bunch of characters sitting around a fire doing nothing and it’ll be riveting, but that’s not exactly it.He has an impressive backlist of science fiction and fantasy writing including as one half of the writing team behind the bestselling The Expanse series. Each description, each setting, was written with such beauty and finesse, it vividly conjured the images in my mind.

Yet at the same time it’s unique in so many ways that only living day-to-day with another culture can bring. We can see and smell its crooks and nooks, its best and worst; the city itself becomes a protagonist that can help you or kill you if you’re careless. I think it has a lot of things that just didn't appeal to my personal taste and maybe one or two strange character choices.I do think fans of slower-paced fantasy that tends towards the bleaker, more realistic end of life would enjoy it more than me!