Crawlers, hunters, monsters, pets, npc's, and a slightly unstable AI are just a few things one can expect from this fifth installment in the DCC universe.
All jokes aside, for a series that is at times gratuitously violent, gory, horrific, and comedic, this book wrapped up a storyline that left me with all the feels...and it involved a damned NPC.
Now I just have to decide whether to immediately dive into book 6 "The Eye of the Bedlam Bride"...
Yet again, I'm glad I don't pay any attention to Goodreads reviews. Everyone's a critic, and critics are too quick to judge. I found this tale to be a perfect example of gothic dark fantasy.
This was my first adventure with V. E. Schwab, and I look forward to exploring her work further.
Personally, I thought the story was the perfect length, chugged along at the right pace, and ended at the right time without dragging on for too long - an excellent late-night atmospheric read.💀
Settling down for my nightly explorations of other worlds, aka reading, and thinking about how you know a book is a good book when you don’t want to reach the ending.
The Sword of Kaigen by M. L. Wang has been one of those books. Where the 500+ previous pages went I have no idea because they flew by.
