And if that isn’t enough, Valour, unlike Malice, comes with not one but two talking crows! Image: Amazon. Quite simply, if you enjoyed Malice, you’ll love Valour. I was pleased, and relieved, to read that Veradis no longer sees his friend-Nathiar-through rose-tinted spectacles.īut there is so, so much more and trying to explain everything that’s going on would be a disservice to John Gwynne’s storytelling. Suffice to say, Corban does some more growing up and is settling into the role he has been prepared for. With so much going on, I’d have to write an essay to cover the action. Coming in at a stonking 673 pages (according to Amazon), this is quite a feat! Although I didn’t count them, I’m sure this second book introduces more point of view characters than the first. I’d immediately start reading the second book, ‘Valour’. The only thing I’d improve about the book is the setting. There are white, black, and gray characters. Malice The book actually reeks of Malice, trust me Revenge It’s a major theme. Not a chance! Every chapter moves the overarching story forward, and every viewpoint character has an interesting story of their own to tell. The events in John Gwynne’s second instalment of the Faithful and The Fallen series starts immediately where Book 1, Malice, left off. A flawed hero There’s more than one flawed hero here. With so many characters and subplots, there’s a danger of developing favourite characters and wanting to skip chapters to focus on their subplots. Almost all of the events we witness, however, are told through the eyes of characters we met in Malice.
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