Gods of the Wyrdwood

Fantastic. Reminds me why high fantasy will always be my home genre.

RJ Barker’s superpower is his creative world-building. How every universe he breathes to live is so different from our real world and somehow also so unique from each other but still infused with humanity. From The Wounded Kingdom Series to The Tide Child Series to this new one.

Adrian Tchaikovsky author of the Children of Time series was quoted to say, “ One of the most interesting and original fantasy world I’ve seen in years” in reference to the Tide Child series and somehow the same can be said for this entry into Barkers newest universe.

It’s astounding.

One thing I’ve noted about Barker’s writing in the past is that the first books of his series do not do justice to how good the whole thing actually is. That is not the case at all for this book. Gripping from the start and hopefully til the end.

Still, that is not to say it’s without it’s flaws. The beginning of the book is a tiny bit messy, though this only lasted the first couple of chapters. Also, the dialogue can be cheesy at moments but I can let it all slide because I had so much fun with the story.

600 pages isn’t enough. I need Sanderson level page counts.

I eagerly wait for book 2. (I am frothing at the mouth.)