Giles Kristian is an author I had been meaning to check out for a while (there is not enough time for all the authors and books I want to read), so this was the perfect excuse to start and again I have to thank Alex at for my copy of this one.

This one was much more up my street than some of the ones I had read for Norsevember, its brutal and gritting, it had a living, breathing cast of characters that were wonderfully unique, flawed and morally-ambiguous which were paired with well-fleshed world and narrative and a writing style that really brought all the different aspects together into a book that had me hooked from start to finish.

Kristian’s strength really lies in the description, which was so vivid that it felt as though you could feel everything that he was writing on the page, and it breathe life into every inch of the book. There is the kind of detail that comes from careful research, but this is paired with a great instinct for character development and storytelling. The battles and action scenes are another strong point for Blood Eye, because there was so much variety in scale and detail, that every scene felt fresh and unique. This is a series that I will definitely be continuing with, and I also intend to check out some of the author’s other books in the near future.