However, it picks up after a while, and by the end I wanted to start straight away on the next book. There are times when it felt like I was reading every little detail of everything that happens, particularly to the children, and I felt that this made it a little bit repetitive. I found Malice to be a little slow to begin with. At the same time, however, the book also has a strangely dystopian feel, being set in desolate lands in an era following an apocalyptic event known as the Gods-War. Gwynne’s debut has a Celtic, almost historical feel, with character and place names such as Dun Carreg, Cywen, Gwenith, Mordwyr, Dath etc., and with its use of dialect, such as ‘aye’ and ‘bairn’, which creates a great atmosphere. Malice is the first novel of The Faithful and the Fallen.
Huge thanks to Kareem for recommending this with such passion, I understand why you did! And a huge thanks to John himself, for writing such a great saga and for being a top bloke to boot. Just do yourself a favour and buy it! Buy them all! If you like epics such as Steven Erikson’s Malazan Book of the Fallen or GRRM’s work, then you’ll love ‘The Faithful and The Fallen’ series.
It brings an every day life in a wonderful world to its knees and promises to excite with the war that comes… has now started, in truth. Monsters and magic (although both subtle – but not too subtle – at this point, hinting at much much more), giants and warriors galore. I can’t not.Įpic fantasy in the truest sense, both through scale of scenes and depth of characters alike. I can’t wait to get stuck in! There were some other physical books on my TBR pile that I have on the shelf (I read ‘real’ books and eBooks side by side), but I think Valour shall jump to the top of that pile and I shall start it right away. New enemies and old all come together in what is set – I have no doubt – to be in my top three fantasy series ever. It has you guessing who will do what, who will tread what path, until… Bam! The final third is a powerhouse of action, intrigue, answers and more questions revelations, clashes of will and might and friends and foes. You fear for some, snarl at others, trust a few and narrow your eyes in distrust of one or two, at least. By half way through, to two thirds, you really feel like you know the characters. It paves the way for multiple POV’s (a single POV per chapter) and really builds each one well. The first book in this series is slow to get going, but not in a boring way. I frikkin’ loved it! How’s that? It’s the truth! I don’t know where to start, since I’m worried I won’t do Malice or John Gwynne justice with my review.
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