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Øyvind

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Mostly reading fantasy and science fiction books, reading while commuting is genius :D

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Hunger of the Gods (Paperback, 2022, Orbit) 4 stars

Lik-Rifa, the dragon god of legend, has been freed from her eternal prison. Now she …

The Gods Hunger for ...

4 stars

The second book in the Bloodsworn Saga is beautifully paced, well written and it has a good story. While the story is somewhat predictable does it have it's moments that might surprise you. It's all together a book well worth reading.

Iron Flame (Hardcover, 2023, Entangled Publishing, LLC, Entangled: Red Tower Books) 5 stars

“The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is …

I laughed way to much reading this book

5 stars

This is a book that I just wanted to continue reading to figure out what's going to happen next. The story is well paced and it even includes some down time moments between the actions which is greatly appreciated. The writing is on point and there are quite a few moments where what a character does and says just makes me smile and laugh.

House of Always (Paperback, 2022, Pan Macmillan) 5 stars

What if you were imprisoned for all eternity?

In the aftermath of the Ritual of …

The penultimate book delivers everything it should.

5 stars

Last book I wished for more intertwined stories and it really delivers on that front. The story is engaging and it has a couple of interesting surprises in it. I really liked the ending and in some ways would it be nice to end the series here however there are still some loose ends that's needs tidying up in the final book.

Memory of Souls (Paperback, 2021, Pan Macmillan) 5 stars

Now that Relos Var’s plans have been revealed and demons are free to rampage across …

More intertwined stories please

5 stars

We get a couple of new "story tellers" in this book, however we have heard of or met most of them in the previous books already. The story picks up shortly after the end of book two, with Khirin, Janel and the rest still on their quest to save the world. The story is moving more and more in a philosophical direction, instead of leaning on the good/evil trope. The end goal is the same for most people however how they want to get there is quite different. And following along might start some interesting discussion amongst reader reading this book in a book club or something. I won't deny that parts off the story is dark however as a whole is it not that bad.

If you're interested in reading this series then definitively start at book 1 since this one assumes a fair bit of knowledge about the …

reviewed The Name of all Things by Jenn Lyons

The Name of all Things (Paperback, english language, 2019, Tor) 5 stars

You can have everything you want if you sacrifice everything you believe.

Kihrin D'Mon is …

Nearly as good as the first book

5 stars

Content warning Story spoilers

The Ruin of Kings (Paperback, english language, Tor) 5 stars

Kihrin is a bastard orphan who grew up on storybook tales of long-lost princes and …

An interesting world written in an interesting style

5 stars

Content warning Spoilers on writing style ahead.

reviewed Sølvstrupen by Siri Pettersen

Sølvstrupen (Hardcover, Norwegian language, 2023, Gylendal) 5 stars

Juva er merket for alltid av mannen hun satte fri. Djevelen selv, som holdt evig …

Norsk fantasy på sitt beste

5 stars

Juva er merket etter handlingene hennes i jernulven. Og historien fortsetter der jernulven sluttet. Selv om dette er bok 2 i det som skal bli en trilogi så, bærer ikke historien preg av dette før man kommer til den siste siden hvor det virkelig bygges opp til starten av bok 3. Likte du jernulven vil du garantert like denne boka også. Hvis du ikke har lest jernulven og har lyst til å lese denne så gjør deg selv en bjørne tjeneste og les jernulven først, for det er få forklaringer om hvordan dette fantasy universet fungerer i sølvstrupen, de er alle i jernulven.

If you'd like to read an english version of this review put it though a translator.

Fractal Noise (Paperback, 2023, Pan Macmillan) 3 stars

On the planet Talos VII, twenty-three years before the events of To Sleep in a …

A different kind of book from Christopher Paolini

3 stars

This is a totally different book from To sleep in a sea of Stars, which is a book that I like a lot better. The tone in the book is different, I found it slower paced and darker, but both things fits the story Paolini wanted to tell in this book. It's a book worth reading, but don't expect anything like his previous books.