Cav's Place

It‘s just a short story, but since it’s on Goodreads I guess I might as well write a little comment, even if it doesn’t have anything to do with the Temeraire series other than the fact that it also involves a newly hatched dragon, the start of her relationship with the human she chose, and […]

Unusually for me, read it in Romanian, so things may have gotten lost in translation and I may have failed to make some connections or even pay enough attention at times. Still, sure seems well written and properly researched, though the notes that weren’t just references should have been footnotes, as I had to keep […]

If I was saying that I wouldn’t call The Final Empire dark, The Hero of Ages definitely is, despite an ending that doesn’t quite fit. On the other hand, if The Well of Ascension at times seemed to me to read as I expect a good crime novel would, only on a much bigger scale, […]

Sanderson‘s mind seems to work like that of a crime writer, but on a much bigger scale. He’ll take you every which way, whether intentionally or not he’ll leave some things that are easy to figure out so you’ll perhaps miss other clues while waiting for him to finally admit what you knew all along… […]

Was a bit worried when I started reading this, but I shouldn’t have been, as it really is good epic fantasy. Though this rather tends to keep away that, well, “magical” atmosphere that some other works in this genre have, having such a clear and clearly explained magic system is interesting as well, and this […]