I chose to read this book as I was offered an advance review copy in exchange for an honest review. I cannot wait for the next book.įirst off, this isn't necessarily my go to genre at this stage in my life. It is a rich, magical world, filled with people being people, and I am in awe that someone could come up with all of that in their own imagination. I appreciated the strong female protagonist as well as the strong male characters who surrounded her. There were some aspects of the 'Office' that I didn't totally understand until the end but by the time I got to the end I understood the world they live in and I was in love with the characters. This book got more and more complex and the characters unveiled themselves, along with the world they live in, along the way.

Stage ten: THERE BETTER BE MORE BOOKS! I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS! THIS IS A GREAT WORLD. Stage nine: I don't want it to end but oh I loved how it ended!

Stage eight: Enough of this nonsense and just wallowed in the book pretending not to see I was nearing the end Stage seven: Enough of this nonsense pick up the book and kind of read fast like pulling off a bandaid Stage six: I don't want it to end so therefore I won't read it because then it can't end Stage three: I really like these characters, where is this going? If it had, he might not be a fugitive, the subject of the biggest manhunt in the country’s history.Stage one: Just reading it - seeing where it goes Good sense tells him to stick to beating iron into shape for the residents of his backwater town, and not worry about the king and his nobles pounding Frankland into the ground.īut good sense never stopped Duncan from poking his nose into everyone else’s business. No one does, not even the members of the Royal Guild of Swordsmiths. How is the king like a blacksmith? He has a hammer as well as a sword.ĭuncan Archer has heard that riddle many times, but he doesn’t know what it means. If you can come, that would be lovely, but if not, the book (ebook or paperback) is (or soon will be, for US readers) available from several online bookstores: Amazon, Book Depository, Barnes&Noble. Where: VicBooks, Pipitea Campus, Ground Floor, Rutherford House, 27 Lambton Quay, Wellington VicBooks will be hosting the launch of The Blacksmith, the third book in my YA High Fantasy Reforging series.

The Blacksmith by Barbara Howe