Completed: A darkness in the East (the dragonprince's arrows#1) by Aaron Pogue

Mister Aaron Pogue if you ever read this please allow me to say two things.

You are one hell of a glorious troll and i mean that in the kindest way possible
and
I really loved this novella and i look forward to the next instalment. 

But dammit that ending....
I'm just gunna go to my waiting corner and wait for the next instalment to come out *sighs*
I'm bad at waiting... especially with an ending that good.

Um it's a novella so i can't describe much plot wise without spoilers so all I'll say is that it's a short story set in the Dragon Prince's universe at some point between the second and third book.
Oh and i guess i can mention that Daven is the main character.

oh and if you haven't gather by now i really enjoyed it... i only called the author a troll cause that was one hell of a way to end it and it makes me want more and there isn't any more yet....


so yeah.

The good:
Well written, this is pretty much a given for this author... i just really like his style.
Good character development, even in this short story i get to see Daven's character arc and that makes me really happy.
the time it's set, i look forward to seeing more of Daven's adventures between book 2 and 3

The not so good:
It's not stand alone, I'm sure you could enjoy it if you hadn't read any of the other Dragon prince books but you'd be missing out on so much... especially that ending. Though as someone who has read the other novels it was great seeing certain characters again... but yeah not a stand alone short story at all.
it's a novella so it's short (approx 85 pages according to amazon) and in my case i just want more... cause I'm greedy. 

The bad:
no dancing.... *sighs*

and only one person who reads that will get it... but that's okay.

so yeah I really liked this novella, it was a lot of fun and glad it'll be it's own small series.
it's priced at 2.99 on kindle *grumbles about current USD to CAD conversion*if i had just waited one day...
and yeah i suggest you pick it up and all the other dragon prince books.

ALSO to those wondering why i haven't done many novel reviews lately.

1. I tend to get 95% of my reading done on transit since otherwise i can't multitask when reading... however lately i haven't gone on transit at all... so I'm going to try and set aside some time from painting to sit down and read.

2. The book I'm currently read is painful but I'm so close to the end that i just want to finish it and be done with it... move onto something that has been suggested to me... i just know if i switch to a different full length novel i wont go back to it.... so i gotta push through the pain... beside it may redeem itself.

alright..... so yeah.... have you gotten the dragon prince books yet?
Aaron Pogue's Amazon Page

Completed: Perfect Shadow

originally posted August 22, 2011 on tumblr

Yeah this is also another reason why i probably didn’t enjoy a dance of cloaks as much as i could have…. i knew i would be reading this right after… and i’ve been waiting for this book for a while now… it’s a Novella by Brent Weeks about How Durzo Blint became the man he is.
and it was sooo good
it was hard to follow the jumping timelines and it was odd for someone who tends to have a crazy amount of chapters to have none at all but i don’t care… it was so good and i kinda wanna re-read the other books and see how it colours my view of his character… granted i love that series and enjoy re-reading it for fun.
it’s short and sweet and i loved every moment of it… even if it took so little time to read *sobs*
unfortunately it’s only in ebook form : (

Edit: he is selling a very limited edition of this in paperback on his website www.brentweeks.com so if your interested you should take a look.

Completed: From Embers By Aaron Pogue

before i started reading this short story/prequel to Taming fire I started to have my suspicions that Aaron Pogue has a lot of stories written already... or at least 3/4 of the way written cause he is able put out a lot of stories in a short time and my suspicions were somewhat confirms in his afterword so i'm looking forward to seeing many more titles by him in the future.

So From Embers is a novella (5000 words) set in the world of taming fire but before the main story...
I liked it, it felt about the length of a prologue which at the end you find out that's what it originally was. I can't really tell you what it's about because it is really short... all i'll say is that if you have read and enjoyed the Dragon Prince Trilogy (well whats out so far) then you'll probably like this little story that helps establish the world.

Alright back to painting/sculpting/drawing... then probably more reading... cause i seem to be hopelessly addicted to it.

Aaron Pogue's website: http://www.unstressedsyllables.com/