The Malevolent Seven
Ratings15
Average rating4.3
15
Ratings15
Average rating4.3
From the bestselling author of THE GREATCOATS: seven war mages with dark pasts and special powers must come together to fight an unknown enemy - but the stakes are higher than anyone can imagine . . . and someone's setting the seven up for a fall. Picture a wizard. Go ahead, close your eyes. There he is, see? Skinny old guy with a long straggly beard. No doubt he's wearing iridescent silk robes that couldn't protect his frail body from a light breeze. The hat's a must, too, right? Big, floppy thing, covered in esoteric symbols that would instantly show every other mage where this gets his magic? Wouldn't want a simple steel helmet or something that might, you know, protect the part of him most needed for conjuring magical forces from being bashed in with a mace (or pretty much any household object). Yep. Behold the mighty wizard. Now open your eyes and let me show you what a real war mage looks like . . . but be warned: you're probably not going to like it, because we're violent, angry, dangerously broken people who sell our skills to the highest bidder and be damned to any moral or ethical considerations. At least, until such irritating concepts as friendship and the end of the world get in the way. My name is Cade Ombra, and though I currently make my living as a mercenary wonderist, I used to have a far more noble-sounding job title - until I discovered the people I worked for weren't quite as noble as I'd believed. Now I'm on the run and my only friend, a homicidal thunder mage, has invited me to join him on a suicide mission against the seven deadliest mages on the continent. Time to recruit some very bad people to help us on this job . . .
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Really sad to DNF this book. The world and lore is right up my street, but there's just too much content that makes me uncomfortable enough to ruin the enjoyment I was otherwise getting from it.
CAWPILE SCORE
C-8
A-8
W-8
P-7
I-9
L-8
E-10
TOTAL-8.29/10
As you can see I really enjoyed this book. I did receive an ARC but this is my honest feelings about the book.
I liked the way the story is told to us with small “interruptions” by Cade talking directly to us.CAWPILECharactersSebastian De Castell has really good characters. They are fully realized and aside from Fidick I didn't feel like they were one dimensional. I wish we had more time to see them in action as a group and as individuals, but even with the small parts we see they feel like rounded characters.AtmosphereIts very easy to immerse yourself in the world that Sebastian has created.WritingGood writing. You can tell thought went into it to make sure it was precisely want is needed.PlotA simple plot, but with plenty of twists and turns along the way.InvestmentI had a really hard time putting this book done. LogicThe rules of the world that were put out were followed and subverted when necessary, the right way.EnjoymentLots and lots of enjoyment, between watching Cade try and be a “bad” guy and the rest of the groups antics as they group together.
I will be talking about it on Libromancy https://libromancy.podbean.com/ on 05/21/2023
I absolutely loved this!
Cade is a mercenary with magic. He has more scruples than you would expect from a mercenary, but he's far from perfect.
He must find six other mages and defeat a very powerful enemy that wants to make the world a better place. But who would it be better for?
This has it all. Humor, magic, great characters and a fantastic plot. I am ready for more!
Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for an e-arc.
Featured Series
1 primary bookThe Malevolent Seven is a 1-book series first released in 2023 with contributions by Sebastien de Castell.
