4.5 stars.Ghostwater is a worthy winner of the Reddit r/Fantasy 2018 Stabby Awards for Best Independent Book; I am now a huge fan of the Cradle series.The author kept on surprising me with his inexhaustible imagination and the ever-increasing, mind-blowing, magnitude of magical and martial power in this series. All without ever making me think that it was ridiculous. Well, okay, it was - just ridiculously fun and exciting, that is.  I have mentioned in my previous review about the monstrous leap...

Hmmm. I am a huge fan of Will Wight and the Cradle series. But, Ghostwater, left me a bit satisfied and a bit annoyed. The good parts of the book are classic Will Wight. The battles, the world building, the characters, the levelling up. The bad part of the book (only one but it is big) is that there is zero plot in this book. Sure Lindon achieves more levels and he manages to find the next big bad. But, this book is clearly a set-up for the rest of the series.Overall, go for it. It is a good add...

High end 4.5 stars.If you like action packed Dungeon Crawlers, you will really like this book!

The best book in the series so far, Ghostwater was a really interesting and exciting story and a full 5*Lindon finally goes beast mode! I loved the creativity behind the "pocket world" of Ghostwater, what a fabulous concept and some very cool scenes unfold within it. Our favourite characters Lindon, Yerin and Mercy feature heavily plus a lot more Orthos! Orthos is actually really cool in this story and has a lot more battles for him to go turtle crazy on fools.We also get introduced to Dross, wh...

Super fun dungeon crawl with a lot more story than the previous novel. Lotta fun to read through and enjoy your favorite martial artists struggles and continual powerups.Plot: 12/15Prose: 3/5Character: 9/15Setting: 20/25Dialogue: 4/10Enjoyment: 24/30Total: 72/100

This book is Blackflame SquaredThis book is for all those people that might have been a little disappointed by Skysworn. Within this novel's pages all of your wet dreams come true and more!

A bit darker. There's a brutal murder fairly early on and it's pretty shocking. Our little band of warriors/trainees is sent on assignment to a pocket world that's nearing collapse. It's a great setting for their growth individually and as a team. Another new character is added and, like every other additions, it's a success. On to the next one.

THAT. WAS. INCREDIBLE. Cradle has always been amazing, but with Ghostwater, it officially went to my favorite series list. The battle scene was just freaking awesome. I couldn't stated how brilliant this series was or how it never cease to amaze me to look at the sheer improvement of quality with every installment, without sounding repetitive. It was simply, splendidly addictive.

Looking for book summaries of all the books in the Cradle series? Look no further. My review is below, but you can find a summary of each of the Cradle books to date on my website, Black Forest Basilisks!Book review:Ghostwater brings back the Will Wight we knew in Blackflame, with the pacing once more on point and the book significantly more polished. Orthos becomes a much, much more developed character, as does Little Blue. Lindon has the makings of a menagerie in this one, acquiring yet anothe...

5.0 stars---After a reread, this one is closer to 5 stars to me. Lindon develops enough where you really care about him. Great new character additions like Dross and Mercy become more central to the storyline. You also meet Ziel and Northstrider who are two of the cooler characters in the series. I can't recommend this series enough

3rd reading:For me, this is still a highlight of the series. It's my 3rd read and I still love the pocketworld setting. I didn't know such a thing really existed and so it's all new to me. I love the concept. Will is amazing how well he guides this story and he's great at bringing the new and big ideas. Although, it does seem that when the plot needs Lindon to be weak, he can't win so that later, Lindon will blow all of them away. It sort of comes and goes at Will's whim. Mostly, he gives good r...

Well that was fun. But I really should have tried to savour it a bit longer. Maybe stretched it out to another day. But as it stands, I couldn't put it down. Classic Cradle, Classic Lindon, and oh so many powerups. A few little tid bits about the wider world mentioned, but mainly focused on progression as usual. And it's just so much fun that way. The only issue is I now have to wait for more.

4.5 stars!This series is as addictive as chocolate!

4.5/5 starsStarted a bit stale for me but it ended up being a gripping and entertaining story with Dungeon Crawl element.For this review, let’s start with why I haven’t given any books in the series a full 5 stars rating, shall we? If you want to know what the premise is about, read the official blurb at your own risk. Ghostwater is the fifth book in the Cradle series, and it didn’t start off as smoothly as I hoped. Don’t get me wrong, I have enjoyed the series very much and I continue to do so;...

This Review ✍️ Blog 📖 Twitter 🐦 Instagram 📷 Support me ☕ “Truth does not care for your feelings” I slightly enjoyed Skysworn more than Ghostwater. If you look at my reviews for the whole series, it is still a great series with solid 4 ratings. I think Ghostwater was good too but I had a few criticisms which I am trying to explain here.The writing is as good as usual, I find the writing quality to be consistent which is awesome. The characters voices is the same and there is a mix betw...

Buddy read with SnezanaGhostwater is the fifth book in the Cradle series. What I love most about this series is the pace and character development, each book focuses on a different idea and this one is about Ghostwater. The fight scenes, magic system, dialogues, great depiction of friendship and amazing characters are some of my favorite things about this book.Ghostwater is a pocket world created by Northstrider,(a monarch). The world was abandoned 50 years prior to this book, after the brief wa...

Lindon, Yerin, and Mercy are once again under the employment of the Skysworn. They are still treated as disposable and as enemies by Skysworn leadership. The team is sent off to investigate the pocket dimension Ghostwater, created by the Monarch Northstrider. The pocket dimension is collapsing due to the rising of the Bleeding Phoenix. Lindon and Orthos find themselves trapped in Ghostwater while Yerin and Mercy struggle to save them.Ghostwater is the book I've been waiting for. I felt like the

Executive Summary: Another strong entry in this series. It started a bit slow, but got really good by the end and now I'm stuck waiting for the next book to come out. Full Review I made the mistake of starting this book right before Battle for Azeroth came out. That was unfair to this book. It sat unread for basically 2 months because my reading time was sacrificed to my WoW addiction.Once things finally settled down, I jumped back into this book and really enjoyed it. I wasn't sure how I felt...

"Once, you were weak. That boy is long dead, but his remnant still haunts you. Your weakness, Lindon, is thinking you're weaker then you are."Another book done. Really loving where the story is going. Lindon finally getting some legitimate wins under his belt was great. It felt earned and he really needed it after five books of getting kicked around.Reread: just as good the second time around. Loved how this felt like the culmination of the previous five books.

Not sure why this one has such a high rating. It was fine. Probably my least favorite since the first one. Too much Lindon and not enough of the actually compelling characters like Eithan and Yerin. The addition of Driss was welcome, though. As was a character finally pointing out to Lindon that power can't be the only thing that keeps him going. Mostly, though, this was just the equivalent of a training montage in a movie. It should make the sixth more exciting, but I was utterly underwhelmed d...