A Day of Fallen Night: A Roots of Chaos Novel (The Roots of Chaos)

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Honestly, I'm struggling to think of a book that's just as well written, well plotted, and just so well done overall. I can confirm these things about Priory to an extent (not fully, as Parts III and IV drag and Loth’s POV didn’t carry the same narrative weight as the others), but not this one.

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Shannon skillfully grounds high-stakes fantasy action in human emotion and a mature exploration of duty, bodily autonomy, identity, and motherhood. While Samantha Shannon already shined at creating strong, emotionally complex female leads in The Priory of the Orange Tree, the male characters were underdeveloped by comparison. The world she builds, the sheer expanse of the story she tells, and the balance of large catastrophic world events with the smallest individual personal life experiences is incredible. How she cared for her daughter, how she cared for her people, her kingdom, was so powerful, and I loved her all the more for it.You can tell how much her craft has improved, the very structure, the very bones of this story hold firmer as we move towards the end with a pace of perfection. It's a slower-paced, denser read than Priory, however I believe it to be the more entertaining and engaging. It's rare to see any woman over 30 portrayed in fantasy, and while I myself am only in my early 30s, I could strongly relate to her. my biggest issue with a day of fallen night is that things didn’t pick up until 350 pages into the book (that’s about 40%! We frail humans cannot generally stand in the path of an earthquake or a volcanic eruption and expect to emerge the victor, and it is the same with the wyrms or western dragons, and to a lesser extent the hybrid creatures who follow them.

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Taking place centuries before the events of Priory, it’s an expansive epic that interweaves four connected story lines as the protagonists reckon with both personal conflicts and the cataclysmic resurgence of wyrmkind. Glorian Berethnet is the princess of Inys and heir to her mother's throne, in a long line of female monarchs whose bloodline keeps the Nameless One at bay.There’s this message I kept seeing throughout this book, these women trying to balance their relationships—be romantic or family—and the role the world has given them.

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Wonderful for the tension and mistrust created through the political intrigue and daring in its ambition and depiction of such a vast expanse of worlds. Canthe says, in nearly the same breath that she wanted to raise someone as her successor, that she doesn't think she can ever die. Deliveries to destinations outside Australia are made by DHL courier, and cannot be made to post office boxes. As I mentioned with the Republic of Carmentum, Hróth is another land we have not seen before, and (as a person who loves cold, icy lands) I treasured every moment inside of it.

Most of the original cast aren’t born yet, but some of the new characters are their distant relatives, which I hope will give you a sense of connection to them. Rich in content, with real depth to the human emotion on display and personal passion portrayed through the characters.