There are alot of women complaining about the roles of alot of the female characters in this book because the main (female) characters are on opposite ends of the "sex" spectrum.. One is a virgin and the other is basically a prostitute (not an insult, I mean it literally). However I think that such an argument for this series is complete bull. I'm sorry if you don't feel like your own lifestyle has been represented in the characters (As, I'm guessing, a female who sleeps with a moderate amount o...

A fantastic read if you like violence, action, vengeance, and political intrigue. I also love the fact that almost no characters are sacred, and most people can be killed off in the course of the series. There are tons of plot twists in each book, and most of them were big surprises.My only major criticism of the books is the romance: I don't like romance very much, but if it's described in a concise, believable way I can handle it. Hell, I can even appreciate it if it's more like Gregory Maguir...

There is a lot to love and hate about these books. They are the perfect example the what I like and dislike about modern fantasy. The writing I really enjoyed. Weeks has a very good grasp of character and I was sucked in very quickly as I started to care about the protagonist. The world building and setting was top notch. I also loved that the author was unafraid to move time along. The author was willing to tell the important parts of the story and skip years of back story. What I hate about th...

Hey all, just want to quickly give you all a heads up! This review does contain spoilers. So if you do not want to be spoiled I recommend you read the whole trilogy, and then come back here. I hope you enjoy my mini overview of the entire trilogy, as well as review of "Beyond the Shadows". (Third book in trilogy)I want to start off by saying Beyond The Shadows was an outstanding conclusion to a high fantasy trilogy. It was outstanding, and although it wasn't my favorite of all time, I still real...

This is a wonderful series that I had a lot of trouble putting down. I would recommend this series to anyone that enjoys fantasy, and especially those that are fans of Brandon Sanderson and Michael J. Sullivan.

It takes a special kind of author to write three books and have them sold consecutively on a monthly basis… Typically a fantasy trilogy will take between three and four years from the first through until the last book is released. This allows time for readers to finish a book, have a bit of a change and then re-visit a world about a year later…When Brent Weeks wrote the Night Angel Trilogy his publishers weren’t prepared to make us wait a year for each book. This ‘one month’ wait between each bo...

Very enjoyable trilogy.

The Way Of Shadows - 5 starsShadow’s Edge - 3 starsBeyond the Shadows - 4 starsOverall rating: 4 stars

I reviewed each individual book in this series but I also wanted to rate the series as a whole.I'll cut to the chase and say three stars for the series and that's an average because there are so many things that are great and just as many things that are terrible.It is very long and could be cut in half without losing any of the story. I know it's fashionable to write long sprawling epics but you have to be able to fill the pages with plot and characters otherwise you're just wasting my time.It

AWESOME! I loved this book, i loved this world and it's depth-- there is history and the history ties together with the present. I loved Momma K, I loved Durzo, I loved Vi-- I LOVED Kylar. They were so complex.Logan started off dry until he went into the Hole. Then he became super awesome. And Elene...I liked her at the beginning when she was Doll Girl. But as she was a teenager and she was just all over Kylar-- she sounded like such a girl. It put me off a lot from her. And I understand she's a...

Firstly, I skimmed over some of the reviews before I decided to write my own. And one in particular was brought up some negative viewpoints of the plot that, frankly have nothing really to do with the entirety of the story and a social bias; based on ones on perspective on life. (I'm looking at you Paulo). Those so called flaws in fact give the world of MIDCRYU depth. The Night Angel Trilogy is a compelling and engrossing read. It's very much about courage, redemption and about how Love conquers...

The first books starts out well enough, but the plot quickly spirals out of control and the author starts stealing elements from all sorts of other fantasy. You can tell they're stolen because there's no reason for them to exist they way they do within the context of the story. There's so many moments where it just seemed like the author either wrote himself into a corner, and just made up a way for the characters to escape. And all the twists and revelations are undercut by the fact that all th...

I don't know what to make of this series. It had a lot of interesting ideas. But some of the recurring, heavy-handed themes (e.g., celibacy as virtue; positive sexuality existing solely in the context of marriage between a man and a woman; sexuality between men and extra-marital sex between heterosexuals placed exclusively in the provinces of brutality and deviation; thinly-veiled musings of Christianity) were off-putting, and constantly interfered with the more interesting issues with which the...

Surprisingly good book. I picked it up on the strength of it's cover blurb and a couple of reader reviews. You won't find any deep truths of life, there aren't any insights into life (well maybe a few) but you will get a good novel. (Actually a set of novels as this is the trilogy in one volume.)I bought this through the Science Fiction Book Club and read it during an extremely stressful time (I read it in a hospital, in the waiting room or the room of my wife). It helped me out of this world an...

I decided to pick up the "Night Angel-Trilogy" because it was the highest rated book in my to-read list. Unfortunately I don't think it merits that reputation. Here's why:The Good- Great, epic fantasy story- Overall great writing style- Very well written depictions of battles and other tense moments- Light, pleasant sense of humor- Nice variety of people and cities. Each with their unique and captivating culture and politics.- I loved the variety in magic systems, no One power or anything, but d...

In my not-so-humble opinion, Outstanding! I loved being able to effortlessly identify with his characters regardless of my personal experience. I was able to create that mental motion picture in my head without having to change reels, adjust the frame, or change the scenery. *sigh* i guess thats just a long-winded way of saying excellent job at presenting background without distracting from the story. Characters were lovable, believable, and most of all enjoyable. The plot was, seemingly, well p...

i can't believe that people can actually rate these books less than 5 stars and anything less than that is just unbelievable. (those are the people that don't enjoy good books). THIS IS THE BEST SERIES OF BOOKS I HAVE EVER READ!!!!!i honestly think that there need to be more books like this out there, cuz it seems like now a days every single book and their grandPA's story is nothing but a lust filled romance that include the obvious followings: ~some really attractive guy (which in real life wo...

To give the whole thing stars is really hard...I did so LOVE book on! It was dark, grim, had great characters and the blood almost ran out of the pages at times... Full 5*Book two was weaker in my personal opinion. There was a romance part introduced - and I have never been a fan of romance in my fantasy books. That alone wouldn't have been to bad, but I missed a favorite character of mine - and the female part of the romance was just REALLY annoying to me. Always nagging "don't do that..." and

There is something about Durzo Blint that is immensely appealing. Other characters came and went. The main character, Kylar Stern, alternated between cold-blooded killer, immature teen, and weepy pacifist. Yet Durzo was always Durzo, a cold-blood assassin (excuse me, *wetboy*) that was better than anyone in the art of killing. That he has a secret past is no surprise, but when the surprise is revealed in book two, it feels both immense and incredibly amusing.The first book in the series starts o...

Okay this book is crazy intense! Nothing You think will happen does. I mean Nothing. I have had to put this book down so many times cos it's so gruesome in areas that I either had gotten light headed and broken out into a cold sweat or I had almost thrown up! This book evokes every emotion a person could possibly have and then some. It's like non stop suspense, then action, then warm fuzzy heartfelt feelings, then anger, then sadness etc.. Then the cycle starts all over again. And like I said, e...