I don’t know how Weeks consistently ratchets up the tension, weirdness, and world-building with each novel, but here we are at book number four, THE BLOOD MIRROR, and you shouldn’t be surprised by this point that it’s yet another big book of epic fantasy goodness.Weeks only gets better with time. His characterization grows ever deeper. His settings more fully realized. The magic more strange and creative. The pitfall with THE BLOOD MIRROR, however, is that it’s a transitional book. We know there...

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* I was sent this for free from the publisher in exchange for a review *I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS :) It's actually my most anticipated book for the end of this year and I kind of maybe did some begging to get a copy of this early from the publisher. I am super happy to say that all the begging and all the reading was SO worth it becuase this book lived up to and exceeded all of my expectations, and I for one am happy that there will be a 5th and final book as so much happens here that I feel

A Fantastic first buddy read with the fantastic Eon, Luna and Choko at BB&B !! I LOVED this book!!! Honestly, for me, it's the best volume of the series so far. Brent Weeks crafted a beautiful piece of Fantasy here. This book was not exactly action-packed or fast-paced and yet a lot of awesome and shocking stuff happened! The story unraveled smoothly but I was hooked from cover to cover. The Blood Mirror focused mostly on character's development and growth and on world expanding, laying the scen...

4.5/5Another buddy read with my fellow fantasy lovers at BB&B♥ "Death always finds a way.Stop what gaps you may;Scream defiance that you live,Life leaks through the mortal sieve.” So this was my most anticipated book of the year.. It's hard to find words to describe how I am feeling after this book, I would love to incoherently fan girl over this book for hours, but I decided to write a proper review for this book.. So here it goes.. *exhales* So this is very hard for me because I fe...

3.5 StarsThe first 2/3 of this book were pretty slow with some interesting moments but towards the end important things started to develop, some long-standing mysteries were revealed and the pace picked up noticeably. Even so however this book definitely felt like it was setting up the next book, especially as there was no real tying together of the main plots as occurred in the previous books. This book suffered from that lack of an exciting ending that advanced the plot and payed off different...

I never thought I would see the day I would rate a Weeks book a 3, but I don't feel this book deserved more. Nothing really happened. I read 600 pages where people were obviously being moved into position for the final book. However did it really need 600 pages? Yes, Weeks excels at the shock reveal. There were 3 of these throughout the book that clearly stick in my head, yet I guess they don't have the impact they would have once. (view spoiler)[ Andross being Kip's real Dad. Really did we need...

A prelude novel to the—hopefully—incredible conclusion.Since the start of this month, I’ve been binge rereading Lightbringer from the beginning non-stop, and I’d say that my reread experience for the previous three books has been rewarding. The Black Prism and The Blinding Knife were even better on reread; The Broken Eye more or less on the same quality. Unfortunately, I have to say that rereading The Blood Mirror gave me an inferior reading experience compared to the first time I read it. There...

4.5 StarsI can happily say that The Blood Mirror is a worthy penultimate entry into the fantastic Lightbringer world created by Brent Weeks. I loved this book. It made me question so much. It made me laugh. It made me cry. It made me rage and despair. It gave me hope and took it away. It shocked me and delighted me. It ended way too soon. I do not deny it. I am easy to please. And fantasy….fantasy is my kryptonite. But I had HEAPS of fun reading this tale. It fell short of perfection, but it nev...

Where did it go so wrong???

The book that "broke" this series for me. I thought the first 2 were some of the most original fantasy I had ever read. Then Weeks went for a twist so crazy even M. Night Shyamalan thought he overreached. I still haven't had the gumption to pick up the final book even thought I own it.But it wasn't just the twist(s) in this. Taking characters that were set up well early in the series like Liv, Gavin, and Kerris and reducing their roles so much in the previous books just made this one seem exhaus...

I thought this was a trilogy!!Sigh.Why do I think everything is a trilogy?But on the bright side...THERE'S GOING TO BE A FOURTH BOOK PEOPLE!!!!

“Look at your mistakes long enough to learn from them, then put them behind you.” This started exactly where the previous book ended, Kip and the Mighty are on the run, Teia is at the Chromeria, Karris is now the new White and Gavin is still suffering. Not much happened plotwise, but the revelations in this was mind blowing, I'm still processing some of the things that was revealed about Gavin, like how is that even possible, I finally know what the title of book one 'The Black Prism' means.

There were a lot of good things about this book but in the end it was weighed down by too many words! The author keeps adding to his world with massive info dumps which may be okay on the written page (you can skim if you want) but do not come across well on audio. If you ignore that some of the good things were* Gavin escaped at last!!! Not that it is a complete escape but at least he is out and about and can maybe contribute to the story. His scenes in the prison were good too.* Kip is beginni...

So, I finally finished this mess of a book. Believe it or not, I was actually looking forward for it to end. It's such a mess. After reading a few reviews here, I finally get the sense of what's wrong with it. It has an unfinished feel to it. Half of the pages could have been deleted and the story would remain unchanged.Kip's POV are the worst, and not because of his relationship with Tisis. Everything else about these POVs feels so off. Humans will-casting animals? Big bears going to war? Some

Finally finished! This could have been good if I can only care about the characters more. Honestly, I did start liking the main characters in The Blinding Knife but the fairly poor showing of The Broken Eye did nothing to solidify my then growing investment. Gavin Guile was probably the only one which I still have a decent interest in but his arc dragged and had a lot of what I personally find to be plot devices to shock the reader and provide avenues to lengthen the narrative. One of the revela...

The most anticipated fantasy book of 2016 is now released internationally, and you may as well drop whatever you are reading and pick it up.Gavin Guile, once Prism, once Emperor and High Priest, once the most powerful man alive, has now lost both his power and his friends and lays imprisoned in his own unbreakable dungeon. With Karris and Teia both called to fulfill their new roles (one as the head of the Spectrum, claiming the role of the White, and the other as a spy among the Assassins of the...

So Much Love.Honestly, ever since I started reading Brent Weeks, I've been trying to capture the feel of his glorious writing in all the wrong places. I keep picking up Epic Fantasies here and there and everywhere just trying to satisfy my fix. And yet?Well let me be perfectly honest here. Less than a handful have matched half of the sheer awesomeness in the Lightbringer series. Many many more are lucky to fill this one's cup even to a third, or maybe a fourth of the way up.Lightbringer is just

*** 4.55 ***A buddy read with the greatest Fantasy Fanatics at BB&B!!! We need some Magic in our lives!!! Just wanted to say that I wrote a big, emotional review, and GR ate it somehow and now I am upset and am sure my review will suck.... Having said that, I need to let you all know how happy I am that this series exists in the Universe!!! I fell in love with the Lightbringer World from the first book and the Magic System is one of the most interesting and implausibly plausible I have ever read...

On my re-read I can simply confirm that this is a transition book and I cannot wait to see where this story leads!Sure, there are quite significant revelations (Gavin just is so cool!) and women kick ass in this book. Yet, it covers about one year and it is not too detailed (compared to the books before). I am just so ready for The Burning White - I just cannot wait! Expectations are high and I am hoping disappointment will not be a word I use to describe the last installment!I had a blast going...