Why didn’t this one worked? Hair’s narrative relied a lot on info-dump during the first half of the novel, and it honestly hurt the pacing of the book so much informations, to me, are harder to register in my head when they’re told in info-dump way.
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Similar to many starter installments to an epic fantasy series, Hair takes his time to introduce the world and many characters of the series first, and I usually love this generally, slow-paced books always worked better for me. I have a mixed feeling-mostly negative-towards the first half of the book I won’t lie, if it weren’t because I own the entire quartet already, I think I would’ve DNFed this book.
I noticed the average ratings of this book-on both Amazon and Goodreads-are relatively much lower compared to its sequels, although there’s always the fact that sequels tend to have higher ratings because those who continued are usually those who have enjoyed the previous installment, there are several valid reasons why Mage’s Blood is the lowest rated book in the quartet. If you haven’t started this series and you look to me to settle your decision to whether give this series a go or not, I strongly advise that you have to be patient with this novel. “People do the worst evil when they do not have to take responsibility themselves but can blame others.” The result? I overall enjoyed this one very much, and with some caveats, I recommend this to patient epic/historical fantasy readers. The Moontide Quartet is an epic fantasy series that’s highly recommended by one of my favorite booktubers-Kitty G-and it has been on my radar for years now, and it is thanks to her that I finally gave this series a go. Fortunately, Mage’s Blood, the first book in The Moontide Quartet by David Hair, seems to be rightfully living up to that claim. How many times have you heard this: “If you love Game of Thrones, you will love this,” and how many times have you actually find the books with that recommendation stamped on the front cover to be accurate? Based on my experience, extremely rare. The next Moontide is coming in a year, and The Rondian Emperor wants to use this time to rule both continents, but this time the people of Athiopia will be prepared. Both continents are separated by impassable seas, but once every twelve years, the Moontide makes the water sink and revealed the gigantic Leviathan Bridge that links both continents for two years long. Urte is divided into two continents Yuros in the West, and Antiopia in the East. The first half of Mage’s Blood challenged my patience, but the pay-off-and hopefully the rest of the series-in the second half was bloody rewarding. Published: 27th September 2012 by Jo Fletcher The time has come for the Rite of Ascendancy to be performed, and new powers to rise to save - or damn - Urte.Series: The Moontide Quartet (Book #1 of 4) As the Rondian armies continue to plunder the stony deserts of Kesh and Dhassa, the Eastern Armies are daring to fight back, but the mighty Rondian magi still hold all the major cards. Bearing secrets that could bring down the Emperor, they will need cunning, tenacity and bravery to cross the Bridge to safety.
Trapped between two massive armies, Seth Korion's Lost Legions must somehow find safety. She needs the skill and courage of her friends to survive, but she must first gain their trust. Meanwhile, in Javon, Queen Cera Nesti, newly freed, takes the reins of power. Their only hope of preventing disaster lies with a small group of peaceful Zain monks. Alaron and Ramita's deadly enemies have taken the Scytale of Corineus - the key to gaining the power of an Ascendant mage - as well as one of Ramita's twin sons.
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