Forest Mage

I honestly don't know how to review this! Did I enjoy it? Yes! Would I recommend it? Uh...

As always I adore Robin Hobb's writing, as well as characters such as Spink and Epiny. I also wanted to know where the story would go, because I was invested in that.

The story in itself is super miserable (which is fitting considering the setting in the latter half of the book) and could get pretty “really?” at times. Nevare himself, well, if he was frustrating in the first book, it gets even worse here. It was tough to root for him at times. He makes the miserable story even more miserable so it's all just misery upon misery upon misery and that's not something everyone necessarily wants to read about.

Now, as for me, I definitely don't mind it as long as everything else makes up for it. The side characters are great as always, and just because I jive so hard with Hobb's writing I find it very easy to get into it, but obviously that's not going to be the case for everyone.

I'm honestly just glad I managed to finish a book this year :D