Ahoy there mateys! “Can’t Wait Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine. Each Wednesday ye get to highlight a book that ye be really looking forward to. I don’t normally do memes here on me log, but I received this fantasy eARC excerpt from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I loved it and am now looking forward to readin’ the full version when it be published. The stats:
the ruin of kings (Jenn Lyons)
Title: the ruin of kings
Author: Jenn Lyons
Publisher: Macmillian-Tor/Forge
Publication Date: currently set for February 5, 2019 (hardback/ebook)
ISBN: 978-1250175489
Source: NetGalley
Well mateys. This certainly is an awesome start. The excerpt let me read Part I – chapters 1 to 23. This be the story of Kihrin. It begins with him in a prison cell talking to a demon named Talon. How fun is that? The chapters alternate between Kihrin’s versions of events and Talon’s additions. There are also fun footnotes in both.
In Kihrin’s chapters it talks about what happened to him after being purchased in a slave auction. In Talon’s chapters it goes back even further than that to when Kihrin’s is a 15 year-old and participates in a heist gone wrong. There was a little settling in for both sections because of the jumps in time. I couldn’t decide which sections I liked better. Both have awesome magic, fun characters, snarky Kihrin, and lots of politics, intrigue, and action. While I do love both sections, I hope at some point the story does go to one narrative for better ease of readin’. But I certainly do want to know what happens next. Arrr!
So lastly . . .
Thank you Macmillian-Tor/Forge!
Goodreads’ website has this to say about the novel:
There are the old stories. And then there’s what actually happens.
Kihrin is a bastard orphan who grew upon storybook tales of long-lost princes and grand quests. When he is claimed against his will as the long-lost son of a treasonous prince, Kihrin finds that being a long-lost prince isn’t what the storybooks promised.
Far from living the dream, Kihrin finds himself practically a prisoner, at the mercy of his new family’s power plays and ambitions. He also discovers that the storybooks have lied about a lot of other things things, too: dragons, demons, gods, prophecies, true love, and how the hero always wins.
Then again, maybe he’s not the hero, for Kihrin isn’t destined to save the empire.
He’s destined to destroy it . . .
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I like dragons on covers, makes things seem to state “great stuff in this one”.
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Dragons make everything better. I can’t wait to finish the rest of the book and find out more about how the dragons appear in this one. Thanks for the comment.
x The Captain
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I think this one has a lot of promise! I can’t wait to check it out!
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It is fun. I really enjoy the main character. He is sort of clueless and I am looking forward to finding out how he keeps getting into these scrapes! Thanks for reading.
x The Captain
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Urg! I HATE it when I download what I think is a full book and then find it’s only a preview… Glad you enjoyed it, Cap and I hope you get an opportunity to read the full thing very soon.
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This is the fourth one. I usually wait and read the full book and then do me review. I didn’t even know that was a thing until I got these, basically all in a row.
x The Captain
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I think it’s a growing trend, sadly…
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I am so stoked for this book! I’m hoping to read it sooner rather than later, because I’ve heard so many great things about Lyon’s writing!
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There might be dragons in this. I want dragons!
x The Captain
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I LOVE DRAGONS, so yes please.
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That looks good! But then I’m very partial to Tor. I love them and I want them to be my friend. 🙂
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I wish Tor would send me all the books. I am very partial to them as well. They do give me NetGalley e-arcs though so no complaints. I just wish they would directly send all their releases to me hideout. Where I can hide and read them all. Arrr!
x The Captain
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I can’t wait to read this as well, I didn’t realize there was an excerpt on NetGalley, very cool.
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Well I thought I had the whole book and was sad when it abruptly stopped!
x The Captain
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