ARC provided by the publisher—Orbit—in exchange for an honest review.
The Shadow Saint by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Series: The Black Iron Legacy (Book #2)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Dark Fantasy
Pages: 592 pages (UK paperback edition)
Published: 9th January 2020 by Orbit (UK) & 7th January 2020 by Orbit (US)
The Shadow Saint, the sequel to my favorite debut of 2019, is here and it successfully met my high expectations with so much energy.
Firstly, a shout out to one of my favorite artists, Richard Anderson, for creating another gorgeous cover art. Remember what I said at the beginning of my review of The Gutter Prayer? I tend to find the content of an SFF book with Anderson’s cover art to be as good as the cover, and this statement holds incredibly well once again. Secondly, if it’s been a while since you’ve read the first book, please remember that the author has a detailed recap (thank god!) of the previous book on his website. I finished reading The Gutter Prayer almost exactly a year ago. Back then, despite the book being released this year, I made a bold claim that The Gutter Prayer would be my favorite debut published in 2019, and seeing there are only five weeks left in 2019, I don’t see any possibility of this claim being proven wrong. I loved The Gutter Prayer so much, and with that in mind, The Shadow Saint managed to not only live up to my high expectation but also, once again, become one of my favorite reads of the year. …
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